VehicleType Value Retrieval

## Command 0xa5: Get Vehicle Type Variable

ubyte | string
--- | ---
Variable | Vehicle Type ID

Asks for the value of a certain variable of the named vehicle type.

The following variable values can be retrieved, the type of the return value is also shown in the table.

Variable | ValueType | Description | Python Method
--- | --- | --- | ---
id list (0x00) | stringList | Returns a list of ids of currently loaded vehicle types (the given vehicle type ID is ignored) | getIDList
count (0x01) | int | Returns the number of currently loaded vehicle types (the given vehicle type ID is ignored) | getIDCount
length (0x44) | double | Returns the length of the vehicles of this type [m] | getLength
vmax (0x41) | double | Returns the maximum speed of vehicles of this type [m/s] | getMaxSpeed
accel (0x46) | double | Returns the maximum acceleration possibility of vehicles of this type [m/s^2] | getAccel
decel (0x47) | double | Returns the maximum deceleration possibility of vehicles of this type [m/s^2] | getDecel
tau (0x48) | double | Returns the driver's desired time headway for vehicles of this type [s] | getTau
sigma(0x5d) | double | Returns the driver's imperfection (dawdling) [0,1] | getImperfection
speedFactor(0x5e) | double | Returns the road speed multiplier for drivers of this type [double] | getSpeedFactor
speedDev(0x5f) | double | Returns the deviation of speedFactor for drivers of this type [double] | getSpeedDeviation
vclass (0x49) | string | Returns the class of vehicles of this type | getVehicleClass
emission_class (0x4a) | string | Returns the emission class of vehicles of this type | getEmissionClass
shape (0x4b) | string | Returns the shape of vehicles of this type | getShapeClass
minGap (0x4c) | double | Returns the offset (gap to front vehicle if halting) of vehicles of this type [m] | getMinGap
width (0x4d) | double | Returns the width of vehicles of this type [m] | getWidth
height (0xbc) | double | Returns the height of vehicles of this type [m] | getHeight
color (0x45) | byte,byte,byte,byte | Returns the color of this type | getColor
max lateral speed (0xba) | double | Returns the maximum lateral speed in m/s of this type. | getMaxSpeedLat
lateral gap (0xbb) | double | Returns the desired lateral gap of this type at 50km/h in m. | getMinGapLat
lateral alignment (0xb9) | string | Returns the preferred lateral alignment of the type. | getLateralAlignment
action step length (0x7d) | double | Returns the action step length for the vehicle type in s. | getActionStepLength
person capacity (0x38) | int | Returns the total number of persons that can ride in a vehicle of this type. | getPersonCapacity
scale (0x8e) | double | Returns the traffic scaling factor for vehicles of this type | getScale

Overview Retrievable Vehicle Type Variables

## Response 0xb5: Vehicle Type Variable

ubyte | string | ubyte | <return_type>
--- | --- | --- | ---
Variable | Vehicle Type ID | Return type of the variable | <VARIABLE_VALUE>

The respond to a "Command Get Vehicle Type Variable".

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