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• High-occupancy vehicle lane
  ...on the westbound side of [[Interstate H-1]], and Boston shifts one lane of traffic from north to southbound on a six mile stretch of [[Interstate 93]] between ...and accident lanes. Although full HOV lanes are available for carpooling traffic, buses still continue to use shoulders along the 403. In Columbus, Ohio, s
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• Federal Highway Administration
  ...provides highway design and construction services for various federal land-management agencies, such as Forest Service and the National Park Service. ...tates. The MUTCD specifies such things as the size, color and height of [[traffic sign]]s.
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• Singapore Grand Prix
  ...60s in another street circuit at [[Thomson Road Grand Prix circuit|Thomson Road]]. ...discontinued after 1973 for a variety of reasons, including an increase in traffic and the consequent inconvenience of having to close roads for the event, an
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• Off-road vehicle
  ...aved or gravel surface.<ref Name="New_Brunswick">{{cite web | title = Off-Road Vehicle Act | work = New Brunswick Acts and regulations | publisher = At ...earance and higher traction vehicles enables access on trails and [[forest road]]s that have rough and low traction surfaces.
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• Hit and run (vehicular)
  ...quite dusty.<ref>Edward C. Fisher, ''Vehicle Traffic Law'' (Evanston, IL: Traffic Institute, Northwestern University, 1961): 289.</ref> |work=DfT Research Management Database
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• Telematics
  ...arrowly, the term has evolved to refer to the use of such systems within [[road vehicle]]s, in which case the term '''vehicle telematics''' may be used. ...it) and PC- or web-based software. The data are turned into information by management reporting tools in conjunction with a visual display on computerised mappin
  19 KB (2,720 words) - 04:31, 22 September 2010
• Traffic sign
  ...ns''' are signs erected at the side of [[road]]s to provide information to road users. With increasing speed of transport, the tendency is for countries to ...ed into several types. For example, Annexe 1 of the [[Vienna Convention on Road Signs and Signals]] (1968), which at 30 June 2004 had 52 signatory countrie
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• Parking
  ...t unoccupied for more than a brief time. Parking on one or both sides of a road is commonly permitted, though often with restrictions. Parking facilities a ...ndoor and outdoor private property belonging to a house, the side of the [[road]] where metered or laid-out for such use, a '''[[parking lot]]''' or '''car
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• Unsafe at Any Speed
  ...Caramagna, the Chevrolet supension mechanic, who Nader learned had fought management for costing out the vital anti-sway bar that they were forced to install in ...r is about Detroit automotive engineers' general unwillingness to focus on road safety improvements for fear of alienating the buyer or making cars too exp
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• Car safety
  Road traffic injuries represent about 25% of worldwide injury-related deaths (the leadin ...nattentive driving; driving while fatigued or unconscious; encounters with road hazards such as snow, potholes, and crossing animals; or reckless driving.
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• Silverstone Circuit
  === Spectator traffic management=== ...ated with the completion of the A43 Silverstone bypass, a dual-carriageway road just to the north of the circuit. When the race was moved to an April date
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• Peugeot 407
  ...oodies like Colour Satellite Navigation, TMC traffic information, (Traffic management information) audible GSM phone (with inbuilt voice activated hands free con If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur
  13 KB (1,841 words) - 04:58, 26 January 2010
• National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  ...le-related crashes.”<ref>[http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov Home | National Highway Traffic Safety Administration(NHTSA) | U.S. Department of Transportation<!-- Bot ge ...e Fatality Analysis Reporting System, or FARS, has become a resource for [[traffic safety]] research not only in the US, but throughout the world. Research co
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• Driverless car
  ...ät der Bundeswehr in Munich, Germany, achieved 100 km/h on streets without traffic. Subsequently, the European Commission began funding the 800 million Euro E ...RL Laboratories (formerly Hughes Research Labs) demonstrated the first off-road map and sensor-based autonomous navigation on the ALV. The vehicle travelle
  32 KB (4,781 words) - 08:41, 21 August 2009
• Seat Belt
  ...entral drum of the mechanism) these belts also often incorporate an energy management loop ("rip stitching") which is when the lower part of the webbing is loope ...ild and moderate injuries.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Thomas J |title=Road traffic accidents before and after seatbelt legislation--study in a district genera
  21 KB (3,221 words) - 07:40, 16 August 2009
• Honda Pilot
  ...with integrated perimeter frame rails, which helps it withstand light off-road use. ...fore). The engine also features a new version of Honda’s Variable Cylinder Management technology, allowing it to utilize all 6 cylinders for power or 4 or 3 pots
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• Riverside International Raceway
  ...''RIR''' or '''Riverside Raceway''') was a [[race track]] or [[Road racing|road course]] in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from Septembe Before a racing event at RIR, track crews added traffic pylons to close off sections of the track. Track courses are shown in the
  17 KB (2,499 words) - 00:09, 26 October 2010
• Automatic gearbox
  ...controlled by electro-mechanical servos which are controlled by the Engine Management System or a separate [[Transmission Control Unit|transmission controller]]. ...uter dedicated to the transmission but sharing information with the engine management computer.) In this case, [[solenoid]]s turned on and off by the computer co
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• Fuel economy in automobiles
  ...rgets car emissions]</ref> EU fuel economy testing is done on a [[rolling road]] with two segments, ECE15 and EUDC, which correspond to city and highway d ...amount of fuel energy that a vehicle consumes per unit of distance (level road) depends upon:
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• Nürburgring
  ...as opened to the public in the evenings and at weekends, as a one-way toll road. The whole track consisted of 174 bends (prior to 1971 changes), and was 8 ...] "Sharknose" Formula One car. Even 40 years later, the highest performing road cars have difficulty breaking 8 minutes without a professional racing drive
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