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• Oliver Evans
  ...as the first self-powered land vehicle in the United States (steam powered road vehicles had already been used earlier in France and Great Britain). The Or ...e more than a crude curiosity, and no attempts to use it for long distance transport had yet been made.
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• Volkswagen Kübelwagen
  ...litary transport vehicle that could be operated reliablly both on- and off-road in even the most extreme conditions, suggesting that the Beetle could provi ...icle to give it a more aggressive appearance and further improving its off road ability. Porsche responded to both requests, and new axles, revised shocks,
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• Car safety
  Road traffic injuries represent about 25% of worldwide injury-related deaths (th ...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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• Trailer
  ...railers. Commonly, the term '''trailer''' refers to such vehicles used for transport of goods and materials. .... A large proportion of its weight is supported either by a [[Tractor unit|road tractor]] or by a detachable front axle assembly known as a [[dolly (traile
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• Top Gear Races
  ...in which the car was beaten by a bicycle, a boat on the Thames and public transport, and Car vs. Boat, in which the boat won, but James May would still prefer ===London Race - Car vs. Bicycle vs. Boat vs. Public Transport===
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• Land Rover 1/2 ton Lightweight
  ...w two 'lightweights' to be loaded side by side in the Argosy and Blackburn transport aircraft. [[Category:Off-road vehicles]]
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• Car Accident
  ...orld_report/en/ WHO, 2004]). In the UK the Department of Transport publish road deaths in each type of vehicle. These statistics are available as [http://w Motorcyclist deaths within England and Wales stand at 53% of the annual road death statistics. Scooters/mopeds up to 50cc only account for 3% of those d
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• Traffic sign
  ...f [[road]]s to provide information to road users. With increasing speed of transport, the tendency is for countries to adopt pictorial signs or otherwise simpli ...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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• Carsharing
  ...uted throughout the service area, and often located for access by [[public transport]]. ...s (“pods”) stationed in different areas and located for access by [[public transport]].
  12 KB (1,828 words) - 07:59, 21 August 2009
• Hit and run (vehicular)
  |author=Department for Transport Article 101 of the [[Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China]] provides hit and run
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• Effects of the automobile on societies
  ...passenger transport. The development of the [[automobile]] built upon the transport revolution started by railways, and like the railways, introduced sweeping ...e:Downtown connector daytime.jpg|thumb|325px|Modern [[automobile]]s on the road]]
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• RAC plc
  ...s of spare petrol they were usually located on standby at laybys and major road junctions. Until around 1930 control could only contact the mobile patrolme The RAC issued an annual 'Guide and Handbook' that contained road maps of the UK with the location of all RAC telephones marked on it, togeth
  8 KB (1,295 words) - 22:00, 20 August 2009
• Land Rover 101 Forward Control
  ...front, making the vehicle more or less cuboid, eliminating unused space in transport aircraft. [[Category:Off-road vehicles]]
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• Semi-automatic transmission
  ...gear, while depressing the left paddle shifts into a lower one. Numerous road cars have inherited the same mechanism. ...nic system for buses and coaches. These gearboxes have a place in [[public transport]] as they have been shown to significantly reduce fuel consumption.
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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
  15 KB (2,319 words) - 14:19, 28 August 2009
• 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. ...cle for the purpose of exchanging safety information, about such things as road hazards and the locations and speeds of vehicles, over short range radio li
  19 KB (2,720 words) - 04:31, 22 September 2010
• Electric vehicle conversion
  ...bbit]]. One should not expect to convert such a vehicle and then use it to transport four full size (or oversize) adults - the cars simply do not have the safe Electric MOPED Scooters are on road vehicles that can typically be operated on a Motor Car License
  13 KB (2,126 words) - 09:31, 29 July 2008
• Citroën Berlingo Electrique
  If using information gathered from Road Test articles from a reputable automotive source, then '''''please make sur * Motor Transport Urban Distribution Vehicle of the Year 2001
  8 KB (1,101 words) - 06:33, 29 July 2009
• Top Gear Race to the North
  ...r car and Vincent motorbike, both being restricted to using the A1 primary road, rather than the modern day M1 Motorway. ...ad, which runs from London to Edinburgh and is the longest single-numbered road in the United Kingdom.
  28 KB (4,429 words) - 19:19, 1 May 2010
• Driverless car
  ...RL Laboratories (formerly Hughes Research Labs) demonstrated the first off-road map and sensor-based autonomous navigation on the ALV. The vehicle travelle ...the ability of unmanned ground vehicles to navigate miles of difficult off-road terrain, avoiding obstacles such as rocks and trees. James Albus at NIST p
  32 KB (4,781 words) - 08:41, 21 August 2009

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