[Adopted 8-18-1937 (Ch. 57, Art. I, of the 1965 Code)]
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.