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  2. Turn-by-turn navigation - Wikipedia

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    Turn-by-turn navigation is a feature of some satellite navigation devices where directions for a selected route are continually presented to the user in the form of spoken or visual instructions. [1] The system keeps the user up-to-date about the best route to the destination, and is often updated according to changing factors such as traffic ...

  3. Traffic sign - Wikipedia

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    Traffic signs or road signs are signs erected at the side of or above roads to give instructions or provide information to road users. The earliest signs were simple wooden or stone milestones . Later, signs with directional arms were introduced, for example the fingerposts in the United Kingdom and their wooden counterparts in Saxony .

  4. Route knowledge - Wikipedia

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    Potential differences between driving over the route in daylight and in darkness. Platform, tunnel, or street lighting which may affect the identification of braking points. Potential lineside distractions such as depots, yards and non-railway activities (e.g., outdoor swimming pools).

  5. MapQuest - Wikipedia

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    MapQuest's original services were mapping (referred to as "Interactive Atlas") and driving directions (called "TripQuest"). [ 5 ] Sensing the emerging demand for spatial applications on the Internet, and with crippling network latency in Lancaster, the executive team of Barry Glick and Perry Evans moved MapQuest to the up-and-coming LoDo area ...

  6. Driver's licenses in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Permit required for one year if under 18 years of age. 16 years - No 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. driving for one year unless with 21 year or older licensed driver or driving to and from work. 17 years - No 1 a.m. to 5 a.m. driving for one year unless with 21 year or older licensed driver or driving to and from work. [a]

  7. Left- and right-hand traffic - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. Directionality of traffic flow by jurisdiction Countries by direction of road traffic, c. 2020 Left-hand traffic Right-hand traffic No data Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side or to the right side ...

  8. Platoon (automobile) - Wikipedia

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    In transportation, platooning or flocking is a method for driving a group of vehicles together. It is meant to increase the capacity of roads via an automated highway system. [1] Platoons decrease the distances between cars or trucks using electronic, and possibly mechanical, coupling.

  9. Main-group element - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry and atomic physics, the main group is the group of elements (sometimes called the representative elements) whose lightest members are represented by helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine as arranged in the periodic table of the elements. The main group includes the elements (except hydrogen ...