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Vehicle registration question

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    #32
    IDMUD
    Closed Accounts Posts: 122 ✭✭IDMUD


    A crew cab is a vehicle used for the carriage of both persons and goods, the
    definition of which is set out in legislation17. A crew-cab may be classified as
    Category B or C as follows:
    a crew cab which has a cargo area length not exceeding 45% of its
    wheelbase and a GVW not exceeding 2,519 kilograms , is to be classified as
    a Category B vehicle.

    So that would make a two seater with cargo space behind a class B?


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    #33
    ambro25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    These category definitions lifted texto from the VRT manual -
    [“category A vehicle” means a vehicle other than a category D vehicle, [a crew cab, a motor caravan,]
    a motor-cycle or a listed vehicle -

    (a) which is designed, constructed or adapted, solely or mainly for the carriage of the driver alone or the driver and one or more other persons, or

    (b) which is of not more than 3 tonnes unladen weight and has, to the rear of the driver’s seat, a roofed area -

    (i) which is fitted with one or more side windows, or SI 318/1992 reg 5(a), (c)

    (ii) in which openings, suitable for the fitting of side windows, are or were
    incorporated and are not closed and sealed in accordance with such
    conditions as may be prescribed, or

    (iii) in which one or more seats have been fitted or in which are provided
    fixtures or other devices for the purpose of fitting one or more seats, or

    (c)

    (iv) in which the floor is constructed or fitted otherwise than in accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed;]
    [“category B vehicle” means a vehicle (other than a categoryAvehicle, a category D vehicle, a motor-cycle or a listed vehicle) which is of not more than 3 tonnes unladen weight and which -

    (a) has a roofed area to the rear of the driver’s seat the floor of which is less than 2 metres in length when measured in such manner as may be approved by the Commissioners:

    Provided that, where a motor vehicle is of not more than 1.3 tonnes unladen
    weight and the roofed area of the vehicle to the rear of the driver’s seat has a
    load volume of more than 2 cubic metres when measured in such manner as
    the Commissioners may approve, the vehicle shall not be regarded as a
    category B vehicle,]

    [or

    (b) is a crew cab, or

    (c) is a motor caravan;]
    [“category C vehicle” means a vehicle other than a category A vehicle, a category B vehicle, a category D vehicle or a motor-cycle;]

    So wtf is that, then? a tank? a boat? a plane? Superman?
    [“category D vehicle” means one of the following vehicles, namely, an invalid carriage, a refuse cart, a sweeping machine, a watering machine used exclusively for cleansing public streets and roads, an ambulance, a road roller, a fire engine, a fire-escape, a vehicle used exclusively for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of road construction machinery used only for the construction or repair of roads and a vehicle used exclusively for the transport (whether by carriage or traction) of life boats and their gear or any equipment for affording assistance in the preservation of life and property in cases of shipwreck or distress at sea;]


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