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. . ~ 70-1 LA PORTE CODE Pole trailer means 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 poles, pipes or structural members capable, generally, of sustaining themselves as beams between the supporting connections. Police officer means any member of the police department of the city authorized by law to make arrests in traffic offenses. Right-or-way means the privilege of immediate use of the roadway. Roadway means that portion of a street improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular travel. If a street includes two or more separate roadways, the term "roadway" shall refer to any such roadway separately, but not to all such roadways collectively. School bus means every motor vehicle owned by a public or governmental agency and operated for the transportation of children to or from school or privately owned and operated, for compensation, for the transportation of children to or from school. Semitrailer means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that some part of its weight and that of its load rests upon or is carried by another vehicle. Standard or time. All hours of time mentioned in this chapter refer to and shall be determined by Central Standard Time, as commonly known, except, during any future time, any standard of time established or proclaimed by the United States for an area including the city, all such hours shall be determined by such officially proclaimed standard, so long as such standard remains in effect. Stop means, when required, complete cessation of movement. Stop, stopping or standing means, when prohibited, any stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or traffic control sign or signal. TrarfLC means pedestrians, ridden or herded animals, vehicles and other conveyances, either singly or together, while using any street for purposes of travel. Trailer means every vehicle, with or without motive power, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying persons or property and for being drawn by a motor vehicle and so constructed that no part of its weight rests upon the towing vehicle. Vehicle means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a public highway. (Code 1970, ~ 25-1) Cross reference-Definitions generally, ~ 1-2. State law reference-Similar defInitions, 'Y.T.C.A., Transportation Code ~~ 541.001, 541.201, 541.301 et seq. CD70:4