PART XIII. COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSING
§286-231 Definitions. As used in this part unless the context otherwise requires:
"Disqualification" means a prohibition against driving a commercial motor vehicle.
"Employer" means any person, including the United States, a state or a political subdivision of a state, who owns or leases a commercial motor vehicle or assigns a person to drive a commercial motor vehicle.
"Endorsement" means an authorization on an individual's commercial driver's license required to permit the individual to operate certain types of commercial motor vehicles.
"Nonresident commercial driver's license" means a commercial driver's license issued by a state to an individual who resides in a foreign jurisdiction.
"Out-of-service order" means a declaration by an authorized enforcement officer of a federal, state, Canadian, Mexican, or local jurisdiction that a driver, a commercial motor vehicle, or a motor carrier operation is out-of-service pursuant to Section 386.72, 392.5, 395.13, or 396.9 of Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, or compatible laws, or the North American Uniform Out-of-Service Criteria, which can be obtained from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
"Serious traffic violation" means:
(1) Driving at a speed of fifteen miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit;
(2) Driving a commercial motor vehicle in disregard of the safety of persons or property (reckless driving);
(3) Improper or erratic traffic lane changes;
(4) Following a vehicle ahead too closely; or
(5) A violation of any state or local law relating to motor vehicle traffic control, other than a parking violation, arising in connection with a fatal traffic accident. [L 1989, c 320, pt of §2; am L 1990, c 342, §4; am L 1993, c 268, §2; am L 1996, c 135, §§1, 2]