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shall prohibit any town, city, county, special taxing area or any other
municipal sub-division of this State from establishing and enforcing any
reasonable traffic regulations or ordinances, or providing penalties for vio-
lation thereof; provided that such regulations or ordinances shall not be
in conflict or identical with the provisions of this sub-title.

Definitions.

An. Code, 1924, sec. 173. 1912, sec. 134. 1916, ch. 687. 1918, ch. 85, sec. 134.
1920, ch. 506, sec. 134. 1927, ch. 520, sec. 173. 1929, ch. 408.

173. Whenever the term "Motor Vehicle" is used in this sub-title,
except when otherwise expressly provided, it shall be taken to include all
vehicles, including motor bicycles, motor-cycles, semi-trailers, trailers, trac-
tors and traction engines, designed, constructed or intended to be propelled
or drawn by any power other than muscular power, except such vehicles as
run only upon rails or tracks. The term "new motor vehicle" for the pur-
poses of this law is defined to mean a motor vehicle, the ownership of which
is in a manufacturer, dealer, or distributor, registered under the provi-
sions of Section 180, and which has never been so used as to destroy its
newness or to convert it into or make it a used or second-hand vehicle as
these terms are commonly used or understood in trade or business. The
term "used motor vehicle" or "second-hand motor vehicle" for the pur-
poses of this law shall be applicable to all motor vehicles other than those
defined herein as new. The term "solid tire vehicle" shall include all
motor vehicles equipped with two or more solid tires, or with tires coming
in contact with the road surface which are not inflated with air. The term
"local authorities" shall include all officers of counties, cities, towns or vil-
lages, as well as all boards, committees and other public officials of such
counties, cities, towns or villages. The term "State" as used in the sub-
title, except when otherwise expressly provided and except in Section 190,
shall also include the. territories and federal districts of the United States.
The term "owner" shall include any person, firm, association or corpora-
tion owning a motor vehicle or having the exclusive use thereof, under con-
tract of purchase, lease, hiring or rental thereof, or otherwise. The term
"dealer" shall be limited to individuals, firms or corporations actively en-
gaged in the business of buying, selling or exchanging new motor vehicles
and who hold a dealer's contract therefor from a manufacturer or distrib-
utor and who have an established place for the conduct of such business.
The term "chauffeur" shall be taken to include every person operating a
motor vehicle for hire, or as an employee of the owner thereof. The terms
"highway, " "roads, " public highways" or "public roads" shall include any
highway or thoroughfare of any kind used by the public, whether actually
dedicated to the public and accepted by the proper authorities or otherwise.
The term "safety zone" shall include all parts of the public highways or
private rights of way which are elevated above the travelled roadbed, or
set apart therefrom for the exclusive use of pedestrians or street car pas-
sengers and which are guarded or protected against vehicular travel by
posts, planting's, curbing, or otherwise, or which are appropriately marked