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28.07.2013 08:31 |
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Tailboard
1) The drop-down rear platform of a goods vehicle - to facilitate loading and unloading. May comprise a hydraulic tail-lift - see below. If tailboard is used to support the weight of goods while travelling, it counts as part of the overall length of the vehicle - such use may contravene the vehicle's overall maximum length limit.
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28.07.2013 08:29 |
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Tack-trak
1) Device (mainly intended for drivers) by which accumulated amount of driving/breaks/other work can be calculated - to avoid breaking law.
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27.07.2013 20:03 |
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Tachograph
1) Instrument (fitted mainly in heavy vehicles) for indicating and recording (on special charts - see below) time/speed/distance. Also records driver's other work activities/breaks/rest periods. Required on vehicles over 3.5 tonnes gvw under regulation EC 3821/85 (unless exempt). See also Digital tachograph.
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27.07.2013 20:01 |
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T2000
1) Transport 2000. Campaigner against heavy lorries, albeit claiming to seek a coherent and environmentally sensitive transport policy.
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27.07.2013 19:58 |
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44 tonnes
1) Maximum permissible weight for goods vehicles in UK from February 2001 (apart from those operating under Special Types legislation). Legislating for these vehicles is said to take the equivalent of 1,000 trucks off the roads, reduce CO2 emissions by 80,000-100,000 tonnes and nitrous oxide (NOx) by 3,600-4,000 tonnes annually.
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27.07.2013 19:24 |
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Synchromesh
1) Motor vehicle gearbox in which the gear trains are synchronized to give easier, smooth and silent gear changes.
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28.07.2013 08:30 |
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TAG
1) (1) Track access grant. Government grants towards the operating costs of rail freight services. Designed to encourage a switch of freight from road to rail. See also Section 8 grants and Freight facilities grants. (2) As in tag axle. Industry terminology for a trailing (ie non-driven) axle on a vehicle or semi-trailer.
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27.07.2013 20:05 |
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Tachograph chart/analysis
1) Special pre-printed circular disc with wax coated (ie pressure sensitive) surface on which recordings are made. Such can be analysed with accuracy to determine basics of vehicle/driver activity (eg observance of EU hours' law) and by specialists in event of accident.
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27.07.2013 20:02 |
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TAC
1) Type Approval Certificate. See Type approval.
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27.07.2013 20:00 |
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T
1) Ton/tonne.
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27.07.2013 19:25 |
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SYPTE
1) South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (PTE).
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27.07.2013 19:24 |
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SWOT
1) Strength, weakness, opportunity, threat. Management concept in which an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are analysed.
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