As used in the Motor Vehicle Code:

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A. “park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading and unloading;

B. “parking lot” means a parking area provided for the use of patrons of any office of state or local government or of any public accommodation, retail or commercial establishment;

C. “parts car” means a motor vehicle generally in nonoperable condition that is owned by a collector to furnish parts that are usually nonobtainable from normal sources, thus enabling a collector to preserve, restore and maintain a motor vehicle of historic or special interest;

D. “pedestrian” means any natural person on foot;

E. “person” means every natural person, firm, copartnership, association, corporation or other legal entity;

F. “personal information” means information that identifies an individual, including an individual’s photograph, social security number, driver identification number, name, address other than zip code, telephone number and medical or disability information, but “personal information” does not include information on vehicles, vehicle ownership, vehicular accidents, driving violations or driver status;

G. “placard” or “parking placard” means a card-like device that identifies the vehicle as being currently in use to transport a person with severe mobility impairment and issued pursuant to Section 66-3-16 N.M. Stat. Ann. to be displayed inside a motor vehicle so as to be readily visible to an observer outside the vehicle;

H. “platoon” means a series of motor vehicles that are traveling in a unified manner by means of being connected with wireless communications or other technology allowing for coordinated movement;

I. “pneumatic tire” means every tire in which compressed air is designed to support the load;

J. “pole trailer” means any vehicle without motive power, designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads such as poles, structures, pipes and structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections;

K. “police or peace officer” means every officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of the Motor Vehicle Code;

L. “private road or driveway” means every way or place in private ownership used for vehicular travel by the owner and those having express or implied permission from the owner, but not other persons; and

M. “property owner” means the owner of a piece of land or the agent of that property owner.