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Véhicule Léger de Transport de Personnes (VLTP)

English translation: Light Passenger Vehicle

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French term or phrase:Véhicule Léger de Transport de Personnes (VLTP)
English translation:Light Passenger Vehicle
Entered by: B D Finch

20:02 Feb 15, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Automotive / Cars & Trucks
French term or phrase: Véhicule Léger de Transport de Personnes (VLTP)
It is a title of a category description:

Véhicules Léger de Transport de Personne (VLTP)
Natalie Koenig
United Kingdom
Local time: 19:56
Light Passenger Vehicle
Explanation:
This is the official, legal term in the UK

www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/.../phv-inspection-manual.p...
"Every private hire vehicle in London must be a light passenger vehicle as defined ... the vehicle was first registered with the DVLA under the Vehicle Excise and ..."

www.shropshire.gov.uk/licences.nsf/.../New-private-hire-pol...
"Be a Light Passenger Vehicle as defined by section 85 of the Road Traffic Act ..."
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B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:56
Grading comment
thank you. In my context it is specific to road vehicles.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3lightweight passenger vehicle
philgoddard
4 +1Light Passenger Vehicle
B D Finch
3minibus
Ronald van Riet
Summary of reference entries provided
one suggestion found on Fr site (and other info)
writeaway

Discussion entries: 1





  

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Véhicules Léger de Transport de Personne (VLTP)
minibus


Explanation:
More than a simple passenger car

Ronald van Riet
Local time: 20:56
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in DutchDutch, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: minibus may be one, but it's more than a simple minibus
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Véhicules Léger de Transport de Personne (VLTP)
lightweight passenger vehicle


Explanation:
I don't think you should ignore 'léger". This isn't just about cars and minibuses (though it mainly is) - it can also apply to mass transit systems such as monorail cars.

Example sentence(s):
  • Over the past decade, Europe has seen the emergence of a new generation of lightweight passenger vehicle, able to operate flexibly on both tram and heavy rail lines.

    Reference: http://business.highbeam.com/435126/article-1G1-122376510/eu...
    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22lightweight%20passenger%20...
philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mark Hamlen: You got it. I'm deleting my own suggestion.
5 mins
  -> That's very gracious of you! Thanks.
agree  rkillings: But I doubt it includes rail vehicles at all. Would appear to include categories M1 and M2 of road vehicles under EU 52001DC0318, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:... . And used for transport en commun.
8 hrs
agree  La Classe
9 hrs
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Véhicules Léger de Transport de Personne (VLTP)
Light Passenger Vehicle


Explanation:
This is the official, legal term in the UK

www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloads/.../phv-inspection-manual.p...
"Every private hire vehicle in London must be a light passenger vehicle as defined ... the vehicle was first registered with the DVLA under the Vehicle Excise and ..."

www.shropshire.gov.uk/licences.nsf/.../New-private-hire-pol...
"Be a Light Passenger Vehicle as defined by section 85 of the Road Traffic Act ..."

B D Finch
France
Local time: 20:56
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 113
Grading comment
thank you. In my context it is specific to road vehicles.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yolanda Broad
17 hrs
  -> Thanks Yolanda
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: one suggestion found on Fr site (and other info)

Reference information:
Light public service vehicles (VLTP)
http://www-foreign.utac.com/uk/html/ct/reglementation_specif...

Definition:

VLTP est un sigle signifiant véhicule léger affecté au transport public de personnes.

Les VLTP sont des véhicules allant de la berline au minibus de 9 place maximum et les entrepreneurs de VLTP effectuent des "services occasionnels" et sont régis par le Ministère des Transports1.

Ces services sont définis à l’article 32 du décret n° 85-891 du 16 août 19852.

Tous les entrepreneurs VLTP3 sont inscris et visibles sur le site du Ministère des Transports et fournissent généralement à leurs clients des prestations de taxi collectif ou taxi forfaitaire
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vltp

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PRO pts in category: 20
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