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337.29 TRAFFIC CODE 76F (3) "Truck" means every motor vehicle, except trailers and semitrailers, - designed and used to carry property and having a gross vehicle weight rating of 1.0, 000 pounds or less. (4) "Manufacturer" has the same meaning as in Ohio R. C. 4501.01. (5) "Gross vehicle weight rating" means the manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating established for the vehicle. . (6) "Body floor height" means the vertical distance between top of the frame rail and the bottom of the passenger compartment (cab) floor. In the event that the vehicle is a truck body floor height will be measured by the vertical distance between the passenger compartment (cab) floor and the floor of the truck bed. (7) "Bumper height" means the vertical distance between the ground and the highest point of the bottom of the bumper, measured when the vehicle is laden on a level surface with the vehicle tires inflated to the manu- facturer's recommended pressure. (8) "Frame" means the main longitudinal structural members of the chassis of the vehicle or, for vehicles with unitized body construction, the lowest main longitudinal structural members of the body of the vehicle. (OAC 4501-43-02) (b) Prohibition; Application. (1) No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State that does not conform to the requirements of this section. (2) No person shall modify any motor vehicle registered in this State in such a mariner as to cause the vehicle body or chassis to come in contact with the ground, expose the fuel tank to damage from collision, or cause the wheels to come in contact with the body under normal operation, and no person shall disconnect any part of the original suspension system. of the vehicle to defeat the safe operation of that system including the installation of inverted, altered or modified suspension system component parts which results in elevation of the height of the vehicle bumper or frame unit which is not in compliance with this section. (3) No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State without a bumper on the front and rear of the vehicle if such vehicle was equipped with bumpers as standard equipment by the manufacturer. (4) No person shall operate upon a street or highway any passenger car, multipurpose passenger vehicle or truck registered in this State if the difference in height between the body floor and the top of the frame exceeds four inches. 1990 Replacement