ROG:
Weights for regulations are GVW or MAM weights
Quote from the booklet that Animal posted above in this tread, page 10:
“Most vehicles used for the carriage of goods by road and with a maximum permissible weight (including
any trailer or semi-trailer) of over 3.5 tonnes are in scope of the EU rules.”
What does this maximum permissible weight exactly mean?
Is this the weight of the laden or unladen vehicle?
Then, there is that chart on page 11
anon84679660:
What does this maximum permissible weight exactly mean?
The maximum weight something can be when fully loaded which is GVW or MAM or MPTLM or MPW - they all mean the same thing
ROG:
anon84679660:
What does this maximum permissible weight exactly mean?The maximum weight something can be when fully loaded which is GVW or MAM or MPTLM or MPW - they all mean the same thing
So, if maximum permissible weight is 3.5 tonnes and it a weight of a ladden vehicle , and not an empty one, than why do we bother learning about those domestic hours at all?
I’m not doing my C licence to drive 3.5 tonnes ladden vehicles, I could drive drive them using my B licence, I’, learning to drive a large lorries.
Even when you attempt to pass you practical driving test they do not accept you coming for the test with a lorry of less then 10 tonnes ( that is maximum permissible weight).
So, what’s the point of all those domestic rules, if they are never being used by a C licensed lorry driver?
LGV C category vehicle being used for door to door household rubbish collection is under domestic regs
anon84679660:
So, what’s the point of all those domestic rules, if they are never being used by a C licensed lorry driver?
Plenty of cat C drivers work to domestic regulations as do some C+E drivers.
Basically all HGV drivers work to EU regulations unless either the vehicle or the type of work being done is exempt from EU regulations, in which case you will generally be on domestic regulations.
There’s a list of EU exemptions in the booklet GV262 that animal linked to.