Talk:Motor vehicle

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This is how people are mislead when dealing with government. Same word but VERY different meanings. The ONLY definition that applies is the one spelled out in LAW, not the one found in the "dictionary"!

Title 18 United States Code, Sec. 31

       PART I - CRIMES
       CHAPTER 2 - AIRCRAFT AND MOTOR VEHICLES
       Sec. 31. Definitions     

               When used in this chapter the term -

Motor vehicle means every description of carriage or other contrivance propelled or drawn by mechanical power AND 'Used For Commercial Purposes' on the highways in the transportation of passengers, passengers and property, or property or cargo;

[edit] Motor vehicle vs automobile

How is a "motor vehicle" meaningfully different from an "automobile"? Ham Pastrami 08:58, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Never mind. I seem to have answered my own question by correcting the land-only clause that was in the article. Ham Pastrami 09:09, 9 October 2007 (UTC)