Illinois Administrative Code › Title 92 - TRANSPORTATION › Part 438 - INSPECTION PROCEDURES FOR SPECIAL VEHICLES › Section 438.20 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Ambulance" means any publicly or privately owned
				vehicle that is specifically designed, constructed or modified and equipped,
				and is intended to be used for, and is maintained or operated for, the
				emergency transportation of persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise
				incapacitated or helpless.
(IVC Section 1-102.01)
"Bead" means that part of the tire usually made of steel wires,
				rubber and ply cords that are shaped to fit the rim.
"Bottom of the Tread Groove" means the portions of a tread
				groove nearest the carcass.
"Bumper" means any device or system of devices
				protruding from and attached to the front and rear of a motor vehicle that has
				been designed to be used to absorb the impact of a collision. For the purposes
				of this Part, a bumper also includes a device or system of devices similar in
				design to those with which new motor vehicles are equipped.
(IVC
				Section 1-106.5)
"Bus" or "Motor Bus" means every motor vehicle, other
				than a commuter van, designed for carrying more than 10 persons,
including the driver
.
(IVC Section 1-107)
"Carcass" means the tire structure, except the tread and the
				portion of sidewall rubber outside the cords.
"Charitable Vehicle" or "Religious Organization Bus" means any
				vehicle that is exclusively owned and operated by a religious or charitable
				not-for-profit organization and is used primarily in conducting the official
				activities of the organization. (See IVC Section 1-111.1a.)
"Circumference of the Tire" or "Tire Circumference" means a
				closed line around the tire perimeter that lies approximately in a plane
				perpendicular to the axis about which the tire rotates when in use.
"Code" or "IVC" means the Illinois Vehicle Code [625 ILCS 5
				].
"Commuter Van" means a motor vehicle designed for the
				transportation of not less than 7 nor more than 16 passengers, that
				is:
used in a ridesharing arrangement; or
owned or leased by or on behalf of a company or an
				employee organization and operated on a non-profit basis with the primary
				purpose of transporting employees of the company between the employees' homes
				and the company's place of business or a public transportation station and in
				which the operating, administrative, maintenance and reasonable depreciation
				costs are paid principally by the persons utilizing the commuter van.
(IVC Section 1-111.9)
"Contour Type Splash Guard" means rear fender splash guards
				that contour the wheel. The splash guard shall have a lip or flange on its
				outside edge to minimize side throw and splash. The lip or flange shall extend
				toward the center of the wheel, and shall be perpendicular to and extend not
				less than 2 inches below the inside or bottom surface line or plane of the
				guard. These contour type splash guards may be constructed of either a rigid or
				flexible material, but shall be attached in such a manner that, regardless of
				movement either by the splash guards or the vehicle, the splash guards will
				retain their general parallel relationship to the tread surface of the tire or
				wheel under all ordinary operating conditions. (See Section 12-710(a) of the
				Illinois Vehicle Equipment Law for a more detailed description.)
"Contract Carrier" means a vehicle designed to carry 15 or
				fewer passengers that is owned by a third party company that is contracted to
				transport employees of another company in the course of their
				employment.
"Cord" means a filament or strand of nonrubbery material woven
				with others or laid parallel with others to form a layer or ply in a tire
				carcass.
"Department"
				means
the
Department of Transportation of the
				State of Illinois, acting directly or through its duly authorized officers and
				agents.
(IVC Section 1-115.05)
"Exhaust System" means the manifold and piping leading from the
				exhaust ports of the engine to and including the muffler, resonator and tail
				piping. The exhaust system includes each component used to conduct exhaust from
				an engine exhaust port to an authorized exit point, including each sealing,
				connecting and supporting component.
"First Division Vehicle" means
those motor vehicles
				that are designed for the carrying of not more than 10 persons, including the
				driver
. (IVC Section 1-217)
"Flap type splash guard" means rear fender splash guards that
				are wide enough to cover the full tread width of the tire or tires being
				protected. They shall be so installed that they extend from the underside of
				the vehicle in a vertical plane behind the rear wheels to within 12 inches of
				the ground when the vehicle is loaded to maximum legal capacity. Flap type
				splash guards may be constructed of either a rigid or flexible material. (See
				Section 12-710(b) of the Illinois Vehicle Equipment Law for a more detailed
				description.)
"FMVSS" means the rules and standards set forth in
				49 CFR
				571 and known as the Federal Motor Vehicle
				Safety Standards.
"Fuel Storage and Delivery System" means the fuel tank, fuel
				pump and necessary piping to carry the fuel from the tank to the fuel intake
				system.
"Gross Vehicle Weight Rating" or "GVWR" means the value
				specified by the manufacturer as the loaded weight of the vehicle. (See IVC
				Section 1-124.5.) (The vehicle's GVWR is located on the federal certification
				label affixed to the vehicle by the manufacturer.)
"Highway" means
the entire width between the boundary
				lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use
				of the public for purposes of vehicular travel or located on public school
				property.
(IVC Section 1-129)
"Illinois Vehicle Equipment Law" means 625 ILCS 5 /Ch.
				12.
"Interstate" or "Interstate Commerce" means
				transportation between 2 or more states or transportation originating in one
				state and passing into or through other states for delivery in another state,
				and that is not intrastate
. (IVC Section 1-133)
"Intrastate" or "Intrastate Commerce" means
				transportation originating at any point or place within this State and destined
				to any other point or place within this State, irrespective of the route,
				highway or highways traversed, and including transportation that passes into or
				through another state before delivery is made within this State, and including
				any act of transportation that includes or completes a pickup within Illinois
				for delivery within Illinois.
(IVC Section 1-134)
"Limousine" means any privately owned First Division
				vehicle intended to be used for the transportation of persons for-hire when the
				payment is not based on a meter charge, but is prearranged for a designated
				destination.
(IVC Section 1-139.1)
"Medical Carrier" means any publicly or privately owned
				vehicle that is specifically designed, constructed or modified and equipped,
				and is intended to be used for, and is maintained or operated for, the
				nonemergency transportation of persons for compensation for the purpose of
				obtained medical services.
(IVC Section 1-142.1)
"Medical Transport Vehicle" includes ambulances,
				medical carriers and rescue vehicles.
(IVC Section 1-142.2)
"Motorcycle" means every motor vehicle having a seat or
				saddle for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than 3
				wheels in contact with the ground, but excluding an autocycle or
				tractor
. (IVC Section 1-147)
"Multifunction School Activity Bus" or "MFSAB" means a
				school bus manufactured for the purpose of transporting 11 or more persons,
				including the driver, whose purposes do not include transporting students to
				and from home or school bus stops. An MFSAB is prohibited from meeting the
				special requirements for school buses in IVC Sections 12-801, 12-802(a), 12-803
				and 12-805.
(IVC Section 1-148.3a5)
"Ply" means a layer of rubber-coated parallel or woven cords,
				including those laid under a tread in the form of a circumferential
				belt.
"Recut" or "Regroove" means the deliberate deepening of
				existing tread grooves or tread wear indicators by cutting, burning or other
				means or the deliberate forming (by cutting, burning or other means) of a
				groove or grooves other than the groove molded by the tire manufacturer or
				retreader.
"Rescue Vehicle" means any publicly or privately owned
				vehicle that is specifically designed, configured and equipped for the
				performance of access and extrication of persons from hazardous or
				life-endangering situations, as well as for the emergency transportation of
				persons who are sick, injured, wounded or otherwise incapacitated or
				helpless.
(IVC Section 1-171.8)
"Rim" means the metal that supports a tire and that is located
				between the tire and either the wheel disc or the wheel spokes when on a road
				wheel. The rim may be integral with, permanently or temporarily attached to, or
				separate from the wheel.
"Second Division Vehicle" means those motor vehicles
				that:
are
designed for carrying more than 10
				persons;
are
designed or used for living
				quarters;
are
designed for pulling or carrying property, freight
				or cargo;
are
of the First Division remodelled for use and used
				as motor vehicles of the Second Division; and
are
of the First Division used and registered as school
				buses
. (IVC Section 1-217)
"Separation" means a parting or pulling away from the adjacent
				portion of the tire material or carcass.
"Sidewall" means the portion of a tire between tread and
				bead.
"Special Vehicles" means those vehicles listed in Section
				438.10.
"Tandem Axles" means any two or more single axles whose
				centers are more than 40" and not more than 96" apart, measured to the nearest
				inch between extreme axles in the series, except as provided in IVC Section
				15-111 for special hauling vehicles.
(IVC Section 1-204.3)
"Tie Bar" means rubber that is molded across a tread groove and
				braces or stabilizes adjacent tread elements.
"Tow Truck" means every truck designed or altered and
				equipped for and used to push, tow, carry upon or draw vehicles by means of a
				crane, hoist, towbar, towline or auxiliary axle, or carried upon to render
				assistance to disabled vehicles, except for any truck tractor temporarily
				converted to a tow truck by means of a portable wrecker unit attached to the
				fifth wheel of the truck tractor and used only by the owner to tow a disabled
				vehicle also owned by him or her and never used for hire.
(IVC Section
				1-205.1)
"Tread" means the thickness of the tire rubber that is located
				outside the carcass and that normally comes into contact with the roadway as
				the inflated tire wears during use.
"Tread Element" means a distinct portion of the tread (such as
				a rib, lug or knob) that comes into contact with the surface of a smooth, paved
				road while the properly inflated tire carries its normal service load.
"Tread Groove" means an elongated void area in a tread that may
				extend circumferentially or laterally about the tread in a straight, curved or
				zigzag manner.
"Tread Groove Depth" means the shortest distance from a plane
				in tangential contact with two adjacent tread elements to the bottom of the
				tread groove that is located between the adjacent tread elements.
"Tread Wear Indicator" means a molded hump that stands 2/32"
				above the bottom of a tread groove.
"Truck" means every motor vehicle designed, used or
				maintained primarily for the transportation of property.
(IVC Section
				1-211)
"Vehicle" means every device, in, upon or by which any
				person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or
				requiring a certificate of title under IVC Section 3-101(d), except devices
				moved by human power, devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks,
				and snowmobiles as defined in the Snowmobile Registration and Safety
				Act
[625 ILCS 40 ]
.
For the purposes of this
Part
, unless
				otherwise prescribed, a device shall be considered to be a vehicle until such
				time it either comes within the definition of a junk vehicle, as defined in IVC
				Section 1-134.1, or a junking certificate is issued for it.
For this
Part
, vehicles are divided
				into two divisions:
First Division: Those motor vehicles that are designed
				for the carrying of not more than 10 persons.
Second Division: Those vehicles that
				are:
designed for carrying more than 10
				persons;
designed or used for living quarters;
designed for pulling or carrying property, freight or
				cargo;
of the First Division remodelled for use and used as
				motor vehicles of the Second Division; and
of the First Division used and registered as school
				buses.
(IVC Section 1-217)
"Wheelchair Securement Anchorages" means the provision for
				transferring wheelchair securement loads to the vehicle structure; commonly
				referred to as fastening devices. (See
				49
				CFR 571.222.)
"Wheelchair Securement Device" means a strap, webbing or other
				device used for securing a wheelchair to the vehicle, including all necessary
				buckles and other fasteners. (See
				49
				CFR 571.222.)