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overhead wire

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ID 707644 Last modified 30.12.2004
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Domain land transportvehicle disposal - ship disposal - aircraft disposal
elektrikontaktliin
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  • buss - üle üheksa istekohaga (sh juhi koht) mootorsõiduk, mis on ette nähtud reisijate veoks. Mõiste hõlmab elektrikontaktliiniga ühendatud rööbasteta sõidukit, näiteks trolli.
overhead wire preferred
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  • ... trackless trolley, vehicle operated on the streets on rubber tires and powered by electricity drawn from two overhead wires by trolley poles. It is distinct from a trolley car, which runs on rails rather than on tires and is thus a form of streetcar.
  • "Motor vehicle" means any power-driven vehicle which is normally used for carrying persons or goods by road or for drawing, on the road, vehicles used for the carriage of persons or goods. This term embraces trolley-buses, that is to say, vehicles connected to an electric conductor and not rail-borne.

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