traffic definitions & laws Flashcards
what is the definition of night?
means from half an hour after sunset until half an hour before sunrise or such other period for the lighting of vehicles as shall be fixed from time to time and published in the gazette.
who is a driver?
driver includes any person actually driving a motor vehicle at any given time and any person in charge of thereof for the purpose of driving whenever the same is stationary on any road.
what does tare mean?
the actual weight of a vehicle when unladen but inclusive of the body, accumulators, loose tools, spare wheels, and other usual equiptment and a full supply of water and fuel used for the purpose of propulsion.
what does maximum gross weight (m.g.w)?
in reference to a goods vehicle the tare together with the load including the weight of the driver and the loaders
what is m.g.w in reference to a motor omnibus?
the tare together with the weight of the driver, conductor and # of passengers for which the vehicle is registered and for the purposes of this definition the weight of a driver, loader, conductor or passenger shall be taken as sixty kilios
what is a maxi taxi?
a public service vehicle with seating accommodation for not less than nine not more than twenty-five passengers.
what is a motor vehicle?
mechanically propelled vehicle intended of adapted for use on roads and includes a trolley vehicle but does not include vehicles constructed exclusively for use on rails or other specially prepared tracts.
who is an owner?
a) if a motor vehicle in not registered, includes the person in actual charge or possession of the vehicle in Trinidad and Tobago.
b) in the case of a vehicle that is registered means the person in whose name the vehicle is registered
what is parking?
casuing or permitting a vehicle, whether occupied or not, to stand in a road except
a) while the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded
b) while passengers are entering or leaving the vehicle
c) in compliance with the directions of a constable or of a traffic sign or with the requirements of traffic regulations
d) while temporarily stopped by reason of traffic conditions or
e) while stopped owing to mechanical breakdown or lack of fuel and park and other cognate expressions shall be constructed.
what is a road?
any street, road or open soace to which the puble are granted access and any bridge over which a road passess and includes any privately owned street, road or open soace to which the \public are granted access either generally or conditionally.
what is stop line?
any line painted on, or made of metal or other suitable material placed or a road for indicating where traffic must stop when required to do so either by a constable engaged in the control of traffic or by a traffic sign or by a light signal.
what is traffic?
includes bicycles, tricycles, motor vehicles, tramcars, vehicles of every description, pedestrians and all animals being ridded driven or led
what are traffic signs?
includes any signal (whether an electric automatic signal or otherwise), warning signpost, direction post, sign line, direction arrow, word, mark or other device erected, placed or otherwise marked on or near a road for the guidance or direction of traffic.
