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Motorcycle means any motor vehicle having a seat or saddle for the rider that is designed
to travel with no more than three wheels contacting the ground, including any bicycle
with a motor or driving wheels attached.
Motor Vehicle means all vehicles as defined in M.G.L. chapter 90, section 1 that are
propelled primarily on land by power other than by muscular power including passenger
vehicles and trucks operating on any fuel type. “Motor Vehicle” does not mean railroad
and railway engines or cars, vehicles operated by the system known as trolley motor or
trackless trolley, vehicles designed for off-highway use, or vehicles incapable of a speed
greater than twenty-five miles per hour on a level surface.
Motorized Bicycle means a pedal bicycle which has a motor helper motor, or a nonpedal
bicycle which has a motor, with a cylinder capacity not exceeding fifty cubic
centimeters, an automatic transmission, and which is capable of a maximum speed of no
more than thirty miles per hour. This category of motor vehicles includes vehicles
commonly referred to as mopeds.
Network Control File means a file that resides on the Database and Workstation that is
used to set values for variable parameters that control the inspection.
OBD means On-board Diagnostics which is the electronic system that monitors, detects,
stores, and reports information on the operating conditions of a vehicle’s emission control
system as required by 40 CFR Part 86 or 310 CMR 7.40.
Opacity Test means a measurement of how much light is blocked by the exhaust of a
diesel vehicle.
Quality Assurance means an on-going program designed to discover, correct and
prevent fraud, waste, and abuse and to determine whether inspection procedures are
followed adequately.
Quality Control means an ongoing program to ensure that safety inspection and
emissions inspection equipment is maintained properly and that accuracy is maintained.
PCM means Powertrain Control Module which is the electronic control unit on OBD
equipped vehicles that controls and monitors performance of powertrain components
required to be monitored by the OBD system.
Readiness Monitor means the feature of the OBD system that indicates whether the
OBD system has completed a diagnostic routine associated with a monitored component
or System, to determine whether the MIL should be illuminated. The Readiness Monitor
is set to Not Ready before the diagnostic routine has been completed, and is set to Ready
when the diagnostic routine has been completed. If a component or system required to be
monitored by the OBD is not installed on the vehicle, then the Monitor is Unsupported.
RMV means the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.
Terms and Acronyms
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