Definitions for signs on vehicles and trailers

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Business Identification Sign. Any sign, graphics, or lettering upon a vehicle, relating to the company name, trade insignia, trademarks, products distributed, manufactured, or sold, or services performed by the business enterprise owning or leasing the vehicle. “Vehicular business identification sign” shall not include any poster, banner, light, model, or any other device separately attached to the vehicle. Consideration. Any of the three or any combination thereof: (1) Any money; (2) Thing of value; or (3) Economic benefit conferred on or received by any person in return for advertising services rendered or to be rendered. Person. Has the same meaning as defined in § 1-4.1 . Pole Trailer. Every vehicle without motive power designed to be drawn by another vehicle and attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reach or pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing vehicle, and ordinarily used for transporting long or irregularly shaped loads, such as pipes, poles, or structural members capable, generally of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. Semitrailer. Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a vehicle, whether propelled by motor or human power and so constructed that some part of its weight, including that of its load, rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. Trailer. Every vehicle with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, drawn by a vehicle, whether propelled by motor or human power and designed to carry persons or property, and so constructed that no appreciable part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. Vehicle. Every device in, upon or by which any person or property, which would include signs, is or may be transported or drawn upon a roadway or highway. This definition shall include a vehicle, whether it is propelled by motor or moved by human power. )