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They can be self-propelled or towed.
They may be self-propelled or towed. The legal definition includes vehicles designed for specific works or services that, because of their characteristics, are exempt from a regulatory technical condition or permanently exceed mass or dimension limits, as well as agricultural machinery and its trailers. Merely being towed does not make every trailer a special vehicle.
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They can only be towed.
They can be self-propelled or towed.
They can only be self-propelled.
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¿Los vehículos especiales son de tipo autopropulsados o remolcados (carecen de propulsión)?
- Únicamente pueden ser remolcados.
- Únicamente pueden ser autopropulsados.
- Pueden ser autopropulsados o remolcados.(Correct answer)
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