Council Directive 92/114/EEC (repealed)Show full title

2. DEFINITIONS U.K.

For the purposes of this Directive:

2.1. ‘External surface’ means that part of the vehicle forward of the cab's rear panel as defined in 2.5, with the exception of the rear panel itself, and includes such items as the front wings, front bumpers and front wheels; U.K.

2.2. ‘Vehicle type-approval’ means the approval of a vehicle type with regard to its external projections; U.K.

2.3. ‘Vehicle type’ means motor vehicles which do not differ in such essential respects as the ‘external surface’; U.K.

2.4. ‘Cab’ means that part of the bodywork which constitutes the driver and passenger compartment, including the doors; U.K.

2.5. ‘Cab rear panel’ means the rearmost part of the external surface of the driver and passenger compartment. Where it is not possible to determine the position of the rear cab panel, for the purposes of this Directive it would be deemed to be the vertical transversal plane situated 50 cm to the rear of the R point of the driver's seat, with the seat, if adjustable, located at its rearmost driving position (see Annex III to Directive 77/649/EEC)(1). If the cab is fitted with more than one row of seats, the rearmost passenger seat in its rearmost position has to be taken into account for the definition of the rear cab panel. However, the manufacturer may, with the agreement of the technical services, request an alternative distance if 50 cm can be shown as being inappropriate for particular vehicle; U.K.

2.6. ‘Reference plane’ means a horizontal plane passing through the centre of the front wheels or a horizontal plane situated at the height of 50 cm above the ground, whichever is lower. This plane is defined for the laden state of the vehicle; U.K.

2.7. ‘Floor line’ means a line determined as follows: U.K.

When a vertical-axis cone of undetermined height having its side at an angle of 15^o to the vertical is moved about the external surface of the loaded vehicle so as to remain in contact with the external surface of the body at its lowest point, the floor line is the geometrical trace of the points of contact. In determining the floor line, no account is taken of the exhaust pipes or wheels, or of functional mechanical features attached to the under-body such as jacking points, suspension mountings or attachments for use in towing or in case of breakdown. In the spaces at the outside of wheel arches an imaginary surface extending the adjacent external surfaces without change of position is assumed. The front bumpers are taken into account in determining the floor line. Depending on the type of vehicles, the trace of the floor line may be at either the outer edge of the bumper profile or at the body panel below the bumper. Where there are two or more points of contact at the same time, the lowest point of contact is used to determine the floor line;

2.8. ‘Radius of curvature’ means the radius of the arc of a circle which comes closest to the rounded form of the component under consideration. U.K.

2.9. ‘Laden vehicle’ means the vehicle at its technically permissible maximum laden mass and the distribution of this mass among the axles as stated by the manufacturer. U.K.

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OJ No L 267, 19. 10. 1977, p. 1. Directive last amended by Directive 90/630/EEC (OJ No L 341, 6. 12. 1990, p. 20).