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flo's avatar

What do you call all means of transportation (minus bikes) on the street in let's say NY city?

Asked by flo (13313points) March 24th, 2015

What is the one word that applies to all of them, i.e, an 18 Wheeler, a racecar, a truck, a bus, a regular car, etc.(but not bikes etc.) just the ones with four wheels and use gasoline or diesel internal-combustion engine?

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janbb's avatar

Vehicular traffic

flo's avatar

About the word Vehicle I read
this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle
Very interesting.

stanleybmanly's avatar

motor vehicles? Are you restricting motorcycles from the list? I don’t understand what you’re asking us.

flo's avatar

@stanleybmanly bicycle, horse, rickshaw, is what I was thinking of excluding. Motorcycle I guess would be included eventough I wasn’t thinking of it when I posted the OP.
Added: You answered it by the way.

Darth_Algar's avatar

Horseless carriages?

flo's avatar

I wasted a OP.

kritiper's avatar

Mass pandemonium. Cluster fuck.

majorrich's avatar

Surface transit

JLeslie's avatar

I would most likely just say traffic. I might say traffic on the road, or motor vehicle traffic.

flo's avatar

I think it was answered by @stanleybmanly They are all (a race car a 18 wheeler etc.) go under Motor Vehicles. When someone asks me what is the name of that (pointing at a car) I can’ say “traffic” or “Surface transit”

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