Design-related top speed

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The design-related maximum speed or design speed is understood to be a driving speed that should not or cannot be exceeded in normal operation.

Basics

Within vehicle technology, a design-related maximum speed is specified for an individual vehicle or a certain vehicle type , which must not be exceeded in order to avoid damage to the vehicle or damage caused by it.

Part, the velocity values are specified by the manufacturer, in particular, for example, locomotives of the railways, partly by government or public bodies in automotive technology. The term is used to classify motor vehicles, to restrict their use if necessary and to make them dependent on statutory requirements and requirements.

The actual and regular utilization of a maximum vehicle-related maximum speed can also depend on the maximum speed permitted for the respective route section .

This article or paragraph presents the situation in Germany and Austria . Help us to describe the situation in other countries.

Legal matters in road traffic

Germany

In Germany, the Road Traffic Licensing Regulations in Section 30a of the StVZO define a "maximum speed determined by the type of construction" as "a speed that a motor vehicle according to its type of construction cannot exceed on a level track when used as intended." In the vehicle licensing regulation  ( FZV) the term design-related maximum speed can be found in this context (see § 1 FZV).

In this sense, the German Driving License Ordinance  (FeV) differentiates vehicles according to their maximum speed determined by the type of construction and combines their driving license with driving license classes. Permissions can also be linked to this, for example, according to the German Road Traffic Act  (StVO), motorways and motorways may only be used with vehicles "whose maximum speed, determined by the design, is more than 60 km / h" ( § 18 StVO).

Austria

In Austria this term is also referred to as type speed . The 1967 Motor Vehicle Act defines it in Section 2, Paragraph 1, Item 37a as "the speed with regard to which, due to the design of the vehicle, it is permanently guaranteed that it cannot be exceeded on a straight, horizontal lane in calm conditions."