A motorized vehicle that can be used on roads and must be registered under the Highway Safety Code. Motor vehicles, motorcycles, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles and farm tractors are considered to be road vehicles. Trailers, semi-trailers and attachable-detachable auxiliary axles that are not motorized are also considered road vehicles.

Motor-assisted bicycles, electric wheelchairs and vehicles that can be used only on rails are not considered road vehicles.

A “motor vehicle” is a self-propelled vehicle (such vehicles include jeeps, vans, buses and trucks) having a net weight of less than 4,000 kilograms with four or more wheels and designed essentially for transporting passengers or freight by road.