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  • ...on needs due to the development of the trailers sector, especially for the transport of railways wagons to the customer’s yard. The original structures have u ...us types of vehicles, from road transport to abnormal transport to special transport. Among the great performances of Industrie Cometto S.p.A. worth a special m
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  • == Road transport == * Watching the road conditions in all directions around the vehicle (including frequent checks
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  • ...[[Drag racing|drag car]] will be different from that of a car built for [[road racing]]. ...#Aircraft|center of pressure]] to avoid losing pitch control. In military transport aircraft, it is common to have a [[loadmaster]] as a part of the crew; thei
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  • ...r [[Grand prix motorcycle racing|Grand Prix]] [[motorcycle]] [[road racing|road racer]]. He is considered one of the most talented riders never to have won ...n 1986. On visits to [[Africa]], he noticed that motorcycles being used to transport medical supplies to remote areas were breaking down and being abandoned due
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  • ...nal motorcycles like the P1, the V1, the P3 and the GT, in addition to off-road models of 50 cc, as the Holy Cross, the Cross Corsa CR and Zündapp Cross. ...rsa, which had four to six gears. The company then decided add a few cycle-transport models: the ''Folletto'' was three-and four-wheeled and tri-cycle wagon.
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  • 3943 North Buffalo Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127-1841. Tel. (716) 662 - 3853. Email: bicyclemus@aol. 3943 North Buffalo Road, Orchard Park, NY 14127-1841. Near Niagara Falls and Buffalo. Tel: 716-662-
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  • ...peds]] and motocarri, and, since 1971, has produced the "sulky" vehicle to transport people from engine capacity of less than 50cc and driving without a licence ...mber 2004 they produced "sulkycar", a modern light quadricycle for freight transport.
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  • ...to be both smooth and flexable. No roller slip was apparent when the main-road hill were climbed in wet weather.''']] ...o-stroke 49 cc, with a transmission roller with 88 ot 87cc, is intended to transport vehicles.
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  • ...d racing taking place on temporary circuits erected on city streets, see [[road racing]].'' ...nese cars and motorcycles. The [[Hong Kong Police Force]], responsible for road safety, tends to place [[roadblock|roadblocks]] in areas where it commonly
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  • ...s by [[rail transport|rail]] (the first such vehicles were, in fact, often road coaches mounted on frames equipped with railway wheels). In [[North America
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  • :''This article refers to the road vehicle known as a van. For other uses, including rail vehicles, please see A '''van''' is a vehicle used for [[transport]]ing goods or groups of people. It is generally a rather box-shaped vehicle
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  • ...re of the steering wheel, allowing the driver maximum concentration on the road and leaving a very clean, essential dashboard. A photosensitive sensor adju ...with larger rear tyres than the front ones to give a very good grip on the road and Basic is just that, a very essential, no-frills vehicle. Meta will come
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  • ...hicle]] and [[engine]] markets, and is near the top for sales of passenger transport and 3.5 [[ton]] light vehicles. ...he result was [[Irisbus]], one of the major manufacturers in the passenger transport sector, which was further strengthened by the acquisition of the [[Hungary|
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  • ...es into services to the [[automotive]] industry, focusing in particular on transport and industrial design. Company expresses its philosophy in three concepts: ...farina]], where he personally designed some of the most famous [[Ferrari]] road cars and became Managing Director and General Manager of Pininfarina's rese
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  • The theory grew largely out of investigations of [[road safety]] interventions. It was noted that some interventions had failed to ...counting for the failure of ABS to result in any measurable improvement in road safety. The studies were performed in [[Canada]], [[Denmark]] and [[Germany
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  • ...is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[motorcycle]] manufacturer, specialising in [[off-road]] motorcycles. Beta are best known for their popular [[Motorcycle Trials|tr ...s that had taken place in Italian society and the development of motorised transport, the company switched to motorcycle production. The simple expedient of att
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  • ...ho usually have an art background and a degree in [[industrial design]] or transport design. ...rses-by-subject/transport/ Coventry University (UK)] Various undergraduate transport design courses.
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  • * [[Road running]] * [[Road bicycle racing]], such as the [[Tour de France]]
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  • 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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  • 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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  • ...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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  • ...re popular among the people because they were the most economical means of transport. ...In 1933 the brilliant builder from [[Turin]] made a three-wheel vehicle to transport people with the chassis of the truck and a 500 cc motorcycle engine. It was
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  • ...50 cc. Some localities require pedals, thus making them a form of [[hybrid transport]], using both human power and machine power. Because of their small size, ...els, similar to a [[microcar]], or the three wheeled (two front, one back) transport moped.
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  • ...tages, and the fact that the vehicles are in some cases closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] ...ed "special stages" where the actual competition takes place, and untimed "transport stages" where the rally cars must be driven under their own power to the ne
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  • ...drawn public transport to found one of the first motorized forms of public transport in Florence at the the beginning of the 20th Century. It was inevitable tha ...he off road. In fact, in 1967 a big wave of popularity begins with the off road motorcycles and the Ancillotti surf the emerging phenomenom developing, on
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  • ...ar parlance) is a [[vehicle for hire]] that is one of the chief modes of [[transport]] in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]], [[Bangladesh]] and [[Sri Lanka]] a ...e demand of a technologically updated and a least pollutant vehicle on the road. The new auto rickshaw slated to be launched in early 2006, is supposed to
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  • ...tages, and the fact that the vehicles are in some cases closely related to road cars, draws massive spectator interest, especially in [[Europe]], [[Asia]] ...ed "special stages" where the actual competition takes place, and untimed "transport stages" where the rally cars must be driven under their own power to the ne
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  • ...wheel [[locking differential]] to help stop the tractor when travelling at road speeds. ...s, older tractors often did not have this feature. When travelling on the road in the [[United Kingdom|UK]] it is mandatory to use the foot pedal to contr
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  • ...s an Italian company which produces trucks, construction dump truck, heavy transport vehicles and military vehicles. Astra was privately founded in 1946 in [[Ca ...icles civilians but also military, ASTRA is a manufacturer referent in the transport sector in quarries, mines and work the hardest. -->
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  • ...r by application of another external force. Common examples are found in [[transport]] applications. More generally the term is also used for other circular obj Additional energy is lost at the wheel to road interface. This is termed [[rolling resistance]] which is predominantly a d
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  • * [[Abarth]] (road and race cars) * [[Alfa Romeo]] (road and race cars)
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  • ...o'' in the Catholic tradition. This form of the name is still used on some road signs and tourist information. It remains the most widely used form of the ==Transport Links==
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  • Zagreb has a well-developed public transport system that consists of trams, buses and trains. Trams operate 24 hours a d ...eb with the central railway station. They are usually the quickest form of transport for those coming from the portions of Zagreb far from the railway station (
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  • ...other and final difference is the '[[approval]], which allows the Mito 50 transport of passengers, while the [[Cagiva Prima 50]] quest'omologazione is only sta ...ack as [[1989]] when the house Varesina [[Cagiva]] decided to launch a new road naked single [[two-stroke motor|2 stroke]], since [[1990]] became hull and
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  • ...cooter; a scooter with two wheels in front and one in back which grips the road better. [[Category:Transport in Italy]]
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  • ...through a curve and to provide the proper amount of traction under various road surface conditions. While conventional traction control systems at the time ...ral [[acceleration]], vehicle rotation ([[Yaw angle|yaw]]), and individual road wheel speeds).
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  • ...to follow a course determined by its driver, except in the case of [[rail transport]] by which [[rail tracks]] combined together with [[railroad switch]]es pro ...constantly. In EPS the assist level is easily tunable to the vehicle type, road speed, and even driver preference. An added benefit is the elimination of e
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  • ...minimise the occurrence and consequences of [[automobile accident]]s. ([[Road traffic safety]] more broadly includes roadway design.) ...west accidents, with black cars being most often involved in crashes (Land transport NZ 2005).
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  • ...g by the rider date back to the early [[19th century]]. The first means of transport making use of two wheels, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the [[ ...of the 1820s-1850s witnessed many developments concerning [[Human-powered transport|human-powered vehicles]] often using technologies similar to the draisine,
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  • ...cle''', or '''bike''', is a [[bicycle pedal|pedal-driven]] [[human-powered transport|human-powered vehicle]] with two [[bicycle wheel|wheels]] attached to a [[b The 1968 [[Vienna Convention on Road Traffic]] considers a bicycle to be a vehicle, and a person controlling a b
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  • ...brilliant career and on 27 September 1937 Tonino died following a "silly" road accident. ...dels were immensely successful in post-war Italy due to a desire for cheap transport. Similar models were offered by [[Moto Guzzi]], [[Ducati]] and [[Laverda]]
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  • ...r its own [[sports car]] based on the Gallardo architecture, the [[Audi R8 Road Car|Audi R8]]. It would use a [[V8]] in place of the Gallardo's V10 to avoi ...s already being employed along this tract of highway and above all for the transport of organs destined to transplants.
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  • |{{flagicon UK }} [[United Kingdom]]||Eaglet|| Silent Transport Ltd, [[Woking]], [[Surrey]] ||[[electric motor]]|| ||1948 ||The company al ...seat factory runabout, all with [[tiller]] steering and some of which were road legal. [[Convertible]] roofs were available on some models
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  • ...rove the conditions of the population. Under King [[Carlo Felice]], a main road, still bearing his name, was built from south (Cagliari) to north (Sassari) ...ased. Many efforts to create jobs have failed because of the high costs of transport that could not compensate the cheap labor.
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  • ...al design and construction of the first prototypes for the bench tests and road tests, redacting a production plan, assistance in the start up phases of pr ...003, Giugiaro Design ranks among the leading companies in the Industrial & Transport Design domains worldwide as well as in the Graphics Multimedia & Communicat
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  • ==Transport== ...allows the traveller to have scenic views impossible to see from the main road. The train connects Cagliari to Arbatax in the south and Sassari to Palau i
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  • ...JPG|200px|right|thumb|'''The Promiscuetta in the persons configuration for transport''']] ...ta 3.JPG|200px|left|thumb|'''The Promiscuetta in the configuration for the transport of things''']]
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  • ...leted in 2020) so it's hoped that things will get better. Unless there are road works, there are only seldom traffic jams on Czech highways, with the excep ...ng places, where you can park your car for a very small fee and use public transport. The P+Rs are situated near all highways and are well marked. Note that tra
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  • ...lerius Tappo. The building of the [[Via Aemilia]] in 187 BC made Bologna a road hub, connected to [[Arezzo]] through the ''Via Flaminia minor'' and to [[Aq ...first European settlements to experiment with the concept of "free" public transport.
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  • ...people, typically have four wheels and be constructed principally for the transport of people rather than goods. However, the term is far from precise. ...roduction run in 1860. One of the major problems was the poor state of the road network. [[Santler (car)|Santler]] from Malvern is recognised by the Vetera
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  • ...eel race cars with Mazda Wankel engines, adaptable to both oval tracks and road courses, on several levels of competition. Since 1991, the professionally o ...the major uses of the engine was to drive pumps on natural gas [[Pipeline transport|pipelines]].
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  • ==Transport== ...Palermo-[[Messina]], '''A29''' Palermo-[[Mazara del Vallo]] and the [[toll road]] '''A18''' Messina-Catania. Much of the motorway network is elevated by co
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  • ..., and FISA, which was supported by the "[[grandee]]" constructors owned by road car manufacturers (primarily [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Ferrari]] and [[Renault]]). ...terested me [in F1] you maybe save one life every five years, whereas [in] road safety you are talking about thousands of lives". A challenge to Mosley's e
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  • ...e Boucle''''', '''Le Tour''' or '''The Tour''', is an epic long distance [[road bicycle racing]] competition for professionals held over three weeks in Jul ...he three weeks usually includes two rest days, which are sometimes used to transport the riders long distances between stages.
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  • ...he entire length of the [[Mediterranean Sea|Mediterranean]].{{ref|Atlas3}} Transport by sea was around 60 times cheaper than by land, so the volume for such tri ...aAppiaAntica03.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The [[Appian Way]] (''Via Appia''), a road connecting the city of [[Rome]] to the southern parts of [[Italy]], remains
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  • ...de good use of experience he had accumulated repairing trucks, operating a transport business between [[Dekemhare]] and [[Asmara]]. He returned to Italy in 193 ...obles County, Minnesota|Wilmont]], [[Cumberland Race Track|Cumberland]], [[Road America|Elkhart Lake]], Fairchild Park and [[Sebring International Raceway|
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  • ...urope featured straights the length of the [[Mulsanne]]. The fact that the road is public and therefore not maintained to the same quality as some permanen ...d more exotic [[supercar]]s due to manufacturers wishing to develop faster road cars for the purposes of developing them into even faster GT cars.
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  • Even if of secondary importance, the transport system deserves a citation baggages previewed. ===Tests on road===
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  • ....2 unit all the way up to the swift 1.8 GSi — and soon afterwards the road-burning 2.0 GTE 8v and 16v versions. Its wide range guaranteed the Kadett/A ...ttractive styling, comfortable interior, solid build quality and excellent road behaviour. It went on to be a massive hit all over Europe, with the next ge
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  • ...CN] ({{IATA|BCN}}, {{ICAO|LEBL}}), also known as '''El Prat''', is a major transport hub and fields flights from all over Europe and beyond. There are three te ...[http://www.tmb.net/en_US/home.jsp More information]. 1- to 5-day public transport tickets are available which allow unlimited travel on the metro and bus net
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  • ...own', or city center, is the first district. It is encircled by the 'Ring' road, which is also the location of many famous old buildings. Districts 2-9 are gathered within the Gürtel ('belt') Road; there, you can find the Prater (amusement) park, the hip quarters of the s
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  • ...arbox), but the body and four-wheel drive system were VAZ designs. Off the road there were few vehicles that could match it. The Riva and Niva are still in In 1964-65, the [[Ceylon Transport Board]] contemplated production of buses in [[Sri Lanka]] in collaboration
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  • ...success, being considered less reliable and too low to be employed in off road duty. ...er fuel economy and CO2 emissions. Both models also qualify for £35 annual road tax in the UK, and replace the original standard engines. Dynamic Aircon an
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  • ...t to the title, but at Imola the Brazilian died after his car went off the road. With the team undergoing investigation from the Italian authorities on man ...ho accomplishes the most outstanding demonstration of the possibilities of transport by land, sea, air, or water.
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  • ...groups who are also least likely to own and drive cars. The [[sustainable transport]] movement focuses on solutions to these problems. ...he industry is also facing increasing external competition from the public transport sector, as consumers re-evaluate their private vehicle usage. Roughly half
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  • ....7 kW) when running 60 mph (95 km/h) on level roads ( one term for this is Road-Horsepower ). It is very inefficient to run a large spark-ignition (''i.e.' ...The qualified owners do not have to pay for parking in any city garage or road side parking meters
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  • ...takes him. Soon, he comes across the same car parked along the side of the road. Using a telescopic rifle sight, Bond spies her walking into the tall waves ...evice isn't very practical; aside from its slowness it requires support to transport the large device to the site and again to remove it after the job is done (
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