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A vehicle (Latin: vehiculum) is a means of conveyance, a carriage or transport. Most often they are manufactured (e.g. bicycles, cars, motorcycles, trains, ships, boats, and aircraft), although some other means of transport which are not made by humans also may be called vehicles; examples include icebergs and floating tree trunks. Vehicles may be propelled or pulled by animals, for instance, a chariot, a stagecoach, a mule-drawn barge, or an ox-cart. However, animals on their own, though used as a means of transport, are not called vehicles, but rather beasts of burden or draft animals. This distinction includes humans carrying another human, for example a child or a disabled person. A rickshaw is a vehicle that may carry a human and be powered by a human, but it is the mechanical form or cart that is powered by the human that is labeled as the vehicle. For some human-powered vehicles the human providing the power is labeled as a driver. Vehicles that do not travel on land often are called craft, such as watercraft, sailcraft, aircraft, hovercraft, and spacecraft Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed, or skied. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  static.guim.co.uk 276px x 460px | 37.00kB [source page] Armoured vehicles burned by civilians in West Changan Street near Muxudi on the morning of 4 June 1989 Beijing China Flames rise from a burning armoured vehicle From Yahoo Image Search: "Vehicles"  pitchengine.com unknown hu, 16 Jul 2009 18:13:35 GM 2d3 Technology Guides Unmanned Aerial . Vehicles. to Safer Landings with VALS.  dvice.com Leslie Shapiro Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:28:07 GM Best Buy to start selling electric . vehicles. , by Leslie Shapiro, for DVICE.  gaywheels.com unknown Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:20:15 GM River Edge, NJ Gays and lesbian car and truck shoppers continue to show their diversity in . vehicles. with a combination of economy, luxury and super cars being the most-researched on Gaywheels.com, the sole source of information ... From Google Blog Search: "Vehicles"  news.google.com NRToday.com Bob Rapp, a parking enforcement checker with Diamond Parking, looks at vehicles in June in a parking lot near the Douglas County Courthouse in Roseburg. ... and more » news.google.com PR Newswire (press release) Much of the anxiety comes from a myth that newer vehicles must go back to the dealership to protect the warranty. This is just not true. ... and more » news.google.com WINKNEWS.com By WINK News The Florida Highway Patrol will be conducting driver license and vehicle inspection checkpoints in July. With these inspections Troopres will ... and more » From Google News Search: "Vehicles" What is the procedure for swapping license plates between vehicles in Florida? Q. I own two vehicles. Vehicle A has a personalized plate and Vehicle B has a normal plate. I want to transfer the personalized plate to Vehicle B and the normal plate to Vehicle A. What do I need to do and how much will it cost? By the way, I live in Florida. Asked by Vrtigo1 - Mon Jun 22 15:58:46 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments How to improve driver & passenger survivability in motor vehicles? Q. Since virtually nothing is being done to prevent motor vehicle mishaps and the resultant death and injuries other than pay lip service to the problem, should all occupants of motor vehicles be required to wear crash helmets with face shields and neck braces similar to those worn by NASCAR drivers?...Would you wear one?..If not, why not? Asked by thud.fan - Thu Apr 3 02:39:38 2008 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. No, I would not wear a helmet or other crash devices like in NASCAR- what normal everyday person can afford that? I beleive car companies are doing their part- my Hyundai Tuscon will turn into a marshmellow on the inside if I'm hit thanks to all the airbags lol. People just need to pay attention to the road, their speed, other drivers, and hmmm I dunno- hanging up their cells for two minutes. People need to respect laws more as well- stop running redlights and drive at or close to the speed limits... Seatbelts and helmets aren't going to prevent deaths. The only thing that will is when people take driving more seriously... Answered by Stacy C - Thu Apr 3 02:48:17 2008 How would switching all vehicles sold in the US to run on alternative fuels by 2050 help the economy?
Q. I need all the possible reasons that passing a law, stating that by 2050 all vehicles should run on alternative fuels, would help the United States economy. It would help greatly if you gave your sources and statistics if possible... thanks! Asked by meranamadit - Tue Dec 30 11:15:46 2008 - - 2 Answers - 1 Comments A. There is absolutely no reason to believe that passing such a law would help. 1. You haven't mentioned what you consider to be an "alternative fuel" or the possibility of cars not running on fuel (is electricity a fuel? not by current definitions. So you are going to outlaw electric cars?) 2. The bottom line is that we haven't the foggiest notion of how society is going to change over the next 40 years and what the important concerns are going to be. In this context, looking at "alternative fuelds" is letting the tail wag the dog. 3. Almost of the current "alternative fuels" are currently more expensive or more damaging to the environment than any of the current non-alternative fuels. So, by definition, switching to alternative fuels is… [cont.] Answered by simplicitus - Thu Jan 1 01:55:32 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Vehicles"
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