It was a warm quiet night and I was just getting ready to leave my job so that I could go and purchase the thing that I had been wanting for many years. I was really excited while I was walking home although it was dark and the street was very dull. As I got home from my creepy walk, I waited for my friend Sam to come over my house. I had been saving my money for a long period and it was time to buy my first car.…
strategy have been extremely successful thus far. They are the second oldest publicly traded auto company in the United States behind Ford, and are starting a luxury sports car company from scratch. They are being called the Apple computer of the Automobile industry and have in fact hired Apple’s former retail chief to build their new distribution model. However, their Direct Sales Model strategy has yet to be proven effective in the long…
must detect, making it useful only in specific highway systems that would implement it [6,7]. One of the earliest example of a self-sufficient, fully autonomous car is from the Eureka PROMETHEUS Project in 1987, led by Ernst Dickmanns and several automobile manufacturers [6,7]. Their first successful prototype, VaMoRs, successfully drove for twenty kilometers in speeds exceeding 90km/h, using two cameras and several sensors and microprocessors. Less than a decade later, newer prototypes made…
Personal Experience Paper My eyes explode open. The vehicle’s cabin is filled with a gray, dusty smoke. Something is wrong. What just happened? Muscle-memory kicks in. In combat situations, leadership and training, is essential to defining the life-saving steps for any situation. Be, Know, Do and the NCO Creed are the cornerstones for the successful noncommissioned officer. “The Day”, Baghdad, Iraq General David Petraeus was the Commanding General, Multi-National Force - Iraq (MNF-I).…
The United States is built on different cultures and it all started with the pilgrims coming over for religious freedom. The idea caught on and people from all over the world came for many reasons whether it be religious freedom, running from the law or just to start fresh everyone is from a different culture. In the movie Crash, a handful of people from Los Angeles are struggling with racism, cultural differences and power issues in a time right after 9/11. A few things to know for this…
Endless winter night One day in January, in the dark hours of the evening, my brother and I decided to go quading on the cold road. Quading in the snow is always the funnest. The best adventures happen when everything is dark around. We don 't know what 's around us whatsoever. Walking outside on the cold dark planet, we slowly walked to the shed where our quad was sitting. We opened the door and the aroma of gas came our way. "Of course it smells like gas here" he said. "Well of course, this…
Before a young person can take your Driver’s Test they must know how to do the following my father would tell me: Change the oil and oil filter, Replace the Spark Plugs & Wires, Change & Rotate you tires, Replace the lights (head, signal, fog, brake), change the air and gas filters, they must know how much fluid is to be in brake cylinder and how to adjust the brakes as well as how to changes them and so much more. My first car was a 1977 two-tone blue Malibu-Classic, with a rag top that was…
The last thing I imagined happening on a Friday night was losing my life. On February 13th, the word friendship lost value to me as I witnessed the horror of reality. Accompanied with me was my younger brother, Jesse. Together we planned on having a fun Friday night by going to the mall with my friends. As a last minute addition we decided to carpool. Carpooling is what we did being young we had no license or cars. Except two people: Kevin and Medina. Between the two the decision was simple:…
The American Automobile Association has an online tool that is useful in keeping skills fresh. CarFit is a program that helps the older adult with modifications that make his/her interface with the vehicle functional. • At the secondary prevention level the issues that…
This topic talks about the development of automated vehicles, such as driver assisted or self-driving car. There have been many demonstrations regarding these vehicles. The main concern regarding these vehicles is the insurance risk for crashes. Given the unknown risks, insurance companies are not sure what to do at the moment. Some developers are stepping in to fill this gap themselves: Google, Mercedes, and Volvo are self insuring their own products. In any case, there are a few implications…