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A commercial vehicles is a type of vehicle
Vehicle

Vehicles, derived from the Latin word, vehiculum, are non-living means of transport. Most often they are manufactured , although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks....
 that is used for carrying goods or passengers.

Examples of commercial vehicles include:


Ec Council Directive 68/297 (Amended by 85/347). “Commercial motor vehicle” means any motorised road vehicle which by its type of construction and equipment is designed for, and capable of transporting, whether for payment or not (1) not more than nine persons, including the driver; (2) goods and “Standard fuel tanks” means the tanks permanently fixed by the manufacturer to all motor vehicles of the same type as the vehicle in question and whose permanent fitting enables fuel to be used directly, both for the purposes of propulsion and, where appropriate, for the operation of a refrigeration system; and gas tanks fitted to motor vehicles designed for the direct use of gas as a fuel are considered to be standard fuel tanks.






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A commercial vehicles is a type of vehicle
Vehicle

Vehicles, derived from the Latin word, vehiculum, are non-living means of transport. Most often they are manufactured , although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks....
 that is used for carrying goods or passengers.

Examples of commercial vehicles include:
  • Truck
    Truck

    File:Red truck USA.JPGA truck is a type of motor vehicle commonly used for carrying goods and materials. Some light trucks are relatively small, similar in size to a passenger automobile....
  • Semi truck
  • Van
    Van

    A van is a kind of vehicle used for transporting goods or groups of people. It is usually a box-shaped vehicle on four wheels, about the same width and length as a large automobile, but taller and usually higher off the ground, also referred to as a light commercial vehicle or LCV....
  • Coach
    Coach (vehicle)

    In British English and Australian English, the term coach is used to refer to a large motor vehicle for conveying passengers. To differentiate from other types of bus, a coach has a luggage hold separate from the passenger cabin....
  • Bus
    Bus

    A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
  • Taxicab
    Taxicab

    A taxicab, also taxi or cab, is a type of public transport for a single passenger, or small group of passengers, typically for a non-shared ride....
  • Box truck
    Box truck

    A box truck, also known as a cube truck, cube van, bob truck, box van, or straight truck, is a truck with a cube-shaped cargo area....
  • Trailers


See also

  • Light commercial vehicle
    Light commercial vehicle

    Light commercial vehicles or category N1 is the formal term in the European Union for goods vehicles with a Gross vehicle mass of up to 3.5 tonnes....
  • Large Goods Vehicles
  • Light truck
    Light truck

    Light truck or light duty truck is a classification for trucks or truck-based vehicles with a Cargo capacity of less than 4,000 pound s ....
  • Professional car
    Professional car

    A professional car in modern times is an automobile that has been modified with extensive Coach work for service in livery transportation or in funeral home operations ....
  • Truck driver
    Truck driver

    A truck driver is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck, usually a semi truck, box truck, or dump truck.Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished Goods and raw materials over land, typically from manufacturing plants to retail or distribution centers....
  • Bus driver
    Bus driver

    A bus driver or omnibus driver is a person who drives buses as their profession. Bus drivers typically drive their vehicles between bus stations or stops....


Ec Council Directive 68/297 (Amended by 85/347). “Commercial motor vehicle” means any motorised road vehicle which by its type of construction and equipment is designed for, and capable of transporting, whether for payment or not (1) not more than nine persons, including the driver; (2) goods and “Standard fuel tanks” means the tanks permanently fixed by the manufacturer to all motor vehicles of the same type as the vehicle in question and whose permanent fitting enables fuel to be used directly, both for the purposes of propulsion and, where appropriate, for the operation of a refrigeration system; and gas tanks fitted to motor vehicles designed for the direct use of gas as a fuel are considered to be standard fuel tanks. EC Council Directive 68/297 (Substituted by EC Council Directive 85/347)