Single-occupancy vehicle

This article is about vehicles designed to accommodate more than one person being used to transport only one person (the driver). For very small cars, including those designed to accommodate only one person (the driver) - i.e. single-occupant vehicles, see Microcar.

A single-occupancy vehicle (SOV) is a privately operated vehicle whose only occupant is the driver. The drivers of SOVs use their vehicles primarily for personal travel, daily commuting and for running errands. The types of vehicles include, but are not limited to, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), light-duty trucks, and any combination thereof, along with all the various van and car sizes, but would generally be taken to exclude human-powered vehicles such as bicycles. This term is used by transportation engineers and planners. SOVs contrast with high-occupancy vehicles (HOV), which have two or more occupants.[1][2][3] Keep in mind that SOV in this context refers to a status and usage, not the vehicle type.

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References

  1. ^ Newsday Oct 1, 2001
  2. ^ Mannering, Fred L., Walter P. Kilareski, and Scott S. Washburn. Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis. New Delhi: Wiley-India, 2009.
  3. ^ National Research Council (U.S.). Special Report - Transportation Research Board, National Research Council. Washington, D.C.: Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, 1974.
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