[farmer_giles_of_ham]

Here is the common legal definition of a vehicle, there are other variations:

Every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway

"motor"= 'self-propelled' so a motor vehicle is "every self-propelled device etc..."

Then there are classes of motor vehicles; type B is the international norm for an automobile/car/light truck.

So a class B motor vehicle is a particular device, an

automobile/car/light truck in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway

Hmmm... so a class B motor vehicle is for example an automobile by which a person may be transported: but isnt that already what an automobile does? What other kinds of automobiles are there?

There must be another kind!

Like those automobiles by which a person may not be transported. What sort are those?

Notice the definition: it doesnt say " an automobile is a device by which..."; it says "an automobile by which" ie - for what purpose the device is or may be used .

Does "may"= allowed/privileged?
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which takes us to:

highway

every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel

ok- here are the 'uses' and 'purpose'. Try 'scope' and 'purpose' and thats the definition of a police encounter.

Use=privilege. Its an administrative term, as opposed to enjoy


Now the purpose: "vehicular travel".

(See above for definition of a vehicle)

How about "class B motor vehicular travel"? That would be for example:

travel in an automobile by which a person may be transported upon a way publicly maintained ... open to the use of the public for (this) purpose

So much for the "right to travel", since this is about common uses not ancient liberties. Travel will be regulated where 'transportation for the purpose of use' is involved.

I wonder if there are any publicly-maintained ways open only for the enjoyment of the public without permitting use...