Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01065:body:0:p23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01065
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Character Range: 56623–59341

Loaded Vehicle Mass'.

   MAXIMUM VEHICLE SPEED 31/00 - the speed attainable, established by calculation or on the basis of a test, under maximum vehicle acceleration from a standing start for 1.6 km at 'Normal Loaded Vehicle Mass 31/00'.

   MEASUREMENTS - all measurements shall be considered relative to the vehicle's design attitude at design load on level ground.  Any vertical adjustment provided for the driver's seat in excess of the seat slide rise provided for in SAE document J941b Feb 1969 or SAE J941 MAR81 "Motor Vehicle Drivers Eye Range" may be considered in determining compliance with ADR 15.

   MEASURING RIM - any 'Rim' with a width as specified for the design or measuring rim' for a particular tyre size designation, and with the 'Bead' seat and flange dimensions for that 'Rim', as shown in one or more of the following documents or, in case of obsolete sizes no longer listed, in any editions of the following documents prior to the dates listed:
   - the Tyre and Rim Standards Manual of the Tyre and Rim Association of Australia, 1995 Edition;
   - the 1995 (US) Tire and Rim Association Inc. Year Book;
   - the Japan Automobile Tire Manufacturers Association Year Book, 1995  Edition;
   - the Japanese Industrial Standards (JIS - D4202) dated 1982 Dimensions of Tires, and (JIS - D4218) dated 1981 Contours of Rims; or
   - the European Tyre and Rim Technical Organisation (E.T.R.T.O.) Data Book dated 1995.

   MIST - a film of condensation on the inside surface of glazed area of a vehicle (ADR 15).

   MODE - means a particular operating condition during the dynamometer test cycle (ADR 36).

   MOTOR CYCLE - for the purposes of ADR 39, this term includes vehicle categories LC, LD and LE (ADR 39)

   MOTOR CYCLE TYPE - for the purpose of type approval, 'Motor Cycles' shall be of the same 'Motor Cycle Type' if they do not differ in such essential respects as:

    - the kind of engine (two-stroke or four-stroke etc.; number and capacity of cylinders; number of carburettors; arrangement of valves; 'Net Engine Power', and 'Engine Speed at Maximum Power');

    - number and ratios of gears; and

    - 'Silencing Systems Type' (ADR 39)

   MOUNTED HEIGHT - see 'Height Of Device'

   MUDGUARD - see 'Wheel Guard'

   NET ENGINE POWER (NEP) - ADR 28/00, 28/01 39 and 56 (exclusive definitions in each ADR).

   NOISE REDUCTION SYSTEM - means a complete set of 'Components' necessary for limiting the noise made by a motor vehicle and its exhaust (ADR 28/01).

   NOMINAL FUEL TANK CAPACITY - the volume of the fuel tank, specified by the 'manufacturer' to the nearest 0.5 litre, which may be filled with fuel through the petrol tank filler inlet.

   NOMINAL MINIMUM ENERGY LEVEL