Directive 2009/78/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

1. DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of this Directive:

1.1.

‘stand’ means a device that is firmly attached to the vehicle and is able to maintain the vehicle in its vertical (or almost vertical) parking position when left unattended by its driver;

1.2.

‘prop stand’ means a stand which, when extended or swung into the open position, supports the vehicle on one side only, while leaving both wheels in contact with the supporting surface;

1.3.

‘centre stand’ means a stand which, when swung into the open position, supports the vehicle by providing one or several areas of contact between the vehicle and the supporting surface either side of the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle;

1.4.

‘transverse tilt (tt)’ means the gradient, expressed as a percentage, of the actual supporting surface, the intersection of the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle and the supporting surface being perpendicular to the line of maximum gradient (figure 1);

1.5.

‘longitudinal tilt (lt)’ means the gradient, expressed as a percentage, of the actual supporting surface, the median longitudinal plane of the vehicle being parallel to the line of maximum gradient (figure 2);

1.6.

‘median longitudinal plane of the vehicle’ means the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the rear wheel of the vehicle.