Ok....
Brand New insight now... Just this moment... When looking at Pictures of Invalid carriages & also Cars, then Goods vehicles from 1930s
The insight is this
1. I notice Invalid carriages is not a heavy motor car. But its in the Schedule 6.
It is only a passenger vehicle, though & not adapted to carry a load other than personal effects.
Its strange it is a very slow speed limit, when motorbikes go faster. But its the apparent disability of the driver that makes it a low speed limit as well as the vehicle being constructed for a lower speed. (We note a motorcycle rider might end up in one of these, if he has an accident) which is the irony in the act itself & Name.
Its a special vehicle, anyway.
I wonder if the irony is also the same as evident in the "dual purpose" vehicle, under 1 not being possible to be over 2 tonnes yet its stated it can be (being) one so over 3 ton?
So its not a heavy motor car.
Its not a passenger vehicle.
but it has its own section. as a special vehicle. On merit of its probably not designed to go faster than a very low speed anyway (not capable)
Then I look at some General goods vehicles. These are random ones that show up around 1930. They are all by the look of it over the unladen weight of 2500kg / 2.5 tones thus heavy motor cars. And some have NO PASSENGER CAPABILITIES AT ALL.
They are not CONSTRUCTED OR ADAPTED TO CARRY ANY PASSENGERS AT ALL.
NO PASSENGERS
A load only. (likely under 2500kg unladen weight)
All adapted to carry 1 passenger in addition to the driver, but over 2500kg unladen weight & likely over 3 tones unladen weight as well.
Ok... So what??
A bunch of old vehicles that just helps us recognise how the classes were created & what they did intend to mean & where we got our terms from & descriptions are based on & evolved from....
Well here it is.....
The Invalid carriage is only IN the schedule 6 table because it is mentioned... Right?
It has a unique section. Or else it would not be in there because its not a heavy motor car. BUT, it IS NOT a passenger vehicle. So its NOT ABSOLUTELY NOT constructed or adapted SOLELY for the carriage of PASSENGERS & THEIR EFFECTS. nope. NONE. Not 1. The Driver is not a passenger, It is a Driver. (distinction).
Some of the Goods vehicles are constructed or adapted to carry a load. But some are constructed or adapted to carry PASSENGERS. And some ARENT.
But not SOLEY for passengers.
SOLEY for passengers is mentioned in item (1) of Schedule 6 table. But we know that a (motor car) can be consatructed not SOLEY for passengers, but can be adapted for (upto 7) or a to carry a load. (or both) but not more than 7.
We know it mentions dual purpose vehicle in item (1) of the table and suggests it can be over 3 tonnes when construction & use say it cannot be possible.. So there is a conflict in the wording. an Inconsistency.
Now.. We are talking ONLY ABOUT WHAT IT DOES MENTION in that first table. If it describes it...
It says a vehicle OVER 3 TONNES.. constructed SOLELY for passengers & their effects.
( the insight is this ) you DONT FIND A VEHICLE OVER 3 TONNES SUCH AS A BUS & COACH.. which is EVER constructed to carry load (Goods).
It sort of doesn't exist. (unless you start thinking horse boxes as goods/which used to have a separate section & was classed with a motor car class not heavy motor cars in the 1930 act)
I believe that because VW Crafter & Sprinter Vans are NOT SOLELY FOR PASSENGERS... is significant. Because you are saying for that reason they wouldn't place under (1) of the table. But because of their unladen weight, they would not place anyway in it.
But some motor cars.. are NOT SOLEY FOR PASSENGERS EITHER! This is it. You think of a motor car SOLEY FOR PASSENGERS.
But back in 1930s there were a LOT of Motor cars that were NOT SOLELY FOR PASSENGERS. in fact NOT FOR PASSENGERS.
They are NOT PASSENGER VEHICLES AT ALL.
But that is NOT the reason they are NOT in the table! The reason they are not in the table is because they just aren't heavy enough!
Not Heavy motor cars.
BUT, what about when TOWING a TRAILER? surely they MUST be in the table if towing a TRAILER.
But NONE of the sections says anything other than (passenger vehicle) (Dual purpose vehicle) (Motor caravan) (car derived van) when towing!?
So how on earth can you place the (motor car) that is NOT a passenger vehicle, when it is NOT towing?!
Interesting!
Also, interesting that if the vehicle runs on fuel which is held in a trailer... its not even classed as pulling a trailer at all & can go faster
This is where the true interpretation of the Car derived van is important... because many don't understand that it has the design of (ANY VAN) under 2 tonnes maximum gross weight, but has been adapted AS A PASSENGER VEHICLE.
Similarly to a (dual purpose) 4x4 vehicle being goods/or passenger but if passenger adapted its seats must comply with certain regulations. not makeshift ones. Or fold down ones.
A lot of Goods vehicles did not have ANY passenger capabilities!
A motor car which has been constructed to carry passengers (between 1 and 7) CAN BE USED FOR THAT USE & PURPOSE. Even if it also can be used to carry a load.
Where as other goods vehicles that HAVE NOT been adapted to carry any passengers at all, cannot do so.
Also, If it was so much an issue of (motor car class) vehicles being both passenger & goods constructed or adapted..
Then why abolish the distinction between vehicles Under 1500kg unladen & over 1500kg unladen? If it were not to mean that the entire motor car class were not in the table at all... Taking into account that you can have a motor car which is not a car derived van, which is being used to convey goods. What if it has NO PASSENGER SEATS AT ALL!!
Which is why the 1967 Schedule 5 table in the Road Traffic Regulation act 1967 does appear to remove (motor car) class from the table completely, when not pulling a trailer. And when it is, it does not seem to matter what type of goods are in the trailer at all.
Personal effects or Goods.