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I still haven't figured out how all this fits together- but there is the way the statutes read (more or less)-
vehicle, a device by which any person or property is or may be transported.
Sometimes its, "a device which is or may be used to move, carry, etc"
So the first thing that jumps out is the conditional uses- is, or may be. So what if the device is not and may not?
The other point here is the way the definition relies on the device acting on someone or something else.
So a public bus is a means by which passengers are transported. Is it a means by which the driver is transported?
A freight truck is a means used to carry stuff- does it also "carry" the driver?
Do drivers transport themselves?
So perhaps "may be used"= "registered to be treated as though it were"
and
"is used" means currently employed to that end.
So if the device is NOT registered and ISNT being "used", then it is NOT a vehicle, by definition.
And so any law that only applies to defined "vehicles", doesn't.
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