Certain words in this article are defined for the purposes thereof
as follows. Words used in any tense include past, present and future;
words used in the singular include the plural and the plural the singular;
and words used in the masculine gender include the feminine and the
neuter unless such inclusion is clearly negated by the context.
HEAVY TRUCKS
Includes all vehicles having a registered capacity of more
than 10,000 pounds.
PERSON
Includes natural persons, firms, corporations and associations.
PUBLIC PLACE
Includes streets, roads, avenues, sidewalks, thoroughfares,
highways, parks, parkways, alleys, squares, plazas and any and all
places not exclusively subject to private ownership, occupation or
control.
VEHICLE
Includes any device in, upon or by which any person or property
is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway, regardless
of its means of propulsion, except a baby carriage and devices used
exclusively on stationary rails or tracks.