ok now that ive shot down utopia guy here's some information for everyone regarding the so called legal definition of motor vehicle. truth is, there
is no such thing as a legal definition because a body of government cannot dictate language it would be a violation of rights the definitions you see
everywhere in both us codes and federal and state agencies are just the definitions they are using and they are clarifying that for legal purposes.
Title 18 Part I Chapter 113 § 2311
“Motor vehicle” includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for
running on land but not on rails;
Title 49 Subtitle IV Part B Chapter131
(16) Motor vehicle. The term “motor vehicle” means a vehicle, machine, tractor, trailer, or semitrailer propelled or drawn by mechanical power
and used on a highway in transportation, or a combination determined by the Secretary, but does not include a vehicle, locomotive, or car operated
only on a rail, or a trolley bus operated by electric power from a fixed overhead wire, and providing local passenger transportation similar to
street-railway service.
The term ‘motor vehicle’ is different and broader than the word ‘automobile’.” City of Dayton vs. DeBrosse, 23 N.E. 2d 647, 650; 62 Ohio
App. 232.
and just to prove that most the statuettes involving travel in a vehicle are not unconstitutional.
Even the legislature has no power to deny to a citizen the right to travel upon the highway and transport his property in the ordinary
course of his business or pleasure, ......
"though this right may be regulated in accordance with the public interest and convenience." Chicago Motor Coach v. Chicago, 169 NE
22
so things like seat belts requirements no speeding no cellphones etc etc. are in fact perfectly legal
and to those that think most of those are just about raising revenue think long and hard about this. how can a statuette raise a significant amount of
revenue if hardly anyone violates it like the seatbelt law how can it raise revenue if almost everyone is wearing a seatbelt?
go to the following link and you will see that the statistics for injury and fatalities were alot higher in the past then were in the more recent
years. just try to deny the effectiveness of the statuettes in making the roads a safer place.
www.census.gov...
edit on 27-2-2012 by Drache21 because: forgot to include a piece of information.