What is a Special Purpose Vehicle?
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Special purpose vehicles refer to motor vehicles that exceed the designed dimensional and weight limits in terms of external dimensions, weight, etc., or are designed for special purposes. These vehicles are specially manufactured or modified, equipped with fixed devices and equipment, and their primary function is not for transporting people or goods. They also refer to vehicles assigned for special duties, displaying special vehicle license plates, and equipped with sirens and warning lights. Examples include armored trucks, ambulances, fire trucks, police cars, engineering rescue vehicles, military supervision vehicles, etc. Additionally, they include various wheeled or tracked specialized vehicles used for towing, obstacle removal, sweeping, lifting, loading and unloading, elevating, mixing, excavating, bulldozing, road rolling, etc. These vehicles may also be equipped with fixed specialized instruments for professional tasks such as monitoring, firefighting, cleaning, medical services, TV broadcasting, radar operations, X-ray inspections, etc. Other widely used and representative examples of special purpose vehicles include dump trucks, sweepers, cementing trucks, fracturing trucks, highway tow trucks, aerial work platforms, concrete pump trucks, snowplows, etc.