Definition: Special purpose road motor vehicle

Category: Road transport

Road motor vehicle designed for purposes other than the carriage of passengers or goods.

This category includes:

a) Fire brigade vehicles
b) Mobile cranes
c) Self-propelled rollers
d) Bulldozers with metallic wheels or track
e) Vehicles for recording film, radio and TV broadcasting
f) Mobile library vehicles
g) Towing vehicles for vehicles in need of repair
h) Other special purpose road motor vehicles. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/other_documents/transport_glossary_4_ed/index.cfm?TargetUrl=DSP_TRANSPORT_GLOSSARY_4_ED