Faith Lowe Oct. 20‚ 2011 Should Cars be Equipped with Breathalyzers? According to information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ there are approximately 17‚000 people killed by drunk drivers every year. Drunk drivers whose alcohol level is above .08. Most drunk drivers involved in fatality crashes are repeated offenders. In fact nearly half of the fatal crashes were cars driven by drunk drivers with a suspended license. They often slip through the cracks with a slap
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Driving Your Own Car to Work vs. Carpooling For many Frederick County residents‚ commuting 1-2 hours a day to get to and from their DC area jobs is the norm. According to one Washington Post poll‚ “Washington-area residents spend nearly twice as long getting to work as people in the rest of the nation. They also get stuck in traffic jams three times more often than commuters in the rest of the country” (Ginsburg). Yet‚ most commuters in our area still prefer to drive themselves to
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"Chasing Cars" is the second single from Snow Patrol’s fourth album‚ Eyes Open. It was recorded in 2005 and released on 6 June 2006 in the US and 24 July 2006 in the UK as the album’s second single.[1] The song gained significant popularity in the US after being featured in the second season finale of the popular medical drama Grey’s Anatomy.[2] It became notable as one of the songs that revealed the impact of legal downloads on single sales in the UK. The song is Snow Patrol’s biggest-selling
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Explain the purpose of automobile insurance and examine the extent to which automobile insurance does encourage risky behavior. The purpose of automobile insurance is to repair or replace damages caused by hazardous situations. Insurance can give a motorist a sense of freedom from financial distress. Unfortunately insurance does encourage risky behavior. Knowing that you personally may not have to incur cost repairing another person’s vehicle may sway risky driving practices. Speaking for myself
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the American automobile in the early 1900’s. It did not take long for people to realize the driver of a high-speed metal projectile with inadequate equipment was not only a danger to himself‚ but to others as well. With the inadequacy of safety‚ the start of the American automobile evolution brought soaring rates of injuries and traffic deaths but today these statistics have changed dramatically. In 1908‚ Henry Ford presented the American public an inexpensive and efficient automobile called the
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Cars‚ trucks‚ vans‚ SUV’s almost everyone will own or lease one in their lifetime. The biggest problem is the decision whether to buy or lease the automobile. Many people are faced with this question. Buying and leasing a car both have many positive and negative attributes. The beauty of it is that it is your choice! Leasing is one great way to get an automobile. The concept is quite simple. Leasing a car is almost like renting a car for an extended period of time (usually three years)‚ except
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Repulsorlifts were used in the study to find out if they can be used to replace the wheels of a conventional car. It was hypothesized that it will be able to lift a car using magnetic repulsion forces. The different magnets were tested individually with the usual tests for magnetic strength‚ size‚ and temperature increase‚ which were done in the preliminary testing. The prototype road and car were then constructed based on the specifications that had been identified after the preliminary testing. The
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I always believed that curiosity has been the cornerstone of man’s evolution. I had this curiosity and thirst for knowledge in me. Right from my childhood‚ I was interested in Automobiles. My years in school‚ apart from providing a strong foundation in Math and Basic Sciences‚ also enabled me to develop my overall personality. I have participated in various annual training camps of NCC (National cadet corps) arranged by our school. I was also appointed as monitor of the class. Being an avid student
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How to put up a small car wash business Filed under FEATURES 0 Comments and 0 Reactions (First published in the Philippine Online Chronicles) By Ma. Rachel R. Yapchiongco A car is a valuable possession and a person who owns one often places great value on his vehicle. Many car owners take good care of their cars by keeping both interior and exterior components in good condition. To ensure that the car is in tip top shape‚ people bring their cars to the repair and service shop for routine
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This year in science‚ we were paired up in groups to build a car powered only by a rubber band. There was a lot of physics and thought put behind the planning of our car. The rubber band moved the car by storing up elastic potential energy which then turned into kinetic energy when released. Newton’s Laws of Motion also come in handy when thinking about how to keep the car moving. “An object in motion stays in motion.” There was also a lot of thought put into the wheels. We had to be aware of the
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