CHAPTER 402
Definitions

402.01   Meaning of words and phrases.

402.02   Agricultural tractor.

402.03   Alley.

402.04   Arterial street.

402.041   Beacon; hybrid beacon.

402.05   Bicycle.

402.06   Bus.

402.07   Business district.

402.08   Commercial tractor.

402.09   Controlled -access highway.

402.10   Crosswalk.

402.11   Driver or operator.

402.111    Electric bicycle.

402.12   Emergency vehicle.

402.13   Explosives.

402.14   Expressway.

402.15   Flammable liquid.

402.16   Freeway.

402.17   Gross weight.

402.171   Highway maintenance vehicle.

402.172   Highway traffic signal.

402.18   Intersection.

402.19   Laned street or highway.

402.193    Low-speed micromobility device.

402.195    Median.

402.20   Motor vehicle.

402.21   Motorcycle.

402.22   Motorized bicycle; moped.

402.221   Operate.

402.23   Parking.

402.24   Pedestrian.

402.25   Person.

402.26   Pole trailer.

402.27   Police officer.

402.271   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense.

402.28   Private road or driveway.

402.29   Public safety vehicle.

402.30   Railroad.

402.31   Railroad sign or signal.

402.32   Railroad train.

402.33   Residence district.

402.335   Ridesharing arrangement.

402.34   Right of way.

402.345   Road service vehicle.

402.35   Roadway.

402.36   Safety zone.

402.37   School bus.

402.38   Semitrailer.

402.381   Shared-use path.

402.39   Sidewalk.

402.40   State route.

402.41   Stop.

402.42   Stop intersection.

402.43   Stopping and standing.

402.44   Street or highway.

402.45   Through street or highway.

402.46   Thruway.

402.47   Traffic.

402.48   Traffic control device.

402.49   Traffic control signal.

402.50   Trailer.

402.51   Truck.

402.52   Urban district.

402.53   Vehicle.

402.54   Wheelchair, motorized.

402.55    Waste collection vehicle.

CROSS REFERENCES

See section histories for similar State law

Blind person defined - see TRAF. 416.02

Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 432.21

Drag racing defined - see TRAF. 434.07

Commercial car defined - see TRAF. 442.01

Snowmobile and all purpose vehicle defined - see TRAF. 476.01

402.01 MEANING OF WORDS AND PHRASES.

   The following words and phrases when used in this Traffic Code, except as otherwise provided, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them in this chapter.

402.02 AGRICULTURAL TRACTOR.

   "Agricultural tractor" means every self-propelling vehicle designed or used for drawing other vehicles or wheeled machinery but having no provision for carrying loads independently of such other vehicles, and used principally for agricultural purposes.
(ORC 4511.01(J).)

402.03 ALLEY.

   "Alley" means a street or highway intended to provide access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the purpose of through vehicular traffic and includes any street or highway that has been declared an "alley" by Council.

(ORC 4511.01(XX).)

402.04 ARTERIAL STREET.

   "Arterial street" means any United States or State numbered route, controlled access highway or other major radial or circumferential street or highway designated by Council or other duly designated local authority within the Municipality as part of a major arterial system of streets or highways.
(ORC 4511.01(CCC).)

402.041 BEACON; HYBRID BEACON.

   (a)   “Beacon” means a highway traffic signal with one or more signal sections that operate in a flashing mode.
(ORC 4511.01(KKK))

   (b)   “Hybrid beacon” means a type of beacon that is intentionally placed in a dark mode between periods of operation where no indications are displayed and, when in operation, displays both steady and flashing traffic control signal indications.

(ORC 4511.01(LLL))

402.05 BICYCLE.

   "Bicycle" means every device, other than a device that is designed solely for use as a play vehicle by a child, that is propelled solely by human power, upon which a person may ride, and that has two or more wheels, any of which is more than fourteen inches in diameter.

(ORC 4511.01(G))