In 1896, Henry Ford took his first car to the roads of Detroit for a trial run.
Between midnight and 06:00, the roads are first swept and jetwashed by a machine similar to a road dust sweeper.
But third priority routes, only gritted during periods of prolonged icy conditions and when first and second priority roads are clear, are now being treated in "necessary areas".
The council said about a third of the road network is made up of first and second priority roads, which are gritted within three and five hours during severe weather.
The state enforced its first travel ban on roads since the Blizzard of '78, a ferocious storm that dropped 27 inches of snow, packed hurricane-force winds and claimed dozens of lives.
Most buses operated normal services on Saturday although First only ran on main roads.
The deaths mean that 15 people have died on the roads in the first 22 days of this year.
To find America's fastest roads, Inrix first looked for stretches of roadway where motorists routinely drive fast, then it found the speed range at which each roadway's fastest 5% of drivers travel.
Toyota did just that in energy-efficient alternative vehicles with Prius, which first hit U.S. roads in 2000.
Mr. Doherty said private contractors were brought in for the first time to plow the tertiary roads side streets from the outset of the storm.
The federal government has been involved in roads since before the first world war, and began to build them seriously in the 1920s.
During its first tour of London's roads, one of the Fuel Cell Black Cabs excelled in rush-hour traffic, with smooth and responsive acceleration provided by the fuel cell and electric motors.
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We honor the women who traveled those lonely roads to be the first ones in those courtrooms, to be the first ones in those boardrooms, to be the first ones on those playing fields, and to be the first ones on those battlefields.
"When we were on the roads together David's first single 'Space Oddity' went to number 1" says Frampton.
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Parts of the Golden Route, particularly the high roads, close when the first snow falls, usually in October or November, reopening in May or June depending on weather condition.
Obama announced that the U.S. will begin talks with the European Union on a trans-Atlantic trade agreement, as well as calling for increased spending to fix roads and bridges and the first increase in the minimum wage in six years.
LOUGHBOROUGH, UK, 28th March 2011, Intelligent Energy, the global clean power systems company, has announced that the Fuel Cell Black Cabs have taken to the roads of London for the first time since being awarded Road Legal status by the UK Vehicle Certification Authority (VCA).
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Google's driverless cars have clocked up more than 250, 000 miles in America, and Nevada has become the first state to regulate such trials on public roads.
The first is how often the fleet of vehicles on the roads turns over.
As we argued in our first ESSAY on this subject, one of the surest roads to hyperinflation is one grounded in a government whose answer to every economic and social problem is to borrow and spend the problem away, supported by a central bank able, willing and ready to finance the effort simply by printing money.
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Nevada has made Audi the first automaker allowed to operate self-driving vehicles on public roads.
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Islington Council is set to become the first council in the UK to introduce 20mph limits on its roads.
Right now, the focus is on getting high-impact jobs, positions, roads, infrastructure, security in place with the first rush of money.
He built roads, an international school, a hospital, a first-class hotel and a theme park.
First, Audin's men were forbidden from operating checkpoints along the roads, then they were banned from carrying weapons while out of uniform in the city, and finally they were prohibited from wearing their uniforms in the city limits as well.
The first minister said his party had asked for the Territorial Army to help clear roads.
And OK, the first few electric vehicles from the likes of Tesla and Nissan are on the roads.
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The roads are quieter and orchards lay silent again, waiting for the first blanket of snow and the long hibernation of Himalayan winter.
The Obama administration is making progress along a wide front in fulfilling the president's pledge to our First Americans, investing hundreds of millions of recovery dollars in new schools and roads, strengthening tribal law enforcement, improving Indian education and speeding land into trust to expand tribal resource bases.
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