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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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• Ollearo
  ...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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• Mopeds
  ...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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• Rallying
  ...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
  8 KB (1,304 words) - 12:21, 8 October 2009
• Ancillotti
  ...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
  9 KB (1,495 words) - 21:54, 25 August 2010
• Auto rickshaw
  ...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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• Rally
  ...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
  9 KB (1,356 words) - 12:02, 20 November 2009
• Tractor
  ...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
  17 KB (2,725 words) - 00:24, 23 June 2009
• Astra Trucks
  ...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. -->
  16 KB (2,265 words) - 01:42, 7 November 2010
• Wheel
  ...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
  13 KB (1,944 words) - 12:16, 8 October 2009
• List of Italian companies
  * [[Abarth]] (road and race cars) * [[Alfa Romeo]] (road and race cars)
  17 KB (1,717 words) - 21:37, 26 September 2009
• Sanremo
  ...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==
  12 KB (1,850 words) - 11:36, 22 March 2009
• Zagreb
  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 (
  23 KB (3,615 words) - 22:17, 17 September 2009
• Cagiva Mito
  ...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
  28 KB (4,585 words) - 16:35, 13 June 2009
• Piaggio
  ...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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• Electronic stability control
  ...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).
  27 KB (3,920 words) - 22:51, 15 November 2009
• Steering
  ...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
  12 KB (1,845 words) - 10:47, 8 October 2009
• Automobile safety
  ...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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• History of the bicycle
  ...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,
  34 KB (5,162 words) - 18:37, 23 April 2009
• Bicycle
  ...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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