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This part of ISO 3691 gives safety requirements and the meansfor their verification for self-propelled carriers designed forcarrying burdens without lifting, as defined in ISO 5053, and/orpersonnel carriers, having three or more wheels, a maximum speednot exceeding 56 km/h and a load capacity not exceeding 5 000 kg(hereafter referred to as carriers or trucks). This part of ISO3691 is applicable to trucks equipped with a platform (which can betilting) for the purpose of carrying materials or with a number ofseats for the purpose of transporting passengers. It is notapplicable to ? vehicles intended primarily for earth-moving orover-the-road hauling, ? driverless trucks, ? golf cars, ? tractorswith a drawbar pull up to and including 20 000 N equipped with aplatform for the purpose of carrying materials. This part of ISO3691 deals with all significant hazards, hazardous situations orhazardous events, as listed in Annex A, relevant to the applicablemachines when used as intended and under conditions of misuse whichare reasonably foreseeable by the manufacturer. It does notestablish requirements for hazards that can occur when using truckson public roads or when operating in potentially explosiveatmospheres. Regional requirements, additional to the requirementsgiven in this part of ISO 3691, are addressed in ISO/TS 3691-7 andISO/TS 3691-8.