Revision question · Vehicle weights and dimensions

Using a rough teaching estimate of about 67 kg per person, approximately how much mass would 15 passengers add before luggage?

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0.5 tonnes

1 tonne

2.5 tonnes

3 tonnes

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1 tonneThis was the right answer

In this illustrative calculation, 15 passengers add about one tonne before luggage. Actual people and luggage vary. Maximum authorised mass is the permitted laden limit, not the calculated current mass; keep both actual gross and axle loads within their applicable limits.

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Distinguish a passenger-weight example from a legal limitReviewed guidance summary · Both corrected prompts make the illustrative per-person assumption explicit. The estimate neither changes plated MAM nor proves the actual group’s mass.

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