As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Low-speed vehicle" means a four-wheeled vehicle that is able to attain a speed, upon a paved level surface, of more than twenty miles [32 kilometers] per hour in one mile [1.6 kilometers] and not more than twenty-five miles [40 kilometers] per hour in one mile [1.6 kilometers] and may not exceed three thousand pounds [1361 kilograms] in weight when fully loaded with passengers and any cargo.
2. "Operate" means to ride in or on and control the operation of a low-speed vehicle.
3. "Register" means the act of assigning a registration number to a low-speed vehicle.