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• Lime Rock Park
  ...Skip Barber Racing School] at Lime Rock Park in 1975, it is touted as the "Road Racing Center of the East" and each year hosts everything from car shows to ...area to expand the pitlane. In January-February 2006, the track made some safety upgrades that included the addition of a third rail of [[armco]] and some c
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• Mount Panorama Circuit
  ...ever, the factors that make the track so unusual, and tighter contemporary safety standards, make it unlikely that major race meetings in these categories wi ...named after the Mayor of Bathurst whose vision it was to create the scenic road/race-track. Drivers heading around this right-hander have to be careful not
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• RR layout
  ...king. This tendency is referred to as [[oversteer]] and creates potential safety issues in racing applications as well as for ordinary drivers on wet or icy A range of sports road cars and racing cars with the RR layout was produced by the French company
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• Anti-lock braking system
  A June 1999 [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration|NHTSA]] study found that ABS increased stopping distances on ...ertheless, ABS significantly improves safety and control for drivers in on-road situations if they know not to release the brakes when they feel the pulsin
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• TT Circuit Assen
  The years afterwards the Dutch TT was held on a road circuit through de Haar, Barteldbocht (near Assen), Oude Tol, Hooghalen, La ...her circuits. Today these sloped or curved bends have been modified due to safety issues.
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• Mopeds
  ...fication is designed to allow the use of small motorised vehicles avoiding safety restrictions and licensing charges of larger [[motorcycles]]. Some [[motori ...mopeds must have a motor between 600 and 2000 watts. Mopeds do not require safety testing (known as a Warrant of Fitness in NZ) and are subject to lower lice
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• Grand Prix motorcycle racing
  ...its maximum engine displacement capacity reduced to 800 cc, ostensibly for safety reasons. ...most manufacturers benefit more directly from the technology developed in road racing if they use four-stroke racing engines. Recent decisions by the [[EU
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• Casalini
  ...mited to 45km/hr are other important elements of security both in terms of road holding and braking.
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• Van (road vehicle)
  :''This article refers to the road vehicle known as a van. For other uses, including rail vehicles, please see ...ited States it is common for only the front seat passengers to use their [[safety belt]]s) and belted passengers can still lean. The result is a high center
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• Daytime running lamp
  ...cting motorcycle safety, from certain DRL implementations. Nevertheless, a safety improvement is at least suggested by many studies. [[Canada Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 108]] required DRL on all new cars made after [[January 1]] [[1990
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• Circuit Mont-Tremblant
  | Layout1 || Road course ...rt)|Alan Wilson]] to redesign the circuit, with the aim of modernizing its safety feature in accordance with current [[FIA]] regulations. The resulting redev
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• Automobile safety
  ...occurrence and consequences of [[automobile accident]]s. ([[Road traffic safety]] more broadly includes roadway design.) ...the employer providing the vehicle generally plays a major role in setting safety, maintenance, and training policy. As in non-occupational driving, young dr
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• FIA Formula Two Championship
  ...on will conform to the latest 2009 F1 standards. Amongst many other detail safety features, wheel tethers will be incorporated. ...ed in Formula Palmer Audi. Whereas the engine in the FPA car uses standard road car components pretty much throughout, the F2 engine has been developed as
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• Firestone
  ...Joan Claybrook, who was the Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) during the Firestone scandal stated before the Trans :Where the rubber meets the road
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• Zolder
  On two occasions Zolder has hosted the World Championship Road Cycling; [[1969]] and [[2002]] and the World Championship Cyclo Cross in [[ ...he beginning of [[2006]], the track underwent some adaptations to increase safety. In [[2007]], the track hosted a [[Champ Car World Series]] [[Zolder Grand
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• Marco Simoncelli
  ...] [[Grand Prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. A top rider of the Italian Minimoto Championship from 1996 to 2000 ...out penalty: on 7 June he received a verbal warning from the MotoGP Riders Safety Commission.
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• Paris-Brest-Paris
  ...ng the event, sometimes catching a few minutes of sleep by the side of the road before continuing. ...mat, PBP continues to this day as the oldest ongoing long-distance cycling road event.
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• Hillclimbing
  ..., and in many cases spectators are either banned or heavily restricted for safety or insurance reasons. The most famous hillclimb in the US is the [[Pikes Pe ...louds" hillclimb on the 7.4-[[mile]] course up the [[Mount Washington Auto Road]] on [[Mount Washington (New Hampshire)|Mount Washington]], [[New Hampshire
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• Sport touring
  ...mance with long-distance capabilities while providing comfort and relative safety to the rider. Sport touring has evolved over decades from simply strapping ...ives, what unites sport-tourers is their relentless pursuit of the perfect road -- be it in their backyard or across the continent.
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• Nuerburgring
  ...as opened to the public in the evenings and on weekends, as a one-way toll road. ...156 "Sharknose" Formula 1 car. Even 40 years later, the highest performing road cars have difficulty breaking 8 minutes without a professional racing drive
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