Vehicle terms
There are all sorts of vehicles, Consider the following vehicles according to their class and category. Vehicle definition: A device on wheels, tracks, runners or similar which is designed primarily for travel on land, and which does not run on rails. Vehicles are subdivided into motorised vehicles, trailers, towed vehicles, sidecars, bicycles, horse-drawn vehicles and other vehicles.
Motorised vehicles
Trailer
Towed vehicle
Sidecar
Bicycle
Horse-drawn vehicle
Other vehicles
Motor vehicles
Tractor
Heavy equipment
Terrain vehicle
Light trailer
Heavy trailer
Car
Motorcycle
Moped
Class I (traffic)
Class II (agriculture)
Class I
Class II
Off-road vehicles
Terrain scooter
Private car
Class I (normal)
Class II (campers, etc.)
Lorry
Light lorry
Heavy lorry
Bus
Light bus
Heavy bus
Light motorcycle
Heavy motorcycle
Class I (EU moped)
Class II
Maximum speed for different types of vehicles
Vehicle | 120 km/h | 110 km/h | 100 km/h | 90 km/h | 80 km/h | 70 km/h | 60 km/h | 50 km/h | 45 km/h | 40 km/h | 30 km/h | 25 km/h | 20 km/h | 10 km/h |
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Car | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Motor cycle | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Light lorries | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Car with trailer | Permitted: If trailer or camper has brakes. Permitted: If trailer or camper has no brakes but a total weight (or unladen weight) not exceeding half of the car’s unladen weight. | Car with unbraked trailers whose total weight exceeds half of the car’s unladen weight. | ||||||||||||
Buss with a max weigth of 3.5 ton | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Heavy Bus, over 3.5 ton | Permitted: If all passengers have access to a seat belt | Permitted: All passengers does not have access to a seat belt | ||||||||||||
Heavy lorry | Permitted: Motorway and clearway | Permitted: Normal road | ||||||||||||
Heavy off-road vehicle. | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Tractor B | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Tractor A | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Tractor ("EPA tractor"). | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Moped class I (EU moped). | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Moped class || | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Tow truck | Permitted: If vehicle suspended at the rear | |||||||||||||
Tow car with tow rope | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Motorised vehicle on a track | Permitted | |||||||||||||
Offroad vehicle | Permitted: Off-road vehicle on normal public roads | |||||||||||||
Trailer with hard steel wheels | Permitted |