[Tagging] Feature proposal - RFC - gross weight

[Kytömaa Lauri]

>I take it the gross weight
>item on the driver's license

Just to make sure, not all countries' driving licenses directly refer to weight; mine only states the allowed vehicle classes, and I can check the vehicle's papers to see of it's a B or a C. Effectively the difference is still max gross weight under vs. over 3.5t, but there could be exceptions. Therefore, the prohibiting sign with the "hgv symbol" only bans vehicles registered as vans and hgv's, i.e. not for example buses. Unlike in for example Germany, where that sign seems to refer to (gross) weight only.

There are even some vans, that can be registered (when new) as vans or hgv's at will; what the first buyer chooses, affects the recuired driver's license, and the permitted load. (There are probably some tax reasons in there, too, like you may never ever have so called "temporary" seats in a hgv's cargo department.)

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alv

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