CHAPTER 301
Definitions

301.01   Meaning of words and phrases.

301.02   Agricultural tractor.

301.03   Alley.

301.031   Beacon; hybrid beacon.

301.04   Bicycle; motorized bicycle; moped.

301.05   Bus.

301.06   Business district.

301.07   Commercial tractor.

301.08   Controlled-access highway.

301.09   Crosswalk.

301.10   Driver or operator.

301.11   Emergency vehicle.

301.12   Explosives.

301.13   Expressway.

301.14   Flammable liquid.

301.15   Freeway.

301.16   Gross weight.

301.161   Highway maintenance vehicle.

301.162   Highway traffic signal.

301.17   Intersection.

301.18   Laned street or highway.

301.181   Median.

301.19   Motorcycle.

301.20   Motor vehicle.

301.201   Operate.

301.21   Park or parking.

301.22   Pedestrian.

301.23   Person.

301.24   Pole trailer.

301.25   Police officer.

301.251   Predicate motor vehicle or traffic offense.

301.26   Private road or driveway.

301.27   Public safety vehicle.

301.28   Railroad.

301.29   Railroad sign or signal.

301.30   Railroad train.

301.31   Residence district.

301.32   Right of way.

301.321   Road service vehicle.

301.33   Roadway.

301.34   Safety zone.

301.35   School bus.

301.36   Semitrailer.

301.361   Shared use path.

301.37   Sidewalk.

301.38   State route.

301.39   Stop (when required).

301.40   Stopping or standing.

301.41   Stop intersection.

301.42   Street or highway; arterial street.

301.43   Through street or highway.

301.44   Thruway.

301.45   Traffic.

301.46   Traffic control devices.

301.47   Traffic control signal.

301.48   Trailer.

301.49   Truck.

301.50   Urban district.

301.51   Vehicle.

301.52   Wheelchair, motorized.

301.53   U-Turn.

CROSS REFERENCES

See sectional histories for similar State law

Funeral procession defined - see TRAF. 331.24

Street racing defined - see TRAF. 333.07

Studded tire defined - see TRAF. 339.11

Blind person defined - see TRAF. 371.02

Snowmobile, off-highway motorcycle and all purpose vehicle defined - see TRAF. 375.01

School zones defined - see TRAF. 333.03(b)

301.01 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.

301.02 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))

301.03 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))

301.031 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))

301.04 BICYCLE; MOTORIZED BICYCLE; MOPED.

   (a)   "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))

   (b)   "Motorized bicycle" or “moped” means any vehicle having either two tandem wheels or one wheel in the front and two wheels in the rear, that may be pedaled and that is equipped with a helper motor of not more than fifty cubic centimeters piston displacement which produces no more than one brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of no greater than twenty miles per hour on a level surface. 

(ORC 4511.01(H))

301.05 BUS.

   "Bus" means every motor vehicle designed for carrying more than nine passengers and used for the transportation of persons other than in a ridesharing arrangement as defined in Ohio R.C. 4511.01, and every motor vehicle, automobile for hire or funeral car, other than a taxicab or motor vehicle used in a ridesharing arrangement, designed and used for the transportation of persons for compensation.

(ORC 4511.01(L))

301.06 BUSINESS DISTRICT.

   "Business district" means the territory fronting upon a street or highway, including the street or highway, between successive intersections where fifty percent or more of the frontage between such successive intersections is occupied by buildings in use for business, or where fifty percent or more of the frontage for a distance of 300 feet or more is occupied by buildings in use for business, and the character of such territory is indicated by official traffic control devices.

(ORC 4511.01(NN))

301.07 COMMERCIAL TRACTOR.

   "Commercial tractor" means every motor vehicle having motive power designed or used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry any load thereon, or designed or used for drawing other vehicles while carrying a portion of such other vehicles, or the load thereon, or both. 
(ORC 4511.01(I))