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A structure built to allow animals to cross a road safely. Work area or work zone. See construction area. Wrong-way concurrency A concurrency between two roads with opposite signed directions, e.g. a westbound highway and an eastbound highway. Often, the physical roadbed is actually headed in a totally different cardinal direction.
authority, influence ("He's got pull in that office.") (pull rank) the act of a supervisor exercising authority over a subordinate. pull off (of a vehicle) to start moving to succeed in a task pump (shoe) (regional) a plimsoll (US: sneaker) the word (of unknown origin) has variously denoted a pantofle, a low thin sole shoe, a formal men's shoe
A shift lever mounted as a bar-end plug. Used with drop bars on road bikes, [14] and on various under- and over-seat bars on recumbent bicycles or tricycles. [15] Baroudeur French term for adventurer. See Breakaway specialist. [16] British Best All-Rounder (BBAR) A season-long time trial competition held in the UK. [17] Bead
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. [1] It includes recreational , racing , commuting , and utility cycling . As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws as motorists, however there are certain exceptions. [ 2 ]
A crossover, crossover SUV, or crossover utility vehicle (CUV) is a type of automobile with an increased ride height that is built on unibody chassis construction shared with passenger cars, as opposed to traditional sport utility vehicles (), which are built on a body-on-frame chassis construction similar to pickup trucks.
Kid Activities: 23 Funny Cross the Road Jokes for Kids The Knickerbocker, or The New York Monthly , March 1847, p. 283 Studio Portrait of Middle aged African American Male
There is a common motif in Russian folk tales, where a vityaz (Russian knight) comes to a fork in the road and sees a menhir with an inscription that reads: "If you ride to the left, you will lose your horse, if you ride to the right, you will lose your head". The phrase appears in the Book of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 21:19–23 NRSV).
The Cross Borders Drove Road is an 82-kilometre (51 mi) long hiking trail in the Borders region of Scotland. The route is based on the main route used by drovers who used to drive cattle from the markets ( trysts ) at places such as Falkirk and Crieff southwards for sale in England.