‘side-by-side vehicle’ or ‘SbS’ means a self-propelled, operator-controlled, non-articulated vehicle intended primarily to travel on unpaved surfaces on four or more wheels, having a minimum unladen mass, in running order, of 300 kg (including standard equipment, coolant, lubricants, fuel and tools but excluding optional accessories and the driver) and a maximum design speed of 25 km/h or more; such a vehicle is also designed to transport persons and/or goods, and/or to pull and push equipment, is steered by a control other than a handlebar, is designed for recreational or utility purposes and carries no more than six people including the driver, sitting side by side on one or more non-straddle seats;
ciallaíonn “feithicil taobh le taobh” nó “SbS” feithicil féinghluaiste, oibritheoir-rialaithe, neamhaltach atá ceaptha go príomha le taisteal ar dhromchlaí gan phábháil ar cheithre roth nó níos mó, le híosmhais neamhualaithe, in ord reatha, 300 kg (lena n-áirítear trealamh caighdeánach, fuarthán, bealaí, breosla agus uirlisí ach gan oiriúintí roghnacha agus an tiománaí a áireamh) agus uasluas deartha níos lú ná 25 km/u; tá feithicil den sórt sin deartha freisin le daoine agus/nó earraí agus/nó trealamh tarraingthe agus brú a iompar, tá sí stiúrtha le rialtán nach hanla é, tá sí deartha le haghaidh cuspóirí áineasa nó fóntais agus ní iompraíonn sí níos mó ná seisear agus an tiománaí san áireamh, ag suí taobh le taobh ar shuíochán neamh-ghabhalscartha amháin nó níos mó;