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	Motorcades can be used to transport a very important person, usually a political figure. Such a procession consists of several vehicles, usually accompanied by law enforcement support and additional protection to ensure the safety of the people in the motorcade.<ref name="geek">{{cite web\|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-motorcade.htm\|title=What is a Motorcade?\|accessdate=2008-05-20\|publisher=WiseGeek.com}}</ref> Motorcades for presidents and heads of state consist of anywhere from four to six armoured cars or [[Sport utility vehicle\|SUVs]], with police motorcycles and cars leading the way and following.		Motorcades can be used to transport a very important person, usually a political figure. Such a procession consists of several vehicles, usually accompanied by law enforcement support and additional protection to ensure the safety of the people in the motorcade.<ref name="geek">{{cite web\|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-motorcade.htm\|title=What is a Motorcade?\|accessdate=2008-05-20\|publisher=WiseGeek.com}}</ref> Motorcades for presidents and heads of state consist of anywhere from four to six armoured cars or [[Sport utility vehicle\|SUVs]], with police motorcycles and cars leading the way and following.

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	====President of the United States====		====President of the United States====
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	The motorcade for the President of the United States comprises twenty to thirty vehicles; in addition to the president, the motorcade may carry his spouse, members of the press, security, White House officials, and VIP guests.<ref name="geek"/> The major members travel in armored vehicles, typically [[Presidential state car\|specially configured limousines]]. The motorcade contains several armored vehicles, a counter-assault team, and Secret Service agents.<ref name="geek"/> When called for, a hazardous materials team precedes the motorcade on alert for potential hazards.<ref name="geek"/>		The motorcade for the President of the United States comprises twenty to thirty vehicles; in addition to the president, the motorcade may carry his spouse, members of the press, security, White House officials, and VIP guests.<ref name="geek"/> The major members travel in armored vehicles, typically [[Presidential state car\|specially configured limousines]]. The motorcade contains several armored vehicles, a counter-assault team, and Secret Service agents.<ref name="geek"/> When called for, a hazardous materials team precedes the motorcade on alert for potential hazards.<ref name="geek"/>

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	Motorcade routes are selected by Secret Service agents in cooperation with local police forces. Escape routes are also established in the event of an emergency.<ref name="nyt"/>		Motorcade routes are selected by Secret Service agents in cooperation with local police forces. Escape routes are also established in the event of an emergency.<ref name="nyt"/>


	~~==References==~~
	~~{{reflist\|2}}~~

	==External links==		==External links==

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A '''motorcade''' (sometimes known as a '''carcade''' or '''autocade''') is a procession of vehicles. The term ''motorcade'' is a neologism coined by Lyle Abbot (in 1912 or 1913, when he was automobile editor of the ''Arizona Republican''), and is formed after ''cavalcade'' on the false notion that "-cade" was a suffix meaning "procession". In fact, there is no such suffix in either French or Latin, although ''-cade'' has now since become a productive suffix in English, leading to the alternative names ''carcade'', ''autocade'', and even ''Hoovercade'' (after J. Edgar Hoover). Eric Partridge calls the name a "monstrosity", and Lancelot Hogben considers the word to be a "counterfeit coinage". The original suffix in ''cavalcade'' is actually "[[wikt:-ade|-ade]]".<ref>{{cite book|title=Introduction to Modern English Word-formation|author=Valerie Adams|publisher=Longman|date=1973|pages=188–189|}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopaedia|article=motorcade|encyclopedia=Movers and Shakers|author=John Ayto|pages=45|publisher=Oxford University Press US|date=2006|isbn=0198614527|isbn13=9780198614524}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States|author=Henry Louis Mencken, Raven Ioor McDavid, and David A. Maurer|publisher=Knopf|date=1963|pages=222}}</ref>

== Uses of motorcades ==
=== Funerals ===

A funeral cortege is a procession of mourners, most often in a motorcade of vehicles following a [[hearse]].<ref>{{cite book|publisher=Merriam-Webster|title=Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Synonyms|accessdate=2008-12-19|date=1984|page=640|author=Gove, Philip B}}</ref>

=== Protests and demonstrations ===
Motorcades can be used as protests and demonstrations.<ref>{{cite book|title=Justice Without Violence|editor=Paul Ernest Wehr, Paul Wehr, Heidi Burgess, Guy M. Burgess|author=Doug Bound|chapter=Nonviolent Direct Action and the Diffusion of Power|publisher=Lynne Rienner Publishers|date=1994|isbn=1555874657}}</ref> A large, organised, group of vehicles will travel a busy route at very slow speed in order to deliberately cause traffic disruption. This a tactic most often associated with protest groups that have access to many large vehicles, such as truckers and farmers. An example is the 2005 UK protests against fuel prices.<ref name="guardian20050917">{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,,1572106,00.html |title=Fuel protesters defy police as convoy crawl jams motorway |first=Steven |last=Morris |date=2005-09-17 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News and Media |accessdate=2008-01-12}}</ref>

=== VIPs ===
{{see|Official state car}}
Motorcades can be used to transport a very important person, usually a political figure. Such a procession consists of several vehicles, usually accompanied by law enforcement support and additional protection to ensure the safety of the people in the motorcade.<ref name="geek">{{cite web|url=http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-motorcade.htm|title=What is a Motorcade?|accessdate=2008-05-20|publisher=WiseGeek.com}}</ref> Motorcades for presidents and heads of state consist of anywhere from four to six armoured cars or [[Sport utility vehicle|SUVs]], with police motorcycles and cars leading the way and following.

====Traffic diversions====
Depending on the size of the motorcade and who it is carrying, routes may be completely blockaded from the general public.<ref name="geek"/> For security reasons, this is common with motorcades for heads of state or government.<ref name="geek"/>

====President of the United States====
{{see|Presidential State Car (United States)}}

The motorcade for the President of the United States comprises twenty to thirty vehicles; in addition to the president, the motorcade may carry his spouse, members of the press, security, White House officials, and VIP guests.<ref name="geek"/> The major members travel in armored vehicles, typically [[Presidential state car|specially configured limousines]]. The motorcade contains several armored vehicles, a counter-assault team, and Secret Service agents.<ref name="geek"/> When called for, a hazardous materials team precedes the motorcade on alert for potential hazards.<ref name="geek"/>

A police presence precedes the beginning of the presidential motorcade. These cars and motorcycles usually drive ahead to clear the way and block traffic.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/id/2154626/|title=What's in a presidential motorcade?|publisher=Slate.com|accessdate=2008-05-20|date=November 29, 2006|author=Beam, Christopher}}</ref>

The motorcade for the president is made up of two parts, the first being the "secure package".<ref name="nyt">{{cite news|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E3D9173DF935A1575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Driving; Fed Up With Traffic? Get Behind the Wheel in a Motorcade|accessdate=2008-05-20|work=The New York Times|date=September 26, 2003|author=Selingo, Jefferey}}</ref> In the event of an emergency, the secure package separates from the rest of the group.<ref name="nyt"/> It includes two limousines, is heavily guarded by local law enforcement and Secret Service, with all cars driven by professional drivers.<ref name="nyt"/>

The second part is made up of vans that transport White House staff members and selected members of the press. In the rear is a communications van that records the president's movements, an [[ambulance]], and additional police vehicles.<ref name="geek"/><ref name="nyt"/>

Motorcade routes are selected by Secret Service agents in cooperation with local police forces. Escape routes are also established in the event of an emergency.<ref name="nyt"/>

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons cat|Motorcades}}
*[http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1135.html Detailed description of the motorcade of the President of the United States]

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