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Vehicle types

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  1. Motor Vehicle
  2. Unmotorised Vehicle
  3. Special Vehicles
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Unmotorised Vehicle / Without Motor

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*Tram/Streetcar
*Mopeds (2, 3, 4 wheels) and light quadricycle
*Vehicle for reduced mobility

*Animal drawn vehicle
*Cycles
*Bicycle
*Motor cycle
*Personal Light Electric Vehicles (electric bikes/scooters)
*Trailers and semi-trailers
*Towed agricultural machinery

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Driver

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The person handling the steering mechanism or the controls of the vehicle/leading an animal. In duel-control vehicles, the driver is the person who is in charge of the additional controls.

During classes, the driver is the teacher

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Pedestrian

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A person who is traveling on a public highway/road on foot, pushing a bicycle or 2-wheel scooter, in a wheelchair and those who use skateboards or similar methods of transport (an unmotorised vehicle)

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Policy Holder

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The person who takes out the insurance policy with the insurer.

The person who takes out Civil Liability Insurance of the vehicle.

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Types of Automotive Motor Vehicles
(Vehicle equipped with an engine)

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*Car
*Panel van (“car-derived van” UK / “sedan delivery” USA)
*Motorcycle
*Motorized tricycle, motor trike, or three-wheeled motorcycle
*Quadricycle, quadracycle, quadcycle, quadrocycle and quad
*Lorry (UK) / Truck (USA)
*Tractor Unit (lorry cab / truck cab)
*Bus/Coach
*Trolleybus

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Types of Special Motor Vehicles

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*Special construction vehicles
*Special vehicles for certain services ( Public work & services )
*Special agricultural vehicles

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Cycle (bicycle/tri/quad)

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Vehicle with two or more wheels - moved by the muscular effort of the people who occupy it through pedals or cranks

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Cycle with Pedal Assistance

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Equipped with motor

Maximum continuous rated power not exceeding 250W

Stops before the vehicle speeds reaches 25km/h

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Motor Cycle

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Pedal operated with auxiliary propulsion which stops at 25km/h

Power less than or equal to 1000W

Must be registered to be roadworthy

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Personal Light Electric Vehicles

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One or more wheels

Single Seat

Electric Motor

Max speed between 6 - 25 km/h

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Moped

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Max engine capacity of 50cc

Max speed of 45km/h

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Automobile

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Designed for the transport of persons, goods/objects or to tow trailers and other vehicles.

Special vehicles are excluded.

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Motorcycle - two wheels (+ sidecar)

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Engine cylinder capacity greater than 50cc, with a minimum speed of 45 km/h.

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Car

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Designed to transport people, with 4 or more wheels and capacity of 9 seats/passengers including the driver.

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Adaptable Mixed Vehicle

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Can transport people and goods simultaneously.

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Lorry/Truck

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Intended for transporting goods.

It’s cabin is NOT integrated into the bodywork.

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Van

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Intended for transporting goods.

It’s cabin IS integrated with the rest of the bodywork.

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Tractor Lorry

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Intended to drag a semi-trailer.

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Bus / Coach

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Vehicle with more than 9 seats including the driver. Its function is to transport people and their luggage.

Two Storey Bus/Coach

Articulated Bus/Coach

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Special Vehicles ( Adaptive Mixed)

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Self-propelled or towed vehicle designed to carry out certain works and services.

There are 3 types:
1. Agricultural
2. Construction
3. Service

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Empty Tare (Gross Weight)

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Gross weight of the empty vehicle with fuel, spare parts and accessories.

(Mass of the vehicle, with its permanent authorized equipment, without drivers, passengers or cargo, and with its supply or water, fuel, oil, spare parts, and required tools and accessories.)

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Loaded Gross Weight

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The gross weight of the vehicle at the moment, including driver, passengers and load.

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Maximum Authorised Mass (MAM)

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The Maximum Gross loaded weight when driving.

The maximum weight for use of a vehicle with its cargo in circulation on public roads.

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Highway

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Public or Private road or pathway intended for use by an undetermined group of user.

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Road

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Any public highway located out of town.

They can be motorways, dual carriageways, highways for use by automobiles

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Motorway

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A highway designed to be used exclusively by automobiles

No direct access from adjacent properties

May be toll roads

Speed limit 120km/h

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Dual Carriageway

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A highway designed as a dual carriageway.

Speed limit 120km/h.

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Urban Roads

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Located in a built-up-areas (including cross-town roads), travel is in the lane that best suits the destination.

A public highway inside a town.

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Interurban Road

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Located outside built-up areas, drive in the right lane as a general rule.

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Through Road

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Part of a road that passes through a town

Road rules applied are the same as Urban Roads (inside town)

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Carriage Way

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Having a single carriage way.

Exclusively reserved for automobile traffic.

All cars and special vehicles over 3500kg will drive on a carriageway.

No direct access from adjacent properties.

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Conventional Road

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All other roads.

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Service Road

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A highway that is parallel to the main road, it allows for access to adjacent properties at specific points.

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Livestock Track

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Area used for the movement of animals.

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Places to be used only by Cyclists

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Cycle Route

Cycle Lane

Cycle Pavement

Cycle Path (also for pedestrians)

Protected Cycle lane or Cycle track

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Parts of the highway

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Platform: Made up of the carriageway and the hard shoulder.

Carriageway: Area reserved for vehicle traffic and divided into lanes.

Lane: Longitudinal lines the carriageway is divided into. May or may not be defined by road markings. Narrow Lane 3m or less

Central Reservation: Area not intended for the movement of traffic. Separates the different platforms

Hard Shoulder: A consolidated area adjacent to the carriageway that may or may not be paved. Automobiles are only permitted to use it in exceptional circumstances.

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Other Parts of the Highway
Pedestrian Zone

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Reserved for Pedestrians
Includes:
*footpath - may or may not be raised
*hard shoulder
*passage
*refuge - zone inside the carriage way protected from wheeled traffic

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Other Parts of the Highway
Lay-By

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A widening of the carriageway, for the purpose of allowing vehicles to stop.

They can be found on uphill sections of narrow roads.

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Other Parts of the Highway
Emergency Breaking Zone

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Specially conditioned to stop a vehicle in the event of brake failure, especially in long downhill stretches.

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Other Parts of the Highway
Junction

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When a number of highways intersect at the same level.

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Other Parts of the Highway
Roundabout

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Special type of junction where the traffic circulates around a central island.

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Other Parts of the Highway
Split roundabouts

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Allows traffic to pass through the centre without going around the central island

44
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Other Parts of the Highway
Traffic Island

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Raised or defined area of the carriage way used to guide traffic

45
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Other Parts of the Highway
Level Crossing

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Crossing where a train line and highway meet at the same level

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Narrow Carriageway

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Width of 6.5m or less

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Curve

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Section of highway with a change of direction.

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Straight

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Section that does not include a change of direction.

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Change in Gradient and Curve with Reduced Visibility

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Does not allow you to see the full width of the road or vehicles travelling in the opposite direction from a sufficient distance.

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