Code of Federal Regulations Title 23. Highways § 23.1270.3 Definitions

(a) Alcoholic beverage means:

(b) FHWA means the Federal Highway Administration.

(c) Motor vehicle means a vehicle driven or drawn by mechanical power and manufactured primarily for use on public highways, but does not include a vehicle operated solely on a rail or rails.

(d) NHTSA means the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

(e) Open alcoholic beverage container means any bottle, can, or other receptacle that:

(f) Open container law means a State law or combination of laws that meets the minimum requirements specified in § 1270.4.

(g) Passenger area means the area designed to seat the driver and passengers while the motor vehicle is in operation and any area that is readily accessible to the driver or a passenger while in their seating positions, including the glove compartment.

(h) Public highway or right-of-way of a public highway means the width between and immediately adjacent to the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel;  inclusion of the roadway and shoulders is sufficient.

(i) State means any of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.