... invented 2-point seatbelts to protect the driver and his passengers, and later introduced 3-point seatbelts, that we are using every day, and made them standard in every car. ("A Potted Seat Belt History", 1) And now, "seatbelts save 13,000 lives in the United States each year" ("How Seatbelts Work", 1). The basic idea ... of a seatbelt is very simple: It keeps you from flying through the windshield or hurdling toward the dashboard when your car comes to an abrupt stop. But why would this happen in the first place? In short, because of inertia. If you hit the windshield with ... but de...

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... a day for building and rebuilding nation's roads, and motor vehicles have much things to do with land loss, air pollution, global warming and ozone depletion (2). To solve this U.S. car culture problem, I have searched for solutions as follows. First, I will explain basic causes of environmental impacts. Second, I will examine constructive actions practiced by individual, environmental groups or ... grassroots groups. Finally I will think about some basic solutions that we can practice individually. [Basic causes of environmental impacts] I think that U.S. car culture is a result that s...

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... to the streets with celebratory gunfire, car horns, and cheers to celebrate the long-awaited death of their ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi, who was killed in a cross-fire in his hometown of Sirte as troops from the National Transitional Council and his supporters exchanged fire. The NTC captured Gadhafi and attempted to usher him into a car, but Gadhafi was shot in his ... right arm. As the car escaped, his supporters barraged the car with fire, shooting Gadhafi in the head, and ultimately killing him just before the car made it to the hospital. A grainy - but credible - video was rele...

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... the single most polluting thing that most of us do." This is not a new problem. In the 1950's the Los Angeles smog made headline news. Car exhaust causes health problems. There are many solutions to the problem. Laws were enacted as long as twenty years ago to control pollution caused by cars. Since then laws have ... health of the people who live in the United States. Some solutions to the problem are: cutting down on the number of cars, traveling at steady speeds, and keeping your car in good shape. You should never over fill your gas tank. You should always use clean gas. People sho...

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Following a series of political assassinations of Afghanistan's political leaders, the United States' military officers have seen dramatic improvement in securing the country. Following the assassination of Osama bin Laden, President Obama announced the hasty drawdown of the extra "surge" troops he ordered to finish off the al-Qaeda regime. However, there have been several recent acts of violence that have some officials worried. Following the assassination of Ahmed Wali Karzai, the president's half-brother, a suicide car bomber attacked a police headquarters, killing twelve policemen and a ch...

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... words, when the technologies of automation have some rare problems, automakers will face long and expensive lawsuits. Nevertheless, another solution is to set up a fund to pay victims of autonomous car accidents (Brown). Basically, it is similar to the Health and Human Services Department's vaccine injury compensation fund, which charges a seventy five cent tax from every single purchased vaccine (Brown ... of autonomous cars without any protection about consumers' privacy. In the letter, John M. Simpson, Privacy Project Director, suggests that The California Department of Motor Vehicles...

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... creating different brands which allow them to sell the same product type at different prices without creating confusion. This concept is also used by car manufacturers. The Volkswagen group is a good example. Brands belonging to this group are Skoda, Seat, Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Bugatti and ... enhancing the image and awareness of the Renault brand. " (Automotive Industries, 2005) If this statement is compared to the press releases from other car manufacturers in Formula 1 (BMW, Mercedes, Ferrari, Spyker, Honda and Toyota) and press releases relating to other motor sports, very simila...

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... you stop? Hell no, I just drove by. Rollin" in my 5.0- The arrogance to not pay any attention to people waving to you seems to fit this culture extraordinarily. The car in this song, a mustang, is not used for anything but to get the attention of the opposite sex. In another instance, the song Fuck my ... songs I could find about cars in modern music is within the rap genre. I find this to be quite odd. It seems as if the rap culture has turned the car from a fast, high horse-power, good looking machine into a slow cruiser that has one purpose. That is the purpose of, " getting" some ass...

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... racing team and in return can use their association with the team for commercial purposes. The most obvious examples of this relationship are company logos, which advertise the products of a car's sponsors and are commonly seen on the outside of vehicles during races, but companies also use racing as part of public relations, marketing, entertainment, and employee relations programs. ... and for sports cars. These competitions receive less attention in the United States, where the most important race series are those for Indy cars and for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (N...

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... gain even better acceleration than using gasoline. The use of a smaller engine by hybrid cars saves space and significantly reduces the weight of the car allowing for better mileage while driving. While gasoline powered cars use twice the power and have twice the engine size of hybrid cars. People ... who drive gasoline powered cars can only gain good mileage from there cars by the manner which they drive their car. This is due to air drag and other technical issues that deal with cars but the thing is that hybrid cars already have this advantage due ... to the use of both batteries and...

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... , a full head on approach to the fuel cell will have a much greater effect on the dwindling fossil fuel supply then the implementation of a super car. On the 14th of March 2002, the United States Senate rejected a 50% hike in fuel efficiency for gas guzzling vehicles. The reason cited for this ... rejection was that the senators did not feel it was right to force mothers in their home states to drive a less desirable small car that was not as safe, because it was more fuel efficient. They also stated that raising the fuel efficiency for trucks would affect construction workers ... effici...

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... with higher tailpipe emissions standards for cars and light trucks, which limited opportunities for fuel-economy improvement. Along with the smaller, more fuel-efficient car, came a growing concern for safety. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a comprehensive safety study that showed that with downsizing ... opposing CAFÉ standards increases. The CVC also launched newspaper and TV ads that demonstrated government crash tests with a large and small car, to warn about vehicle downsizing. The continuing popularity of light trucks, mini-vans and sport-utilit...

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... . At the turn of the 19th Century when automobiles were new, electric vehicles outnumbered gasoline-powered vehicles. The problem for the electric car was that electric battery technology did not improve nearly as fast as gasoline technology and by 1910 the interest in the development of the ... greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, and cons! uming vast quantities of petroleum (Sperling 1995). Now is the time for the solution, the electric car. Development of the Technology California single handedly pushed the automotive industry into developing the electric vehicle to its fullest capaci...

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... a dishonorably discharge. Miranda drifted around the south for a few months, spending time in jail in Texas for vagrancy and was arrested in Nashville for driving a stolen car. Because he had taken the stolen vehicle across state lines, Miranda was sentenced to a year and a day in the federal prison system, serving time in Chillicothe, Ohio ... always did, Patty turned east on Marlette and walked toward her home on Citrus Way where she lived with her mother, sister and brother in law. Suddenly a car pulled out of a driveway in front of her passing so close to her that she had to jump bac...

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... indirectly in support industries. The steel, oil, rubber, glass, leather and machine tool industries were only some of those who benefited from the boom in car sales. After the war, the landscape of the USA was transformed. Economic growth led to more offices and factories being built. This, in turn, led ... kind. New materials enabled the construction of new types of building. The skylines of the great cities, for example, were transformed by skyscrapers. The car also played a part in building boom since thousands of miles of new roads were built and people began to move out to new sta...

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... the right circumstances, anybody can become involved in road rage. For example, actor Jack Nicholson, at a red light, got out of his car, and with a golf club, smashed the windshield of the car in front of him that had cut him off earlier. In another situation a "stressed out church deacon in New Bedford, Massachusetts fired a ... and the Coyote, doesn't it? A person's mood or feelings while they drive effects what they do. If a person is angry when they get into a car, they are not going to be nice to the people on the road. Dr. John Larson states, "the brain is structured so that our m...

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... Visteon Corporation. Ford Credit was established in 1959 and became the worlds largest automotive financing company. They currently operate in 36 countries with 313 locations worldwide. Hertz, the world's largest car, truck, and equipment rental and leasing company, was established in 1918. They currently operate in 140 countries with 6500 locations worldwide. Lastly, Visteon Corporation was established in 1997, with ... the amount of tailpipe emissions of hydrocarbon, oxides of nitrogen, and carbon monoxide released from cars. An example of a Low Emission Vehicle (LEV) is the new Ford...

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... it being set aside in someone's pocket and not going anywhere. One of the new industries that helped the boom is the car industry. Henry Ford had the idea to create a cheap car that people can afford and help create a cycle of prosperity. He used mass production techniques to be able to build the ... would be in charge of the wheels while another was in charge of the engine or another car part. It took less time than if each assembled the car piece by piece before starting on assembling another car. Since people needed to be trained in one aspect of the job, the workers were mostly ......

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... a part of the process of getting a driving license, the applicant must sign a contract with the state agency concerning the use of cellular telephones while in the car. The contract would be a standard contract stating that a driver must never use a cellular telephone while driving. This means any type of cellular telephone usage which ... includes texting and driving, of course, but also using the telephone to talk to someone on the phone. The driver of the car would be prohibited from using the cellular telephone to make and/or receive any telephone calls. The driver would also be proh...

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... individual they stop to question or search. These records should include the person's race; the reason stopped; how long the car was detained; and whether a ticket was issued, the car searched, or any illegal goods or weapons were found when the traffic stop was made. Racial profiling is the police ... Maryland state trooper pulled the families rented Cadillac over for speeding. When the trooper asked to search the car and its contents, Wilkins refused. But the trooper set loose a drug-sniffing dog to comb the car's exterior, including the windshield, the hubcaps, and the taillights whil...

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... drinking and driving which cause most accidents. Thinking upon this I decided to write about this subject. There have been countless deaths related to alcohol but car accidents while under the influence of alcohol is the top killer. In fact every 30 minutes someone in the U.S.A. dies from an alcohol related crash. ... Alcohol related accidents are also the leading cause of death among American teenagers. In the state of Utah there has been a total of 326 deaths from car accidents, and 26.3 percent of those 326 fatal crashes were alcohol related. Alcohol related traffic injuries cost U....

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... self-propelled vehicle was powered by steam. Other models of steam-powered automobiles were created by different innovators, but these models were eventually made obsolete by the internal-combustion powered car invented by Jean Joseph Etienne Lenior. This technology reached the United States when Charles and Frank Duryea made the first successful American gasoline automobile. Ransom Eli Olds had the ... along with the War Production Board and The Automotive Council for War Production, supervised the conversion of peacetime automotive production to that of wartime. Chrysler Corporation ma...

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... batteries can supply only enough energy for short trips, an onboard generator, powered by a gasoline engine, must be present for longer trips. When the car is stopped, hybrid gasoline motors can shut off and run on their electric motor and battery. Everyone must take steps to reduce the destruction of ... transmission independently. As a result, in a parallel hybrid, both the electric motor and the gas engine can provide propulsion power. The second type of hybrid car is the series hybrid, which has a gasoline engine that can either charge the batteries or power an electric motor that dr...

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... consequences of airbags, when people disregard the power of airbags. The first great step forward in preventing fatal and serious injuries with airbags is for car occupants to always wear a seat belt (Bourke). With seatbelts and airbags the chance of no injury is 80 percent. Passenger airbags have been ... to purchase the procession of products necessary for the safe transportation of children. Although children make up nearly 20 percent of the population, the car industry has yet to design and build cars that afford the same degree of crash protection for children as for adult's equipme...

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... be some type of skill and physical talent to what they are doing and NASCAR has both of those. These amazing drivers must know the inside of their car and how to control it, so they don't end up crashing into the wall and rolling all around the track. They must take tests to be ... football where there's a half time show and commercial breaks, the only thing a NASCAR driver gets are cautions and when they go into the pit to fix the car, that only lasts a couple seconds though. In sports like baseball, basketball, football, and hockey they all are competing for one thing and that is to w...

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