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=== Steering === {{main|Steering}} Most vehicles, with the notable exception of railed vehicles, have at least one steering mechanism. Wheeled vehicles steer by angling their front<ref name="steering2">{{cite web |date=2001-05-31 |title=How Car Steering Works |url=http://www.howstuffworks.com/steering.htm |access-date=23 July 2011 |work=[[HowStuffWorks]] }}</ref> or rear<ref name="rear_steering">{{cite web |title=The Reason for Rear-Wheel Steering |url=http://www.thrustssc.com/thrustssc/Engineering/rearster.html |access-date=8 August 2011 |work=[[ThrustSSC]] Team }}</ref> wheels. The [[B-52 Stratofortress]] has a special arrangement in which all four main wheels can be angled.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Skids can also be used to steer by angling them, as in the case of a [[snowmobile]]. Ships, boats, submarines, [[dirigible]]s and aeroplanes usually have a [[rudder]] for steering. On an airplane, [[aileron]]s are used to [[Banked turn|bank]] the airplane for directional control, sometimes assisted by the rudder.
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