The mass of a vehicle in running order, equipped with all standard equipment and with all fuel and other fluid reservoirs filled to nominal capacity, but unoccupied and without any other load. This term is now used if preference to tare mass
Peter Milne and Kieran Sharp, ARRB Group, and Bob Ungers, consultant, Austroads Glossary of Terms (4th Ed.), Austroads Ltd., Sydney, NSW, Australia 2010. http://www.bicyclensw.org.au/files/u1/Austroads_Gl ossary_of_Terms_4th_edition.pdf (Road Trfc and Transp Sfty - Brit) {529}