Burma Road

of Poor Visibility or Poor Traction Poor visibility includes fog, smoke, dust, and darkness. Don't force other vehicles to brake for you under these conditions. Allow enough time to complete your maneuver before oncoming traffic reaches you. When road conditions are slippery, you must allow even more time because the poor traction works against you as well as traffic braking for you. Forcing anyone to brake for you is a dangerous habit even in good conditions. You don't know how well another's…

Usually, when one thinks of the future, they think of flying cars and robots, but what most people don’t think of is a damaged earth with the constant threat of losing all it’s life. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a thrilling tale that takes readers on a journey of adventure, suspense and survival. The novel, taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting of a deathly winter, includes a father and his son journeying across the United States with the incentive of finding food and shelter to escape…

Essay A There is a straight road in my hometown that in one coincidental way or another has shaped my entire life. The road is known as Junction Highway, and every place that has ever been important to me I have gotten to by using this road. On Junction Highway I have driven home from school feeling exhausted from whatever practice that I experienced that day, but still smiling as I rolled the windows down on my 2005 baby blue beetle, and let the fragrant hill country breeze blow my hair in…

The poem opens introducing a long and dark street. The speaker walks through the street clumsily, stumbling around due to the darkness. He hears his feet on the stones and the leaves, but also hears someone else behind him. The person behind him is doing everything the speaker is doing, but when the speaker turns around, there is no one there. The speaker can’t see or make out anything, only his footsteps. He follows the endless street around its endless corners, and says that no one…

decides to turn right off of the road but he didn’t use his turn signal so I almost knocked into him. I hate when people drive without using turn signals, go under the speed limit, and have their brights on. Driving without using turn signals really grinds my gears. Driving without using turn signals really grinds my gears. When the person in front of you is coming up on a turn and they start to slow down their speed to make the turn into a new lane or to get onto a new road can cause…

Road Rage is dangerous. It's when the driver gets angry and drives violently on the roads. It's caused by anger and stress on the roads. It's one growing problem on highways and people don't know how to deal with it. In this paper you will learn cases of road rage that are happening in the world and ways to deal with it. When you are in a situation. One case of Road Rage was in Sacramento, California. A family of three was driving to get items for the wife’s/mother’s birthday. Then…

Introduction: The Light rail will play a central role in the future of transport in Sydney. The NSW government hopes that it will ease the pressure on Sydney’s roads by reducing the city’s reliance on buses. In 2012 the NSW Government began the extension of the Inner West Light Rail line and announced the CBD and South East Light Rail project. Contracts for the CBD South East Light Rail project were signed in December 2014. However, communities are rising up to protest against the removal of…

The Jeep Renegade ad paints a picture of a life in which no destination is outside the driver’s reach, as long as he is daring and determined enough to blaze his own trail. Seen in the top left, the Jeep Renegade, in its distinct red finish, is pictured plowing through loose dirt and sand. At right, racers compete in a grueling obstacle course. This illustrates that the ad seeks out the bold and fearless consumer who is not afraid of a challenge and does not back down in the face of adversity.…

The rain began to softly drip onto the girl’s unkempt black hair as she walked along the weather-beaten sidewalk. Only a few rays of sun pierced the gray sky. A few cars passed by on the road; an old rusted Ford truck, a white minivan, and a shiny car with a green “Sheriff” across its doors. All three cars pulled into the school parking lot. The girl stared at her feet as she shuffled through the doors of the town’s only high school. The school was made of brick walls, with cream colored doors…

In the short story ‘Clearing Paths through the Past’ and the poem “To be of Use” by Marge Piercy, both of the authors have a common theme. The passages talk about how good it feels to be hardworking and helpful to others around you. Both passages give examples of jobs and labors that people do to help others, and also the impact it's made on their life. In the short story ‘Clearing Paths for the Past’ the author gives us an example of a man doing things and taking responsibility for things he…