TS 4457
Road vehicles - Types - Terms and definitions
This standard covers terms, definitions and classification of motor vehicles, towed vehicles, combinations of vehicles, mopeds, motorcycles. This standard does not cover vehicles such as agricultural tractors.
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TS 4457 is a terminology and classification standard for road vehicles. It establishes a common naming framework for motor vehicles, towed vehicles, vehicle combinations, motorcycles, and mopeds, helping engineers, regulators, and technical writers use the same concepts consistently across documents and legal texts.
Why the classification terms matter
In vehicle engineering, naming is not just vocabulary: it determines how a vehicle is grouped for legal, technical, and administrative purposes. Distinctions such as motor vehicle, towed vehicle, and vehicle combination affect how a vehicle is described in type approval, registration, traffic rules, and related technical documentation. Two-wheel and light motorized categories such as motorcycles and mopeds are treated separately for the same reason. The standard also notes that English equivalents for the terms are given in Annex 1.
What is outside the scope
The standard does not cover vehicles built for special purposes, such as agricultural tractors. In general technical context, this means the document focuses on the ordinary road-vehicle domain rather than on off-road, work-machine, or special-duty vehicle classes. Terminology standards like this one support consistency in legislation, specifications, catalogues, and engineering communication, but they do not by themselves introduce performance requirements or test methods unless those are explicitly stated.
This Turkish edition is linked to ISO 3833:1977 and provides the conceptual base used alongside TS ISO 1176 in road vehicle terminology work.
- Publication Date: 24.03.2016
- Standard Status: U (Yürürlükteki Standard/Standard)
- Publisher: TSE
- Document Language: tr
- ICS Classification: 01.040.43 Karayolu Taşıtları Mühendisliği (Terimler); 43.020 Karayolu Taşıtları (Genel) *Taşıma araçları egzos emisyonları, bkz 13.040.50 ; 43.040 Karayolu Taşıt Sistemleri *Motosiklet, moped sistemleri, bkz 43.140 *Bisiklet sistemleri, bkz. 43.150
- Pages: 15
- Source Standard: 2918 sayılı Karayolları Trafik Kanunu Karayolları Trafik Yönetmeliği Motorlu Araçlar ve Römorkları Tip Onayı Yönetmeliği (2007/46/AT) ISO 3833:1977
- International Equivalents: 3833-NEQ
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