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Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014
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When is a car not a car
Must it have four wheels
Is a three wheeler a car
Must it have a steering wheel
Must the occupants sit inside
 


edna krabappel

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Jul 7, 2003
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When is a car not a car
Must it have four wheels
Is a three wheeler a car
Must it have a steering wheel
Must the occupants sit inside

Do you want the easy answer? :)

A motor car, under the Road Traffic Act legislation in England & Wales is....

a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen—

(a) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, does not exceed 3050 kilograms,

(b) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description, does not exceed 3050 kilograms, or 3500 kilograms if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding for the purposes of its propulsion any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5 degrees Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and materials for producing such fuel,

(c) does not exceed 2540 kilograms in a case not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above,




The old Reliant Robins, for what it's worth, fell within the parameters of a motorcycle (having not more than three wheels and weighing <410kg unladen).
 


AmexRuislip

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Do you want the easy answer? :)

A motor car, under the Road Traffic Act legislation in England & Wales is....

a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen—

(a) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, does not exceed 3050 kilograms,

(b) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description, does not exceed 3050 kilograms, or 3500 kilograms if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding for the purposes of its propulsion any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5 degrees Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and materials for producing such fuel,

(c) does not exceed 2540 kilograms in a case not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above,




The old Reliant Robins, for what it's worth, fell within the parameters of a motorcycle (having not more than three wheels and weighing <410kg unladen).

:wozza:
 








Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014
5,559
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Do you want the easy answer? :)

A motor car, under the Road Traffic Act legislation in England & Wales is....

a mechanically propelled vehicle, not being a motor cycle or an invalid carriage, which is constructed itself to carry a load or passengers and the weight of which unladen—

(a) if it is constructed solely for the carriage of passengers and their effects, is adapted to carry not more than seven passengers exclusive of the driver and is fitted with tyres of such type as may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State, does not exceed 3050 kilograms,

(b) if it is constructed or adapted for use for the conveyance of goods or burden of any description, does not exceed 3050 kilograms, or 3500 kilograms if the vehicle carries a container or containers for holding for the purposes of its propulsion any fuel which is wholly gaseous at 17.5 degrees Celsius under a pressure of 1.013 bar or plant and materials for producing such fuel,

(c) does not exceed 2540 kilograms in a case not falling within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) above,




The old Reliant Robins, for what it's worth, fell within the parameters of a motorcycle (having not more than three wheels and weighing <410kg unladen).

Thank you Edna that was very short and sweet I should have had added the do not look the answer up on the interweb just post your definition of what constitutes a car
 









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