Unladen is certainly the used, and understood, way of expressing such restrictions in the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-weights-explained Phil (trigpoint) On Saturday, 6 July 2019, Tobias Zwick wrote: > So "unladen" is the word used in UK legislation? Do you have a link? > Even if "unladen" is most commonly used in UK, I still find "empty" better > because it is easier to understand what it means for non native speakers > (simpler word). > > In the US, "empty" seems to be most commonly used, as it is also written on > the signs while at the same time, the word is not exclusively known/used in > the US - unlike mall, freeway, etc. > > "maxbogieweight" caused confusion earlier and was misunderstood as synonymous > to "maxaxleload" recently. "maxemptyweight" I think does not need > documentation to clarify what it stands for, "maxunladenweight" might. > > In the end, UK naming should usually win, but maybe "empty vehicle weight" > does not sound so exotic to British ears? > > Tobias > > On July 6, 2019 11:46:33 AM GMT+02:00, Colin Smale <[email protected]> > wrote: > >On 2019-07-06 10:48, Warin wrote: > > > >> On 06/07/19 18:16, Colin Smale wrote: > >> > >> On 2019-07-06 05:03, Warin wrote: > >> On 05/07/19 19:33, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > >> 3 Jul 2019, 12:52 by [email protected]: > >> 1.1 At the examples: for max empty weight, I propose the key > >maxemptyweight. It suggests itself. > >> Added, with link back to this post > > > >Here that would be called "maximum Tare weight". In the UK? > > > >Probably "maximum unladen weight." "Tare" does exist as a word, and is > >frequently used in logistics (empty weight of containers etc) but AFAIK > >not in the context of traffic regulations. > >Possibly not where you are.. but > > > >"registrable light motor vehicle means a motor vehicle that is > >registrable and has a tare mass that is not greater than 2,794 > >kilograms." > > > >From > >https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/2017/451/full > > > >And also in other traffic legislation in Australia... > > > >In the UK? > > > >"(h)the manner in which the tare weight of road vehicles, or of road > >vehicles of any particular class or description is to be determined. " > >from https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72 > > > >That is not a traffic regulation, that's about metrology. And by the > >way, I am speaking as a Brit, so native speaker and somewhat conversant > >with the laws and legal system. As I said, the word "tare" does exist, > >and is used in certain specific contexts. But in connection with road > >vehicles, everybody in the UK speaks of Unladen Weight. > > > >https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-weights-explained > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Sent from my Sailfish device _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
