Section 105IAC10-3-1. Definitions

   The following definitions shall apply throughout this article:

(1) "Agricultural commodities" means agricultural output products (such as corn, beans, wheat, oats, and bulk milk) being transported in their most basic, original form from the farm or from storage to market or for processing. The term does not include processed items no longer in original form (such as corn syrup, oils, or flour) and input materials used in the production of agriculture products (such as fertilizer or seed).

(2) "Axle group" means any number of individual axles that are within eight (8) feet of any other individual axle. Any axle spacing of more than eight (8) feet terminates one (1) axle group and begins a new axle group.

(3) "Department" means the Indiana department of transportation as established in IC 8-23-2-1. As used in this article, "department" means the Indiana department of transportation acting directly or through its authorized representative.

(4) "Equivalent single axle load" or "ESAL" means the known, quantifiable, and standardized amount of damage to highway pavement structures equivalent to one (1) pass of a single eighteen thousand (18,000) pound dual tire axle, with all four (4) tires on the axle inflated to one hundred ten (110) pounds per square inch (psi).

(5) "Gross axle weight" or "GAW" means the total weight supported by each of a vehicle's individual axles.

(6) "Metal commodities" means output products from metal producing industries (such as metal coils, rods, plates, or raw metal products) being transported in their most basic, original form from a mill or from storage to market for processing. The term does not include manufactured parts being transported from a manufacturer or a supplier to another customer and input materials used in the production of metal commodities (such as ore or scrap metal).

(7) "Motor carrier services division" or "MCSD" means the motor carrier services division of the department of state revenue.

(8) "Overweight divisible load" or "divisible load" has the meaning set forth in IC 9-13-2-120.7.

(9) "Trip" means a single journey for a single vehicle from a designated point of origin to a designated destination.

(10) "Vehicle" means the combination of the truck or tractor power unit and the trailer or other conveyance bearing the divisible or nondivisible load.

(Indiana Department of Transportation; 105 IAC 10-3-1; emergency rule filed Dec 26, 2013, 1:48 p.m.: 20140108-IR-105130568ERA, eff Jan 1, 2014)