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Section
301.01 Meaning of words and phrases
301.02 Authorized emergency vehicle
301.03 Bicycle
301.04 Bus
301.05 Business district
301.06 Controlled-access highway
301.07 Crosswalk
301.08 Driver
301.09 Explosives
301.10 Flammable liquid
301.11 Gross weight
301.12 Intersection
301.13 Laned roadway
301.14 Moped
301.15 Motorcycle
301.16 Motor-driven cycle
301.17 Motor vehicle
301.18 Owner
301.19 Park
301.20 Parking area
301.21 Pedestrian
301.22 Person
301.23 Pole trailer
301.24 Police officer
301.25 Private road or driveway; private property
301.26 Railroad
301.27 Railroad sign or signal
301.28 Railroad train
301.29 Residence district
301.30 Residential street
301.31 Right-of-way
301.32 Roadway
301.33 Safety zone
301.34 School bus
301.35 School grounds
301.36 Semitrailer
301.37 Sidewalk
301.38 Stop
301.39 Stop, stopping or standing
301.40 Street or highway; alley
301.41 Through street or through highway
301.42 Traffic
301.43 Traffic-control devices
301.44 Traffic-control signal
301.45 Trailer
301.46 Truck
301.47 Vehicle
Cross References
See sectional histories for similar state law
Speed race defined, see Part Three, § 335.04
AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE means vehicles of the Fire Department, duly chartered rescue squad, Police Department, ambulance service, state, county or municipal agency and such privately-owned ambulances, tow trucks, wreckers, flag car services, vehicles providing road service to disabled vehicles, service vehicles of a public service corporation, postal service vehicles, snow removal equipment, Class A vehicles of firefighters, Class A vehicles of members of ambulance services and Class A vehicles of members of duly chartered rescue squads and all other emergency vehicles as are designated by the agency responsible for the operation and control of these persons or organizations. CLASS A VEHICLES are as defined by W.Va. Code § 17A-10-1. AGENCY AUTHORIZATION AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT are defined in W.Va. Code § 17C-15-26. Agencies responsible for issuing authorization for emergency vehicle permits may promulgate such regulations that are necessary for the issuance of permits for emergency vehicles.
(W.Va. Code 17C-1-6)
BUSINESS DISTRICT means the territory contiguous to and including a street or highway when within any 600 feet along such highway there are buildings in use for business or industrial purposes, including, but not limited to, hotels, banks or office buildings, railroad stations and public buildings, which occupy at least 300 feet of frontage on one side or 300 feet collectively on both sides of the street or highway.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-45)
CONTROLLED-ACCESS HIGHWAY means every highway, street or roadway in respect to which owners or occupants of abutting lands and other persons have no legal right of access to or from the same except at such points only and in such manner as may be determined by the public authority having jurisdiction over such highway, street or roadway.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-41)
CROSSWALK includes:
(1) The part of a roadway at an intersection included within the connections of the lateral lines of the sidewalks on opposite sides of the street or highway measured from the curbs or, in the absence of curbs, from the edges of the traversable roadway; and
(2) Any portion of a roadway at an intersection or elsewhere distinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-1-43)
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