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Semi porte char
tablier rocheux

Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Voiture pilote

English translation:

Pilot car

Added to glossary by veratek
Apr 23, 2013 09:51
11 yrs ago
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French term

Voiture pilote

French to English Tech/Engineering Construction / Civil Engineering construction site safety
action: Transfer gear onto machine carriers

means used:

* Semi porte char

* Voiture pilote
Proposed translations (English)
3 -1 Control car
3 lead car
4 -2 A show car

Discussion

Marie-Helene Dubois Apr 23, 2013:
Ahh. Yes that makes sense. It must be the pilot vehicle then looking at the other sentence. Note to self: sometimes 'véhicle pilote' is simply a 'pilot vehicle'. :)
veratek (asker) Apr 23, 2013:
@Marie yes Quite possibly the "warning" vehicle! Because it says in another cell "Accompanied by a voiture pilote if needed." Oh well, it's been handed in.
Marie-Helene Dubois Apr 23, 2013:
Do you know from the rest of the text whether the driving in question is being done around the site or on the road? This could of course be a 'pilot car', which is that car that you see with flashing orange lights in front of large lorries carrying extra wide or heavy loads on the motorway which warn the lorry driver or dangers ahead etc.
This picture will show you a machine carrier trailer which shows that it tends to move in a convoy:
http://www.truck1.fr/_TFR_auto_700114_Semi_remorque_Remorque...

Proposed translations

-1
3 hrs
Selected

Control car

I'm wondering if this isn't just a case of there being a sort of moving vehicle on tracks to carry the machines and that the voiture pilote is simply the 'control car' which effectively 'pilots' or drives the rest of the vehicle.

see:

voiture-pilote - Wiktionnairefr.wiktionary.org/wiki/voiture-piloteEn cache
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Origine et histoire de « voiture-pilote » ... (Chemin de fer) Voiture de chemin de fer équipée d'une cabine de conduite et ... anglais : control car (en) , cab car (en) ...

voiture pilote - Traduction anglaise – Lingueewww.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/traduction/voiture+pilote.htmlEn cache
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Voiture-pilote avec traverse porte-tampons détaillée et jupe pare-chocs rapportée. maerklin.ch. maerklin.ch. The cab control car has a detailed buffer beam and ...
Note from asker:
I don't know if it would necessarily be on tracks since this is about a construction site. But that is what I thought too (towing vehicle?) - I just don't know what is the best jargon.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : Your refs. refer to railway rolling stock; in this context of a road convoy, it is simply the vehicle that precedes the convoy, warning people it is coming and/or clearing the way.
19 hrs
Indeed. Which should be 'pilot vehicle' as concluded in the discussion...
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks (pilot car)."
-2
32 mins

A show car

appartement/Program pilote: show flat/Program.
Peer comment(s):
disagree Tony M : Not in the context here
7 mins
thank you very much. Learning every day.
disagree Marie-Helene Dubois : have you ever seen a show car used to transfer goods onto a machine carrier? It helps if you read the question.
3 hrs
That comment is not necessary Marie-Helene. N'abandonnez pas la politesse
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5 mins

lead car

Plenty of refs. on the 'Net

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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-04-24 09:23:48 GMT)
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AKA escort or pilot vehicle / car

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Note added at 23 hrs (2013-04-24 09:26:56 GMT)
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'lead car' is the term more applicable when referring to a convoy made up of a number of cars, probably less appropriate for an 'abnormal load' convoy.

However, the other two terms I've suggested are indeed used in connection with heavy truck etc. convoys.
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