What is light vehicle useage?

Colin James · Post: # 71630Post **Colin James** Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:36 am

Can anyone tell me what "light vehicle useage" is and where it is defined?
I am looking for the number of car movements per day, not heavy plant. I am sure I seen this when I was reading up on pavers but I can't find it now.

Regards,
Colin.

London Stone Paving · Sat Dec 17, 2011 10:38 am

may be wrong but I would classify light vehicle movement as residential vehicle traffic. i.e not commercial and just movement of the property owners vehicle

Colin James · Post: # 71635Post **Colin James** Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:15 am

Yes, I understand that.

The property is residential.
A specification, (from a professional engineer), specifically describes a pavement very occassionally overrun by light vehicles. The driveway serves two households. There were three cars parked at the top of the driveway when he surveyed (he has a photo of them in his Report). So when I come to have the arguement with him I want to know what the definition of light vehicle usage is.
Common sense tells me he got this wrong, but I have not always found common sense helps with professionals.

Regards,
Colin.

Sat Dec 17, 2011 11:36 am

we had this discussion some time ago
I would call light vehicle usage maybe < 10 movements of a vehicle under 2 tonnes per day
I.E. go to work,go on school run,go shopping and visa versa
if people start working from home and getting multiple deliveries by say vehicles over 3 tonnes its not really light usage
IMHO
LLL

Pablo · Post: # 71640Post **Pablo** Sat Dec 17, 2011 2:31 pm

that's pretty much my definition to the terms light medium and heavy usage are just industry terms to put a picture in your minds eye I've never seen a definative text that lays it down as a legal definition. A domestic driveway should be able to take decent abuse from cars up to 4x4's and also withstand the very occasional 7.5 ton lorry. Why is this argument taking place anyway.

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Sat Dec 17, 2011 3:41 pm

there is a private road near me,they had electric gates fitted and the spec was domestic usage
there are 70 houses in the road
the gates continually break down, turns out they are opened at least 500 times a day,which is heavy usage by anyones book
LLL

Pablo · Post: # 71645Post **Pablo** Sat Dec 17, 2011 5:55 pm

bloody hell that's a years usage in 2-3 days. The way I work the terms is if I feel the paving etc will get a lot of usage even if it's just cars then I build to the spec above so it becomes medium weight and medium becomes heavy etc if that makes sense.