2005 Idaho Code - 49-120 — DEFINITIONS -- S

                                  TITLE  49
                                MOTOR VEHICLES
                                  CHAPTER 1
                                 DEFINITIONS
    49-120.  DEFINITIONS -- S. (1) "Saddlemount combination" means a
combination of vehicles in which a truck or truck tractor tows one (1), two
(2) or three (3) trucks or truck tractors, each connected by a saddle to the
frame or fifth wheel of the vehicle in front of it.  The saddle is a mechanism
that connects the front axle of the towed vehicle to the frame or fifth wheel
of the vehicle in front and functions like a fifth wheel kingpin connection.
A smaller vehicle mounted completely on the frame of either the first or last
vehicle may be used in a saddlemount combination.
    (2)  "Safety glazing materials" means glazing materials so constructed,
treated or combined with other materials as to reduce substantially, in
comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the likelihood of injury
to persons by objects from exterior sources or by these safety glazing
materials when they may be cracked or broken.
    (3)  "Safety zone" means the area or space officially set apart within a
highway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected or is so
marked or indicated by adequate signs as to be plainly visible at all times
while set apart as a safety zone.
    (4)  "Salvage pool" means a licensed vehicle dealer engaged primarily in
the business of disposing of salvage vehicles, recovered stolen vehicles, or
both.
    (5)  "School bus" means every motor vehicle that complies with the color
and identification requirements set forth in the most recent edition of
"Minimum Standards for School Buses" and is used to transport children to or
from school or in connection with school approved activities and includes
buses operated by contract carriers.
    (6)  "Secretary" means the secretary of transportation of the United
States.
    (7)  "Security agreement." (See section 28-9-102, Idaho Code)
    (8)  "Security interest." (See section 28-1-201, Idaho Code)
    (9)  "Sell," "sold," "buy," and "purchase," mean and include, as used in
sections 49-2401 through 49-2406, Idaho Code, exchange, barter, gift, and
offer or contract to sell or buy.
    (10) "Semitrailer." (See "Trailer," section 49-121, Idaho Code)
    (11) "Serious traffic violation" means conviction of an offense specified
in 49 CFR part 383 and including any subsequent amendments thereto, while
operating a commercial motor vehicle, and shall include driving a commercial
motor vehicle:
    (a)  Without obtaining a commercial driver's license; or
    (b)  Without having a commercial driver's license in the driver's
    possession; or
    (c)  Without the proper license class of commercial driver's license or
    endorsements for the specific vehicle group being operated or for the
    passengers or type of cargo being transported.
    (12) "Sidewalk" means that portion of a street between the curb lines, or
the lateral lines of a roadway, and the adjacent property lines intended for
use by pedestrians.
    (13) "Signal." (See "Railroad sign," section 49-119, Idaho Code)
    (14) "Skills test" means an actual demonstration of ability to exercise
ordinary and reasonable control in the operation of a motor vehicle.
    (15) "Slow moving vehicle" means any vehicle not normally operated upon
the highways.
    (16) "Snow tire." (See "Tires," section 49-121, Idaho Code)
    (17) "Sold." (See "Sell," "buy," and "purchase," this section)
    (18) "Solid rubber tire." (See "Tires," section 49-121, Idaho Code)
    (19) "Special license plate" means a license plate that is made available
to the public as a personal alternative to the standard issue license plate.
No special program fee shall be charged for the registration or plates issued
under sections 49-403, 49-403A, 49-404, 49-405, 49-410, 49-415, 49-415A and
49-415B, Idaho Code.
    (20) "Special mobile equipment" means every vehicle not designed or used
primarily for the transportation of persons or property and only incidentally
operated or moved over a highway, including: ditch-digging apparatus,
well-boring apparatus and road construction and maintenance machinery such as
asphalt spreaders, bituminous mixers, bucket loaders, tractors other than
truck tractors, ditchers, leveling graders, finishing machines, motor graders,
road rollers, scarifiers, earth moving carry-alls and scrapers, power shovels
and drag lines, and self-propelled cranes, and earth moving equipment. The
term does not include travel trailers, dump trucks, truck mounted transit
mixers, cranes or shovels, or other vehicles designed for the transportation
of persons or property to which machinery has been attached.
    (21) "Specially constructed vehicle." (See "Vehicle," section 49-123,
Idaho Code)
    (22) "Stand" or "standing" means the halting of a vehicle, whether
occupied or not, otherwise than temporarily for the purpose of and while
actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.
    (23) "State" means a state, territory or possession of the United States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or a province of
Canada.
    (24) "Stop" means the act of or complete cessation from movement.
    (25) "Stopping" means the act of any halting even momentarily of a
vehicle.
    (26) "Street." (See "Highways," section 49-109, Idaho Code)
    (27) "Street rod" means any pre-1949 vehicle which has had a significant
drive train update from a more modern vehicle. Changes may include engine,
transmission, rear axle, and other suspension components.  The body will be,
or resemble the same as the manufacturer's original issue after its first sale
after manufacture.
    (28) "Studded tire." (See "Tires," section 49-121, Idaho Code)
    (29) "Substandard width lane" means a lane that is too narrow for a
bicycle and a motor vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.
    (30) "Supplemental lot" means a physically separate location owned and
maintained by a licensed dealer or manufacturer within the same or adjacent
county as the principal  place of business which meets all the requirements
for a principal place of business.
    (31) "Suspension of driver's license" means the temporary withdrawal 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
public highways, which temporary withdrawal shall be for a period specifically
designated by the department.
    (32) "Suspension of vehicle registration" means the temporary withdrawal
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 suspension,
the privileges of operating the vehicle or vehicles on Idaho highways is
terminated until the difficulty that caused the suspension is corrected and
notification is provided that the suspension has been lifted.