Vehicles and other transport vessels have made it easier for man to go beyond the boundaries of his surroundings. It has enabled him to achieve more and more in life and come up with innovations and changes that have given him rewards in aspects of industry and trade. These vehicles have been equipped with navigational gadgets and accessories for enhancement purposes. Trucks are one of the vehicles that are commonly relied on and nowadays more owners are making it a point to grab the latest brands of accessories. But before you head on to a local store hold your horses for just a bit and know your truck basics.
The fame of trucks have reached a global status thus it has been embraced to the culture of various countries and have been given different names so as to have a unique mark for that certain place. Both the United States and Canada share the term truck for large vehicles with open load beds that are commonly employed for commercial purposes. In Ireland and the United Kingdom a truck is known as a lorry which is usually tagged with vehicles that are on the heavy side rather than the medium-sized ones. The US offers other varieties for the term truck which can come in the form of off-road heavy duty four-wheel drive vehicles, vans, and pickups. These are not applicable in the UK and Ireland because the lorry is otherwise named as Heavy Good Vehicles or HGV.
The US English shows that the term truck can also be used to pertain to types of trucks used in other fields and industries such as fire truck or tanker truck while it can be noted that the British English says that these types of trucks are fire engine and tanker or petrol tanker. Other countries like Hong Kong and Cambodia use the word lorry to refer to truck but in Cambodia the word lorry is also synonymous with train. The term Ute or utility is widely accepted by folks within New Zealand and Australia for relatively small car or van-like vehicles with an open back body. The word lorry or truck is only used to identify larger-sized vehicles.
The word truck can also be identified in different languages across the world. It is known as camion within the circles of European areas specifically in Quebec. The Germans utilize PKW and LKW to name their truck-like vehicles. PKW stands for Personenkraftwagen or passenger carrying vehicle which is the name given for cars, vans, and small trucks while LKW stands for Lastkraftwagen or freight/load/cargo carrying vehicle which is the ID for larger forms of trucks. The Nordic languages also have different terms for a truck such as Lastbil in Danish and Swedish, Lastebil in Norwegian, and Vorubil in Icelandic. All across these places the truck is generally known as a forklift.
Driving licences also differ globally in terms of using a truck. In the United States a commercial license is needed to drive any kind of vehicle with a weight of 26,001 lbs or 11,800 kg commercially. European countries employ the use of a specialist license in order to drive vehicles that weigh greater than 7,500 kg for commercial use. The types are further categorized according to purpose of the vehicle and the number of seats.
Although accessories are making serious waves within the truck industry, it is always best to have a little bit of knowledge about the basic background of the vehicle in your local area or even around the world.
