::Vehicle
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A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}<ref name=OED>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=citation }}</ref>) is a mobile machine that transports people or cargo. Most often, vehicles are manufactured, such as wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="MacMillian">Halsey, William D. (Editorial Director): MacMillan Contemporary Dictionary, page 1106. MacMillan Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0-02-080780-5</ref>
Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.<ref>ISO 3833:1977 Road vehicles – Types – Terms and definitions Webstore.anis.org</ref>
Vehicle sections
Intro History of vehicles Most popular vehicles Locomotion Control Legislation Right-of-way Safety See also References
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A vehicle (from Latin: vehiculum{{#invoke:Category handler|main}}<ref name=OED>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=citation }}</ref>) is a mobile machine that transports people or cargo. Most often, vehicles are manufactured, such as wagons, bicycles, motor vehicles (motorcycles, cars, trucks, buses), railed vehicles (trains, trams), watercraft (ships, boats), aircraft and spacecraft.<ref name="MacMillian">Halsey, William D. (Editorial Director): MacMillan Contemporary Dictionary, page 1106. MacMillan Publishing, 1979. ISBN 0-02-080780-5</ref>
Land vehicles are classified broadly by what is used to apply steering and drive forces against the ground: wheeled, tracked, railed or skied. ISO 3833-1977 is the standard, also internationally used in legislation, for road vehicles types, terms and definitions.<ref>ISO 3833:1977 Road vehicles – Types – Terms and definitions Webstore.anis.org</ref>
Vehicle sections
Intro History of vehicles Most popular vehicles Locomotion Control Legislation Right-of-way Safety See also References
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