motor vehicle

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Examples: motor vehicle in a Sentence

Definition of motor vehicle

: an automotive vehicle not operated on rails; especially : one with rubber tires for use on highways

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Examples of motor vehicle in a Sentence

You can register your car at the Registry of Motor Vehicles.
got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16

Recent Examples of motor vehicle from the Web

The three leading causes of death in that older age group also were unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes, poisoning and drowning; suicide; and homicide.

— jacqueline howard, CNN, "A 'wake-up call' about what's killing America's young people," 1 June 2018
Theft of motor vehicle, Prospect Street: A 2007 Dodge Grand Caravan was reported stolen at about 9:30 a.m. April 6 from an apartment building at 750 Prospect St. The victim, 72, believes her neighbor, a 46-year-old woman, stole the vehicle.

— bob sandrick, cleveland.com, "Skateboarder says he was hit on head, robbed; neighbor suspects neighbor of stealing minivan: Berea Police Blotter," 12 Apr. 2018
The driver of the motor vehicle was not injured, police said.

— mikaela porter, courant.com, "Farmington Police: Bicyclist Sustains Life-Threatening Injuries Following Crash," 27 Mar. 2018
Specific permits aren’t required as long as the vehicle meets all applicable motor vehicle laws and there is a licensed driver either in the car or monitoring it remotely.

— gary gastelu, Fox News, "After Uber crash, Arizona DOT confirms no changes to self-driving car rules," 20 Mar. 2018
The number of pedestrians killed by motor vehicles on U.S. roads remains at or near levels not seen in more than a quarter of a century.

— pete bigelow, Car and Driver, "Pedestrian Deaths Remain High, Maybe Because Drivers Are, Too," 28 Feb. 2018
Once located, Bill Rumfield will be booked on aggravated assault with a motor vehicle on a peace officer.

— marie simoneaux, NOLA.com, "Marrero man wanted after trying to hit officer with a car: JPSO," 25 Feb. 2018
Of the 17 million motor vehicles sold in the U.S. each year, wagons account for barely more than 1%.

— russ mitchell, latimes.com, "New wagons from Volvo and Jaguar offer agile alternatives to the lumbering SUV," 25 May 2018
He was immediately taken into custody and will be charged at least with evading with a motor vehicle, Ecke said.

— samantha ketterer, Houston Chronicle, "13-year-old arrested after police chase involving stolen car," 23 May 2018

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