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  2. Back-up collision - Wikipedia

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    Back-up collision with a lamppost. Back-up collisions happen when a driver reverses the car into an object, person, or other car. Although most cars come equipped with rear view mirrors which are adequate for detecting vehicles behind a car, they are inadequate on many vehicles for detecting small children or objects close to the ground, which fall in the car's blind spot, particularly ...

  3. Back-up beeper - Wikipedia

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    Back-up beepers or an observer are required by OSHA for earth-moving vehicles with an obstructed view to the rear and no one on the ground to help guide the driver. [9] OSHA regulation 29 CFR Part 1926.601(b)(4) requires "a reverse signal alarm audible above surrounding noise level", but only when the motor vehicle has "an obstructed view to the rear".

  4. Roadway noise - Wikipedia

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    Roadway noise is the collective sound energy emanating from motor vehicles. It consists chiefly of road surface, tire, engine/transmission, aerodynamic, and braking elements. Noise of rolling tires driving on pavement is found to be the biggest contributor of highway noise and increases with higher vehicle speeds. [1] [2] [3]

  5. Cam (mechanism) - Wikipedia

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    The cam can be seen as a device that converts rotational motion to reciprocating (or sometimes oscillating) motion. [clarification needed] [3] A common example is the camshaft of an automobile, which takes the rotary motion of the engine and converts it into the reciprocating motion necessary to operate the intake and exhaust valves of the cylinders.

  6. Parking sensor - Wikipedia

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    Toyota introduced ultrasonic Back Sonar on the 1982 Toyota Corona, offering it until 1988. [7] On December 13, 1984, Massimo Ciccarello and Ruggero Lenci (see List of Italian inventors ) entered in Italy the patent request for ultrasonics Parking sensors, and on November 16, 1988, the Ministry of Industry granted them the Patent for industrial ...

  7. Electric vehicle warning sounds - Wikipedia

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    As a result of increased sales of full electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicles in several countries, some members of the blind community have raised concerns about the noise reduction when those vehicles operate in all-electric mode, as blind people or the visually impaired consider the noise of combustion engines a helpful aid while crossing streets and think quiet hybrids could pose an ...

  8. Train noise - Wikipedia

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    This reduces noise in problem areas although trains make a distinctive tonal sound on freshly-ground track due to the pattern on the rail left by the grinding process, which wears flat over time. Rail squeal is a sound caused by a train's wheels slipping under specific conditions, usually around sharp curves.

  9. Skid (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    Graphically represented, a circle (or ellipse) of force magnitude represents the maximum tire traction, and the force vector can be in any direction up to the limit of the circle without tire slip. A tire that can withstand 0.8 G of force in braking can also withstand 0.8 G of force in turning or in acceleration, or for example approximately 0. ...