For example consider you are the driver with the green light. ... These things happen, and because of it, you should change your perception of the green light to be just like a flashing caution light. ... Being in a hurry, and failure to judge the speed of the other driver causes another intersection accident that happens often. ... Second, you did not properly judge the speed of the vehicle driving on your left, because you were in a hurry. ... When the light turns red the camera snaps a shot. ...

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As you get closer, the chime speeds up and eventually goes to a solid noise indicating you are too closer and you need to move forward to prevent damage. ... If they car in front of them happens to switch lanes, the car will then increase to the previous speed all by itself. ... When a car equipped with a V8 is on the highway for example, it doesn't need all 8 of its cylinders to be working in order to keep the vehicle going at constant speed. ... The car is able to do this utilizing the front and rear sensors in the cars bumper, GPS location and a camera placed in front of the rearview ...

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Apply light pressure to the gas and do not spin the wheels. ... Head-On Collision Avoidance: First, reduce your speed. ... Default Speed Limits: If there is no sign indicating a speed limit, you must obey the legislated speed limit. ... Speed--Driving for Conditions: Whether on the highway or in the city the posted speed limit is intended for ideal road and weather conditions. ... Some intersections have a special u-turn light. ...

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With these people modifying their cars the way they do, they create a false sense of high speed security. ... Another emerging trend in the quest for speed is attaching a polished Folgers coffee can onto the exhaust. ... A new wave of cool is to light your car up brighter than Las Vegas. With the use of neon tubes, hyper white headlights, and enough colored bulbs to last the White House Christmas tree for a year, this population of car modifiers plans to light up the night. ... Down-force is an important factor in high speed motor sport. ...

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People are always in a hurry, so they speed, run a red light, or drive on the wrong side of the road. ... There is also an expensive, like tickets if you run a red light or if you have a wreck and you have to pay for the service on it. ...

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Electronic timing and speed sensing systems have been in place to record these races since the 1960's. ... The goal of bracket racing is to place premium consistency on the driver, not on the vehicle/ raw speed. ... A driver will automatically be disqualified, "red lined", if he/ she jumps the green light. ... If the first driver commits a red light foul, by default, the second driver gets green lighted. ... This circumstance happens when a car leaves the starting line before the green light comes on. ...

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Many more people have died and are injured from traffic light accidents. ... I believe a hologram traffic light with teleportation system would reduce and even stop all accidents. The hologram traffic light with teleportation system is a future technology I wish to create. It will project a large hologram instead of a tiny red light. ... Or if a car was speeding through and it gets teleported back but speeds isn't reduced or stopped, so it'll just keep repeating the process until the red hologram is gone. ...

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Being able to pull a mile long wheelie isn't always useful when rolling down the highway or approaching a traffic light at high speed. ... Now approach the first stone at high speed (60-70mph) and attempt to stop the bike completely by the second stone. ... The speed is crucial, so make sure you glance at the speedo. Even in the time that it takes to glance down and prepare yourself you could lose 10mph, so make sure to pull in the clutch to keep your speed up. ... It'll come up about six inches, because you're not carrying enough speed to go any higher. ...

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I turned to watch him speed away into the distance then looked around for anyone else. ... Within half an hour my car was ripping along the roads at break neck speed. ... After a quick shower and a light breakfast it was back to the racetrack for me. ... The light shone red, as bright as I"d ever seen, like it was issuing a warning to me. For a second my eyes were lost in the light, unsure of what to do. ...

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In the first stanza of the poem, Shapiro speeds up the pace by using repetition: "beating, beating" and "rocking, slightly rocking." ... " Down the dark one ruby flare, pulsing out red light like an artery." ... Contrasting images of dark and light are intensified once the ambulance reaches the scene of the accident. "The doors leap open," releasing a light of hope upon the "mangled." ...

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And as these cities have grown in population, traffic congestion has forced them to expand far way from a central core ... and these spreading cities can no longer be served in a significant way by line haul transit systems, such as buses and light rail. ... This new mode of transportation must have adequate speed, capacity, safety, and reliability. ... PRTs are cost effective, primarily due to low capital and operating costs, are easily expandable as networks, can have different line speeds on various guideway segments, can include high speed arterial guideway segments, cargo vehicles in ...

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Having a top speed of only 2mph, he designed it to move artillery pieces. ... Buyers were in favor of the smaller light weight vehicles. ... Land speed record has also been a goal many have tried to reach. ... And in 1997 Andy Green drove 763mph. the first official faster then the speed of sound record. ...

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Michael Charles Murphys" accident happened when he was going sixty miles per hour and a red light turn at the last instant. ... If he did that he would have known the light was about to change. ... A second law is to follow the speed limit. ...

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It had been a long and exhausting day, school was getting on my nerves, I had so much to do. It was getting to be late in the evening and all I could do was think about sleep. It would be so nice just to sleep I thought. So I figured that I would just take a little nap then wake up to do my homew...

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Street Racing Have you ever sat a red light at an intersection, and then all of a sudden two cars next to you started revving their engines, powerful engines. ... There is a saying that says, "Speed doesn't kill, sudden uncontrolled stops do." ...

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We made our final decision just before Christmas. Til then we had been debating countless times, if we had the money, or how much it would interfere with my parents work and so on. But from a large amount of persuasion by our friends we decided to go. When I found out I couldn't wait, I remember tho...

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SUVs are rugged automotive vehicles, similar to a station wagon but built on a light-truck chassis with 4WD capability (Webster.com). ... Because of its higher ground clearance, it has a tendency to roll over at sharp corners when traveling at high speeds. ...

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Thirty miles over the speed limit on the gravel encrusted road has erased every zigzag indention that was once drawn into the rubber. ... Every beer from Busch to Natural Light lies around and the sour stench is emanating. ... Twelve-packs of Bud Light fill half of the box. ... A bright orange check engine light and bright red oil light are constantly flashing just as they always have. ...

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The cockpit of an airplane could serve as the conceit for the car's instrument panel; air scoops could be dummied up to conjure the speeds that were then threatening to surpass the sound barrier Think of it: everyman his own fighter pilot. ...

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Impromptu races occur when two cars pull up at a traffic light and race once the light turns green. ... In addition, excessive speed was a factor in most accidents involving 16- year-olds, national data show. ...

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Out of total crashes in the year 2000, in accordance with 2000 Wisconsin Traffic Crash Facts, 30% of the accidents where due to an exterior force, 27% where due to inattentive driving, 20% do to speed and 13% due to alcohol. ... If you are going to be out riding at dusk or during the night you cannot operate unless you are equipped with an emitting white light visible for at least 500 ft. and also have a red reflector with a diameter of at least two inches visible from the rear for at least 50ft. Plus wearing reflective and light colored clothing also helps to make you more visible. ...

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The ride picked up speed and we flew down the decline faster like a speeding bullet. ... Then all of a sudden I opened my eyes, my vision was all blurry from being out of focus and I waited for them to adjust to the light. ...

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Unbelievable As a senior in high school, I didn't think anything could happen to me. August 28, 2003 started off as any other day. During my first two periods, everything remained normal. As usual, my friends and I went to lunch after school. We discussed where we wanted to go and I sugg...

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As a melancholy piano plays in the background, a highway patrol officer approaches the distraught tow truck driver and tells him, "They lived" in a somewhat amazed tone, which leads the driver's face to light up a bit. ... Safety, love, and family is the ego ideal for this car and its buyers while speed and decadence is the shadow. ...

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They run down a corridor towards a door with a bright light, it almost has a religious theme, suggesting that the car gives its occupants a spiritual experience. ... Boys of my age and older wouldn't find the car appealing as they would be more interested in appearance, speed and cost. ...

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