ADR
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Australian Design Rule
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ACA
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Australian Communications Authority
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ACCC
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Australian Consumer and Competition Commission
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AGCC
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Arab Gulf Cooperation Council
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ANCAP
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Australian New Car Assessment Program
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ARSTA
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Australian Road Transport Suppliers Association
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ATA
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Australian Commercial vehicle Association
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ATSB
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Australian Transport Safety Bureau
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AVSR
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Australian Vehicle Standards Regulations
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COAG
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Council of Australian Governments
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Cth
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Commonwealth
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DOTARS
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Department of Transport and Regional Services
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ECE
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Economic Commission for Europe
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EEC
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European Economic Community (also EC or EU)
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EEVC
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European Enhanced Vehicle-safety Committee
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EU
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European Union (also EC or EEC)
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FAPM
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Federation of Automotive Product Manufacturers
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FCAI
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Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries
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FMVSS
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Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
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FORS
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Federal Office of Road Safety
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GVM
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Gross Vehicle Mass
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IRTAD
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International Road Traffic and Accident Database
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MTAA
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Motor Traders Association of Australia
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MUARC
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Monash University Accident Research Centre
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MVSA
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Motor Vehicle Standards Act
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NA category vehicle
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Goods vehicle with GVM not exceeding 3.5 tonnes
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NB category vehicle
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Goods vehicle with GVM exceeding 3.5 tonnes
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NC category vehicle
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but not exceeding 12 tonnes
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NTC
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National Transport Commission
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OECD
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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
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RTA
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Roads and Traffic Authority
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TIC
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Commercial vehicle Industry Council
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TPA
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Trade Practices Act
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TC category trailer
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A trailer with GTM exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 10 tonnes
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TD category trailer
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A trailer with GTM exceeding 10 tonnes
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UNECE
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United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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VicRoads
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Organisation providing roads and road safety administration in Victoria
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Administrative cost
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Cost incurred by DOTARS for administering an ADR
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Aggressively
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Aggresivity as a safety performance concept is the risk of injury that a vehicle poses to
other road users with which it impacts, including other vehicle occupants and vulnerable
road users such as motorcylists, bicyclists and pedestrians.
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Articulated vehicle
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A combination of a prime mover and semi-trailer
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B-Double
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A combination of vehicles consisting of a prime mover towing 2 semi-trailers
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Combination vehicle
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Either a combination of a rigid goods vehicle and one trailer (other than a semi-trailer);
or an articulated vehicle
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Heavy commercial
Vehicle
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Vehicles exceeding a GVM of 3.5 tonnes
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Compliance cost
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Cost incurred by vehicle manufacturers in preparing vehicles to comply with an ADR.
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Crashworthiness
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Crashworthiness as a safety performance concept is the relative safety of a vehicle in protecting its occupants in the event of a crash. It is a measure of the risk of death or
serious injury to a driver or vehicle occupant when the vehicle is involved in a crash.
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Δ (Delta) V
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The closing velocity between two objects that collide.
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Gross Profit Margin
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The gross profit margin is defined as: 100 * income Operating tax before profits
Operating . The average profit margin is slightly over-estimated because the operating
profit before tax for non-employing businesses includes the returns to labour of working proprietors. The average gross profit margin for all industries in 1999/2000 was 7.0 per
cent (ABS 2001c).
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GCM
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The mass specified for a vehicle by the manufacturer as being the maximum of the sum of the gross vehicle mass of the drawing vehicle plus the sum of the axle loads of any vehicle capable of being drawn as a trailer
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GVM
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The maximum laden mass of a vehicle as specified by the manufacturer of the completed vehicle
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Laden mass
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The mass of a vehicle and its load borne on the surface on which it is standing or-running.
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Mercosur
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The Southern Common Market created in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and
Uraguay.
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Prime mover
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A motor vehicle with no significant load carrying area and which is built to tow a
semi-trailer
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Rigid vehicle
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A motor vehicle which has a significant load carrying area. It may also be equipped with a tow bar or other coupling on the rear of the vehicle
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Road train
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A combination of vehicles other than a B-Double consisting of a motor vehicle towing at least 2 trailers
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Semi-trailer
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A trailer that has one axle group or single axle towards the rear and a means of attachment to a Prime mover that would result in some of the load being imposed on the prime mover
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Total combination mass
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The combined mass of the laden or unladen trailer and the towing vehicle
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Underrun collision
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An underrun collision occurs when a passenger car or motorcycle slides underneath the front, side, or rear end of a heavy commercial vehicle.
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Vehicle compatibility
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Vehicle mass, stiffness and geometry affect compatibility. Incompatibility is greatest between a passenger car and articulated heavy commercial vehicle
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