Departure Angle

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007658",
  "term": "Departure Angle",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Smallest angle, in a plan side view of an automobile, formed by the level surface on which the automobile is standing and a line tangent to the rear tire static loaded radius arc and touching the underside of the automobile rearward of the rear tire.\n\n2. Smallest angle, in a plan side view of a motor vehicle, formed by the level surface on which the motor vehicle is standing and a line tangent to the rear tire static loaded radius arc and touching the underside of the motor vehicle rearward of the rear tire.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 86.084-2 (CFR 2018)",
    "40 CFR 86.1803-01 (CFR 2018)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/departure-angle/"
}