Vehicles which provide motive power to haul an unpowered train, but are not generally considered locomotives because they have payload space or are rarely detached from their trains, are known as power cars.

Vehicles are often old and poorly-maintained, however, and are unequal to long-distance driving.

They are also often referred to as " Asian Utility Vehicles " ( AUV ).

Vehicles in Niger are subject to the " Laws of the Road " (" Code de la route ") for which the government began a continuing reform in 2004-2006 and is based substantially on French models.

Vehicles owners must obtain a Registration document (" Carte grise ") and Vehicle license plates (" plaques d ’ immatriculation "), which are of similar manufacture to those in Guinea and Mali.

Vehicles heavier than 44, 000 kg ( 97, 000 lb ) are permitted on UK roads but are indivisible loads, which would be classed as abnormal ( or oversize ).

Vehicles on wholly segregated light rail systems are generally called trains, although cases have been known of " trains " built for a segregated system being sold to new owners and becoming " trams ".

* Vehicles run more efficiently and overall operating costs are lower.

Vehicles that do not travel on land often are called craft, such as watercraft, sailcraft, aircraft, hovercraft and spacecraft.

Vehicles — such as trailers, caravans, ships and passenger aircraft — are treated as " buildings " for life safety purposes.

The company maintains several Network Emergency Response Vehicles ( NERV ) s which are staffed by Cisco employees during natural disasters and other public crises.

As the national highway system is not fully linked, there are many internal flights to other towns, e. g. Madang, which cannot be reached by ground transport, such as minibuses, known locally as PMVs ( Public Motor Vehicles ).

Vans run up to about 4 tons and are classified as Light Duty Trucks ( North America ) or Light Commercial Vehicles ( Europe ).

Vehicles of this type need little or no final assembly and in most cases, the bodies are shipped painted and trimmed, requiring little or no work from the owner before they can be used ( other than purchasing and installing batteries ).

Vehicles are directed to use Interstate 80 to access Interstate 294 instead, though U. S. Route 6 is another option.

Vehicles are not permitted to leave the main track.

Vehicles, skiffs, ATVs and snowmachines are the most frequent means of local transportation.

Vehicles, tools and farm implements are also exhibited, as well as a working railroad diorama, Victorian fashions, toys and dolls.

Vehicles built before 1992 are common targets, along with the more obvious including expensive vehicles, luxury SUVs and minivans.

Vehicles owners are often required by law to identify the driver of the vehicle and a case was taken to the European Court of Human Rights which found that the Human Rights Act 1998 was not being breached.

Vehicles continuing are now on the Sprain Brook Parkway, for which this is the southern terminus ; traffic for the BRP must exit.

Vehicles and crews suffered considerable damage and losses during the Battle of Mogadishu due to the nature of the urban engagement ; however, the chassis survivability allowed the majority of those crews to return to safety, though the HMMWV was never designed to offer protection against intense small arms fire, much less machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.

Vehicles under wide, long, and less than may qualify as an autoette.

The governing regulation in the United States is FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles, which specifies a powered " ultralight " as a single seat vehicle of less than 5 US gallons ( 19 L ) fuel capacity, empty weight of less than 254 pounds ( 115 kg ), a top speed of 55 knots ( 102 km / h or 64 mph ), and a maximum stall speed not exceeding 24 knots ( 45 km / h or 27. 6 mph ).

Vehicles equipped with automatic transmissions are less complex to drive.

Vehicles for hire can be distinguished from conventional modes of public transportation in that vehicle for hire passengers are more or less free to choose their starting and ending locations ( point of origin and destination ), whereas in other modes, the passenger must choose from a limited selection of locations designated by the service provider.

Xilinx has also engaged in a partnership with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory ’ s Space Vehicles Directorate to develop FPGAs to withstand the damaging effects of radiation in space for deployment in new satellites, which are 1, 000 times less sensitive to space radiation than the commercial equivalent.

* Engineering Vehicles Operator ( EVO ): less combatant but nonetheless important, these soldiers are skilled in the operation of heavy mechanical equipment and engineering vehicles such as heavy bulldozers, excavators, cranes, tractors and mine-breaching devices.

Vehicles that can experience this oscillation include motorcycles and bicycles, skateboards, and in theory any vehicle with a single steering pivot point and a sufficient amount of freedom of the steered wheel, including that which exists on some light aircraft with tricycle gear where instability can occur at speeds of less than 50 mph ; this does not include most automobiles.

He formed Pickens Fuel Corp. in 1997 and began touting natural gas as the best vehicular fuel alternative because it is a domestic resource that, among many advantages, is cleaner-burning ( Natural Gas Vehicles or NGVs emit up to 30 % less pollution than gasoline or diesel vehicles ) and reduces foreign oil consumption.

In 2007, a collaboration with the Tanfield Group of the UK saw the introduction of an " electric AVIA ", with AALM providing chassis cabs less engines, gearboxes and other diesel truck components to Tanfield subsidiary Smiths Electric Vehicles for inclusion in the Smith's Newton all electric truck.

Vehicles must weigh less than 80kg, and be no larger than 3m long by 1. 5m wide by 2m high.

Canada has also purchased 15 2A4s from Germany as Logistic Stock Vehicles ( for spare parts ), and in February 2011 bought 12 2A4s / Pz 87 from the Swiss to be converted to " support vehicles " ( likely Armoured Recovery Vehicles ).

After the 1990 – 91 Gulf War, the U. S. 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment ( 2nd ACR ) was re-equipped with Humvees and designated Armored Cavalry ( Light ), while units retaining their Abrams tanks and Bradley fighting Vehicles were classified as Armored Cavalry ( Heavy ).

It should be noted that even while the dispute is being processed by an arbitrator, once 90 days pass after the Notice of Failure to Pay was sent and the account remains unpaid, the 407 ETR will notify the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to deny plate renewal and issuance of new plates for the name of the person who the plate portion attached to the vehicle incurring the toll is issued to, or the name of the person who the transponder in the vehicle incurring the toll is registered to.

Every territorial force has a specialist Firearms Unit, which maintains Armed Response Vehicles to respond to firearms related emergency calls, while one territorial force ( the Police Service of Northern Ireland ) and two of the special police forces, ( the Civil Nuclear Constabulary and the Ministry of Defence Police ) are routinely armed.

Vehicles in which a hydrodynamic coupling, hydrodynamic torque multiplier or electric motor is a component of the power transmission system may also have a maximum continuous tractive effort rating, which defines the highest tractive force that can be produced while in motion for a short period of time without causing component harm.

The Commercials released by Special Vehicles came with rear self levelling suspension as standard, and on the facelifted vehicles the rendered windows are fixed in place so while a retrofit of seats is viable, it does not offer any significant comforts to the rear passengers unless the doors are almost completely rebuilt to facilitate windows that actually open – this also would require additional wiring.

Vehicles are typically outfitted with a belt of laser sensors while dismounted troops often wear a vest or harness with sensors as well as a ' halo ' of sensors on their helmets.

There was also the question of " pilotless aircraft " ( the ancestors of the late 20th century's Unmanned Aerial Vehicles )— BuAer considered these to be aircraft, while BuOrd saw them as guided missiles.

Vehicles in the second series are recognizable by their seven-sided gun shield while the first series had a five-sided shield.

Visually Modified ( VISMOD ) HMMWVs are used to replicate BRDM-2s, VISMOD M113A2s ( known as the OPFOR Surrogate Vehicle ) are used to replicate BMP-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles ( IFV ), while VISMOD M1 Abrams Tanks ( known as the Krasnovian Variant Tank ) and M113A2s ( known as the OPFOR Surrogate Vehicle, Tank ) are also used to replicate the T-80.

Vehicles with a model year of 1991 and prior pay the annual $ 23 fee, while vehicles with a model year of 1992 and greater, pay a fee of $ 45 once every two years.

Vehicles from Nagpur, Amravati and Akola pass through Khamgaon – Chikhli – Deulgaonraja while going towards Jalna – Aurangabad and Pune.

The businesses in North America were subsequently sold, while in Australia, the Tickford brand was replaced by the new Ford Performance Vehicles ( FPV ) brand.

Vehicles using an oxygen sensor ( s ) or other feedback-loop to control fuel to air ratios ( usually by controlling fuel volume ) will usually compensate automatically for this change in the fuel's stoichiometric rate by measuring the exhaust gas composition, while vehicles without such controls ( such as most motorcycles until recently, and cars predating the mid-1980s ) may have difficulties running certain boutique blends of fuels ( esp.