2005 Idaho Code - 49-119 — DEFINITIONS -- R

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 1
                                 DEFINITIONS
    49-119.  DEFINITIONS -- R.
    (1)  "Racing" means the use of one (1) or more vehicles in an attempt to
outgain, outdistance, or prevent another vehicle from passing, to arrive at a
given destination ahead of another vehicle, or to test the physical stamina or
endurance of drivers over long-distance driving routes.
    (2)  "Radio operator, amateur" means any person licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission to engage in private and experimental two-way radio
operation and holding a conditional class license or higher.
    (3)  "Railroad" means a carrier of persons or property upon cars operated
upon stationary rails.
    (4)  "Railroad train" means a steam engine, electric or other motor, with
or without cars coupled thereto, operated upon rails.
    (5)  "Railroad sign" or "signal" means any sign, signal or device erected
by authority of a public body or official or by a railroad and intended to
give notice of the presence of railroad tracks or the approach of a railroad
train.
    (6)  "Recreational vehicle" means a motor home, travel trailer, truck
camper or camping trailer, with or without motive power, designed for human
habitation for recreational or emergency occupancy. It does not include
pick-up hoods, shells, or canopies designed, created or modified for
occupational usage. School buses or van type vehicles which are converted to
recreational use, are defined as recreational vehicles.
    (7)  "Registered maximum gross weight" means the maximum gross weight
established on the registration document as declared by the owner at the time
of registration or renewal of registration.
    (8)  "Registered owner" means any person required to register a vehicle,
whether or not a lienholder appears on the title in the records of the
department.
    (9)  "Registration" means the registration certificate or certificates and
license plate or plates issued under the laws of this state pertaining to the
registration of vehicles.
    (10) "Rental utility trailer" means a utility trailer offered for hire to
the general public for private or commercial use.
    (11) "Rescission of sale." (See section 28-2-608, Idaho Code)
    (12) "Resident" means for purposes of vehicle registration, titling, a
driver's license or an identification card, a person whose domicile has been
within Idaho continuously for a period of at least ninety (90) days, excluding
a full-time student who is a resident of another state. A person, including a
full-time student who has established a domicile in Idaho may declare
residency earlier than ninety (90) days for vehicle registration, titling,
driver's license and identification card purposes. Establishment of residency
shall include a spouse and dependent children who reside with that person in
the domicile. A domicile shall not be a person's workplace, vacation or
part-time residence.
    (13) "Residential district." (See "District," section 49-105, Idaho Code)
    (14) "Residential neighborhood" for purposes of this chapter, is an area
abutting a highway which is used primarily for nontransient human habitation,
parks and churches.
    (15) "Revocation of driver's license" means the termination by formal
action of the department or as otherwise provided in this title of a person's
driver's license or privilege to operate a motor vehicle on the highways,
which terminated driver's license or privilege shall not be subject to renewal
or restoration except that an application for a new driver's license may be
presented and acted upon by the department after the expiration of the
applicable period of time prescribed in this title.
    (16) "Revocation of vehicle registration" means the termination by formal
action of the department or as otherwise provided in this title of a person's
vehicle registration or, in the case of fleets of vehicles, all vehicle
registrations in each fleet operated by a company.  Upon revocation, the
privileges of operating the vehicles on Idaho highways is terminated until the
difficulty that caused the revocation is corrected and an application for new
registration is presented and acted upon.
    (17) "Ridesharing arrangement" means the nonprofit transportation in a
passenger motor vehicle with a seating capacity not exceeding fifteen (15)
people including the driver, which is not otherwise used for commercial
purposes or as a public conveyance, whereby a fixed group, not exceeding
fifteen (15) people including passengers and driver, is transported between
their residences or nearby termini, and their places of employment or
educational or other institutions or termini near those places, in a single
daily round trip where the driver is also on the way to or from his place of
employment or education or other institution.
    (18) "Right-of-way" means the right of one (1) vehicle or pedestrian to
proceed in a lawful manner in preference to another vehicle or pedestrian
approaching under circumstances of direction, speed and proximity as to give
rise to danger of collision unless one grants precedence to the other. The
term shall not be interpreted to mean that a highway user is relieved from the
duty to exercise reasonable care at all times and from doing everything to
prevent an accident. Failure to yield right-of-way shall not be construed as
negligence per se or as prima facie evidence of negligence.
    (19) "Roadway" means that portion of a highway improved, designed or
ordinarily used for vehicular travel, exclusive of sidewalks, shoulders, berms
and rights-of-way.