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A vehicle direction control device is provided including three receivers in the vehicle with the center receiver controlling the direction along a primary cable in the roadway with change of direction cable systems taking over control through a side receiver originally parallel with the main line of

A vehicle direction control device is provided including three receivers in the vehicle with the center receiver controlling the direction along a primary cable in the roadway with change of direction cable systems taking over control through a side receiver originally parallel with the main line of travel, diverging to a new direction and then picking up a parallel relationship with a new primary line of travel automatically switching back to the center receiver control along the new line of travel.

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A system to control a vehicle equipped to receive signals and therefrom control its direction of travel comprising: (a) a first cable system means in a travel surface defining a first direction of travel to carry and radiate a signal from a first generator means generating a guidance signal, wherein

A system to control a vehicle equipped to receive signals and therefrom control its direction of travel comprising: (a) a first cable system means in a travel surface defining a first direction of travel to carry and radiate a signal from a first generator means generating a guidance signal, wherein the signal is received by a first receiving means in the vehicle, (b) at least one second cable system means in the travel surface at any location where a change from the first direction of travel is desired to carry and radiate a signal from a second generator means to generate a guidance signal and a signal indicating the speed of travel of the vehicle during the change in direction, wherein the signal is received by a second receiving means in the vehicle, the second cable system means comprising at least one cable means comprising: (i) a first length of cable parallel to the first direction of travel, (ii) a second length of cable abutting but not connected to the end of the first length and following a direction of travel diverging from the first direction of travel, and (iii) a third length of cable abutting but not connected to the end of the second length and following a direction of travel parallel to a second direction of travel. (c) third cable system means in a the travel surface defining the second direction of travel to carry and radiate a signal from a third generator means generating a guidance signal and a signal indicating the appropriate speed of travel along the second direction of travel, wherein the relative distance between the first cable system and the first length of cable of the second cable system means corresponds with the distance between the centers of the capture ranges of the first receiving means and the second receiving means, and wherein the relative distance between the third length of cable of the second cable system means and the third cable system means corresponds with the distance between the centers of the capture ranges of the first receiving means and the second receiving means.