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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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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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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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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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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The other was that Ford could have avoided this by simply placing an inexpensive light-weight plastic baffle that was placed between the front of the gas tank and the differential, so the four bolts that where in the differential would not break thought the gas tank. ... After being struck by a moving vehicle that was traveling at the speed of 50-55 miles per hour. ...

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It had to be built tough to speed through the mud and not get stuck. ... The United States uses more than 3 billion barrels of oil per year just on passenger cars and light trucks (Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review 2000. http://www.eia.doe.gov). ...

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