Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:307 – Application of succeeding sections
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:307
- Highway: means the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place of whatever nature publicly maintained and open to the use of the public for the purpose of vehicular travel, including bridges, causeways, tunnels and ferries; synonymous with the word "street". See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Motor vehicle: means every vehicle which is self-propelled, and every vehicle which is propelled by electric power obtained from overhead trolley wires, but not operated upon rails, but excluding a motorized bicycle and an electric-assisted bicycle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Truck: means every motor propelled single vehicle for the conveyance of property or things for hauling purposes and having one front steering axle and one rear or load carrying axle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
- Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
Those sections of this chapter which follow immediately, including La. Rev. Stat. 32:308, 32:309, 32:310, 32:311, 32:311.1, and 32:312, relating to clearance lamps, marker lamps and reflectors, shall apply as stated in said sections to vehicles of the types therein enumerated, namely; buses, trucks, truck tractors, motor homes, motor vehicles with mounted truck camper, and trailers, semitrailers and pole trailers, respectively, when operated upon any highway within this state and said vehicles shall be equipped as required and all lamp equipment required shall be lighted at the times mentioned in La. Rev. Stat. 32:301. For purposes of the sections enumerated herein, a truck camper, when mounted upon a motor vehicle, shall be considered part of the permanent structure of that motor vehicle.
Acts 1962, No. 310, §1. Amended by Acts 1974, No. 290, §1.