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Beyond the traditional purposes of moving people, goods, raw
materials, and mail from place to place lies a world of
unconventional uses of motor vehicles. Rolling grocery stores,
churches, classrooms and health clinics have taken traditionally
stationary services directly to those who need them. Companies have
built vehicles in the shapes of their products (the Oscar Mayer
Wienermobile being just one famous example) from the early years of
automobiles. This lively history gives a fascinating overview of
the many special purposes vehicles have served. The unconventional
uses of motor vehicles stretch one's imagination. The author here
divides them into eight types based on their purposes and uses.
Sales vehicles support a successful sales volume; advertising
vehicles retain present customers and attract new ones; education
and training vehicles provide skills updates for employees; charity
vehicles are used to serve various populations of the needy,
suffering, and distressed; religious vehicles promote a particular
faith; functional vehicles perform an on-the-spot function normally
done by a fixed-base facility; multimodal vehicles have the ability
to traverse land, water, and air; and government vehicles provide a
host of services to constituencies. Examples are provided for each
type of vehicle and examples from other nations besides the United
States are included as well.
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