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[[Image:BumperCar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Bumper car at a small town fair]]
'''Bumper car''' is the generic name for a type of [[flat ride]] consisting of several small electric cars that draw their power from an overhead grid, which is turned off by the operator at the end of a session. They are also known as '''dodgem cars'''.
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The metal floor is usually set up as a rectangular or oval track, and [[graphite]] is sprinkled on the floor to decrease [[friction]]. A rubber [[bumper]] surrounds each vehicle, and drivers ram each other as they travel. The controls are usually an [[accelerator (car)|accelerator]] and a [[steering wheel]]. The car can be made to go backwards by turning the steering wheel far enough in either direction, necessary in the frequent [[pile-up]]s that occur.
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Although the idea of the ride is to bump other cars, safety-conscious (or at least [[litigation]]-conscious) owners often put up signs reading "This way round" and "No bumping". Depending on the level of enforcement by operators, they are usually ignored by bumper car riders, especially younger children.
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*[[Akebono]]
During their heyday (late [[1920s]] through [[1950s]]), the two major bumper car brands were '''Dodgem''' and the '''Lusse Brothers'''' Auto-Skooter. In the mid [[1960s]], [[Disneyland]] introduced [[hovercraft]]-based bumper cars called "The Flying Saucers," which worked on the same principle as an [[air hockey]] game; the ride was a mechanical failure and closed after a few years.
*[[Akinoshima]]
*[[Asahifuji]]
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*[[Chiyonofuji]]
Image:GlenEcho BumperCarPavilionSign.JPG|Painting of Bumper Cars
*[[Futahaguro]]
Image:Autoscooter1.jpg|Bumper Cars at "Taunuswunderland"
*[[Hokutoumi]] column style tourney table
Image:Berger-markt-nacht001.jpg|Bumper Car at Frankfurt
*[[Kitanofuji]]
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*[[Kitanoumi]]
*[[Konishiki]]
== External links ==
*[[Kotonishiki]]
*[http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/v/a/vac3/other.html Links to various amusement ride patents]
*[[Kotonowaka]]
*[[Kotozakura]]
=== Bumper Car Manufacturers ===
*[[Kyokushuzan]] bio a little short
* [http://www.bumperbuggy.com/ Spin-n-bump bumper cars]
*[[Musashimaru]]
* [http://www.bertazzon-america.com Bertazzon Bumper Cars]
*[[Onokuni]]
* [http://www.bumpercar.com RDC bumper cars]
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* [http://www.juegosya.net Juegos Flash] Bumper Cars
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*[[Ryūko]]
[[Category:Amusement rides]]
*[[Sakahoko]]
*[[da:RadiobilSentoryu]]
*[[de:AutoscooterTaiho]]
*[[Takamiyama]]
[[fr:Auto tamponneuse]]
*[[lb:KnuppautoTakanohana II]]
*[[nl:BotsautoTakanonami]]
*[[Takatoriki]]
[[fi:Törmäilyautot]]
*[[zh:碰碰車Tamanoumi]]
*[[Terao]]
*[[Tochiazuma]]
*[[Toki Susumu]]
*[[Wajima Hiroshi|Wajima]]
*[[Wakanohana Kanji II|Wakanohana]] II
*[[Wakanohana]] III
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