DI-9 Manual PDF - Utah Department of Public Safety

POLE TRAILER - Every vehicle without, motive power designed to be drawn by anothervehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach, or pole, or by being boomed orotherwise secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularshaped loads such as poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally of sustainingthemselves as beams between the supporting connections.POLICE OFFICER - Every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrestsfor violations of traffic regulations.POSSIBLE INJURY - Complaint of pain without visible injury.PRIVATE ROAD TO DRIVEWAY- Every way or place in private ownership and used forvehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, butnot by other persons.RAILROAD - A carrier of persons or property upon cars, operated upon stationary rails.RAILROAD SIGN OR SIGNAL- Any sign, signal or device erected by authority of a publicbody or official or by a railroad and intended to give you notice of the presence of railroad tracksor the approach of a railroad train.RAILROAD TRAIN - A steam engine, electric or other motor, with or without cars coupledthereto, operated upon rails.RAMP - An inclined section of way over which traffic passes for the primary purpose ofascending or descending so as to make connections with other ways. Also, an interconnectingroadway of a traffic interchange, or any connection between highway facilities of different levels,on which vehicles may enter or leave a designated highway.REGISTRATION - The certificate issued with correspondingly numbered plates anddisplaying information identifying the owner and describing the vehicle.REVOCATION - The licensee’s privilege to drive a motor vehicle is terminated.RIGHT OF WAY - The right of one vehicle or pedestrian to proceed in a lawful manner inpreference to another vehicle or pedestrian approaching under such circumstances of direction,speed and proximity as to give rise to danger of collision un less one grants precedent to theother.ROAD - That part of the traffic way which includes both the roadway and any shoulderalongside the roadway.ROADWAY - That part of the traffic way designed, improved, and ordinarily used forvehicular traffic. In the event that the traffic way includes two or more separate roadways, theterm “roadways” refers to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively.The roadway does not include any shoulder that may exist nor any other area not intended forregular vehicle travel.RURAL AREA - For the purpose of this manual, a rural area is defined as any area not withinthe boundaries of a city, town, or established community that is shown on the official state map.SCHOOL BUS - Every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operatedfor the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated forcompensation for the transportation of children to or from school.SEMITRAILER - Every vehicle without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed forcarrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that somepart of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle.96