Oct 31, 2021 13:36
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Swedish term

Styrbil

Swedish to English Tech/Engineering Transport / Transportation / Shipping Motor vehicles
In regulations for escort vehicles for abnormal loads .

"Varningsbil eller vägtransportledarfordon får inte vara s.k. styrbil"

Discussion

Michael Ellis Nov 1, 2021:
Många styrbilar Ice Scream's reference is very interesting and is probably wholly relevant to this case. However there are many types of vehicle which are called "Styrbil", I have also found references to 'bakomvarande styrbil' and to 'radiella stybilar' on the railways.
There is no simple translation, so I recommend rewording the whole sentence - see note on my answer.
Christopher Schröder Nov 1, 2021:
Before there are any more wild guesses, it's an escort vehicle that helps get the trailer round turns by steering it remotely

http://ipaper.ipapercms.dk/Scania/Sverige/ScaniaMil/2013/Sca...

Proposed translations

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remote-steer vehicle / rear-steer truck

With more facts available, it turns out that it's a truck with a remote steering system for controlling the steerable rear end of the trailer to get a heavy haulage combination round corners or roundabouts.
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'drone mobile' remote-control vehicle

A drone on the road, perhaps.

The driver needs to be in the car and in charge, rather than the vehicle being steered from afar.#

Not too different from flying model aircraft, perhaps.
Example sentence:

Omslagsbild Styrbil med fjärrkontroll

Ladda Ner Styrbil med fjärrkontroll - Senaste Version 96.0 För Android Av abduquena - Fjärrkontroll Car Lock Key Remote Control:

Peer comment(s):

disagree Christopher Schröder : How many remote control cars do you see on the road?🙄 It’s a vehicle from which the trailer can be steered remotely.
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Then you ought to have posted your own answer instead of criticizing mine that waited 8 hours for you to wake up + pinch my remote idea https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/electrical-engineering/mi...
disagree Per-Erik Nordström : There is no such thing in heavy haulage.
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https://www.yourarticlelibrary.com/electrical-engineering/mi...
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push truck

Some heavy haulage combinations have one or more trucks pushing the combination from behind. It seems logical that such a truck should not be a warning vehicle for traffic coming up from behind.
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tractor

Particularly as the example sentence refers to 'vägtransportledarfordon', I believe this refers to the tug, cab or towing part of the abnormal load combination, rather than a pusher.
Reference 1 is a photo of the inside of the cab of a 'styrbil' or tractor part of an articulated truck and Ref 2 gives a nice film of a toy radio-controlled(!) tractor hooking on to its load bearing trailer.
You may wish to extend the description to "Tractor or towing vehicle"

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Note added at 1 day 1 hr (2021-11-01 15:17:27 GMT)
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In view of Ice Scream's reference. I recommend you reword the sentence to:
The warning vehicle is not to be a vehicle concerned directly or indirectly with the carriage or towing of the abnormal load"
Example sentence:

The escort vehicle or abnormal load warning vehicle may not be the tractor part of the abnormal load combination.

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