In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise,

1. (1) "bus" means a motor vehicle designed primarily for and having the capacity to transport 10 or more people including the driver;
2. (2) "commissioner" means the commissioner of transportation and public facilities;
3. (3) "department" means the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities;
4. (4) "gross vehicle weight" means the total weight of a vehicle, or a combination of vehicles, including load and any accumulated snow, ice, mud, rocks, or dirt;
5. (5) "motor vehicle" means a self-propelled fuel-powered vehicle designed for operation on a highway;
6. (6) "passenger vehicle" means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily to transport less than 10 people including the driver;
7. (7) "recreational vehicle" means a vehicle equipped with cooking facilities;
8. (8) "toll" means a charge or other user fee required to be paid by the public in exchange for the privilege of traveling on, over, or through a highway, road, bridge, tunnel, crossing, or causeway;
9. (9) "traffic control device" means a light, barrier, arrow, flag, gate, pavement marking, sign, or other indicator used by the department or the department's contractor to designate a traffic pattern or road use restriction;
10. (10) "trailer" means a vehicle, with or without motive power, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle; "trailer" includes semi-trailers, pole trailers, and towed vehicles;
11. (11) "truck" means a motor vehicle, including a cargo van or a pickup truck regardless of the number of its passenger seats, designed primarily for the movement of a load; "truck" includes a motor vehicle specifically designed to pull a trailer or semi-trailer;
12. (12) "tunnel" means the Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel;

13. (13) "vehicle"

    1. (A) means a device

       1. (i) in, upon, or by which a person or property may be transported or drawn upon or immediately over a highway; and
       2. (ii) registered as required under AS 28.10; and
    2. (B) does not include devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks;

14. (14) "government motor vehicle" means a vehicle owned or operated by a government agency and on official business; "government motor vehicle" includes a

    1. (A) vehicle owned and operated by a school district and on official business; and
    2. (B) school bus under contract with a school district and on official business;
15. (15) "truck-tractor" means a self-propelled commercial motor vehicle designed primarily for drawing a trailer that partially rests upon the self-propelled commercial motor vehicle.

(Eff. 6/4/2000, Register 154; am 6/8/2002, Register 162; am 7/9/2004, Register 171)