The vehicle is a mechanical system that circulates on the road, with or without self-propulsion means. It is used for the transport of persons and/or goods or performing services or works.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Vehicle - the mechanical system that moves on the road, with or without self-propulsion means, commonly used for the transport of persons and/or goods or for performing services or works.
The motor vehicle represents the vehicle that moves by propulsion. Trams and agricultural or forestry tractors are not considered motor vehicles. Trolleybuses are considered motor vehicles.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Motor vehicle - any vehicle equipped with a propulsion engine, commonly used for the transport of persons or goods on the road or for towing, on the road, vehicles used for the transport of persons or goods. Vehicles that move on rails, called trams, as well as agricultural or forestry tractors are not considered motor vehicles. Trolleybuses are considered motor vehicles.
The automobile is the motor vehicle that is normally used for the transport of persons and/or goods. The trolleybus is considered an automobile. The tractor and the self-propelled machine for works are not considered automobiles.
The car is the automobile which, by construction, is intended for the transport of persons, luggage or goods. It has a maximum number of 9 seats, including the driver.
Definition extracted from the updated road transport law (OG no. 27/2011):
Car - motor vehicle with at least 4 wheels and a maximum design speed greater than 25 km/h, designed and built for the transport of persons, which has at most 9 seats, including the driver’s seat.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Moped - motor vehicle, with two or three wheels, whose maximum speed by construction is greater than 25 km/h, but does not exceed 45 km/h and which is equipped with an internal combustion engine, with spark ignition, with a cylinder capacity not exceeding 50 cc or with another internal combustion engine or, as the case may be, electric, whose maximum continuous nominal power does not exceed 4 kW, and the unladen mass of the vehicle does not exceed 350 kg, not including the mass of the batteries in the case of the electric vehicle. The light quadricycle, as defined in item 6 section A of annex no. 1 to section 4 of the Regulations on type-approval and issuance of the identity card of road vehicles, as well as type-approval of products used on them - RNTR 2, approved by the Order of the Minister of Public Works, Transport and Housing no. 211/2003, with subsequent amendments and completions, is assimilated to the moped.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Motorcycle - the motor vehicle with two wheels, with or without sidecar, equipped with an engine that has a cylinder capacity greater than 50 cc and/or whose maximum speed, by construction, exceeds 45 km/h.
The trailer is a vehicle without engine intended to be towed by a motor vehicle or tractor.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Trailer - the vehicle without engine intended to be towed by a motor vehicle or by an agricultural or forestry tractor.
The light trailer is the trailer whose maximum authorized total mass does not exceed 750 kg;
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Light trailer - trailer whose maximum authorized total mass does not exceed 750 kg.
The semi-trailer is the trailer whose maximum authorized total mass is partially taken over by a motor vehicle or by a tractor;
Definition extracted from the updated road transport law (OG no. 27/2011):
Semi-trailer - towed road vehicle, designed to be coupled to a tractor or a towing axle, so that a significant vertical force is exerted on the tractor or the towing axle.
The maximum authorized total mass is the maximum mass of a loaded vehicle, declared admissible following the approval by the competent authority.
Definition extracted from the updated Road Traffic Code (O.U.G. no.195/2002):
Maximum authorized total mass - the maximum mass of a loaded vehicle, declared admissible following the approval by the competent authority.
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