Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Usually, when people hear the words self-driving car they instantly think of the future. It’s pretty hard to think what the downsides of getting where you need to go, without doing any work whatsoever, could be, but you’d be surprised how big one of the reasons this wouldn't work actually is. There is a moral problem that comes with the inviolability of the self-driving car. One great thing that self-driving cars promise is the improved safety and minimization of most problems that may occur on…

popular area where there are two higher education institution like San Joaquin Delta College and the University of the Pacific and two shopping malls, Sherwood Mall and Weberstown Mall. The BRT was a huge success for Stockton because it attracted many new riders to the transportation system. In January 2011, RTD launched its second BRT route in south Stockton. Ridership on the second BRT increased significantly after it was completed because south Stockton is designated as a low-income area with…

As car owners, we’ve all had that sense of dread about the security of our own vehicle. For most of us, our car means everything. So how can we make sure the “everything” in our life is safe and secure? In this case, a transponder key is your best bet at protecting your car. A transponder key has a chip inside that is programmed specifically to your car. This allows your car and key to communicate through radio transmission, in most cases. The key sends a signal to an immobilizer that is…

Drive, an indie film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn illustrates the importance of sounds effects and music to convey the mood in scenes, making the viewer subconsciously believe that the action is realistic. Yet the bass-driven electronic music throughout the scenes with The Driver, paired with little dialogue and prominent engine sounds represent his alienation from the rest of the world. Meanwhile, when he is with Irene, the music becomes warmer and has vocals, contrasting his loneliness…

Your five-year-old cousin Suzy comes up to you and says she wants to drive to work with Auntie. Your mother agrees and even gives her the choice to ride in the driver’s seat. With shouts of glee, your little cousin plops herself in the driver’s seat. As they drive away from your house, you wave goodbye, knowing that your mother is safe under the driving ability of Suzy. Wait…what?! As a human being living in the year 2015, you may be questioning yourself as to how in the world a five-year-old…

Have you ever driven a car before? If you have driven a car before then you would know that they driving part of it is the easiest. The hard part is looking out for your surroundings. You always have to worry about the other drivers. Well if we have cars that drive themselves by a computer then everybody would think Hey! That would be nice and easy. But, there are pros and cons of having a self-driven car. Computers could cause fewer accidents, but they could also stop working and go off the…

The idea of driving without both hands on a wheel is appealing to many. Being able to do other things such as replying to a text message without risking others’ and your life, performing other tasks like putting makeup and eating while driving can be very convenient. The article “the Moral Challenges of Driverless Cars” (Kirkpatrick, 2015) by Keith Kirkpatrick presents futuristic perspective on driving safely. He was able to keep the reader’s attention captivated throughout the article by…

Written Assignment Unit 3: ENG BUS 1103 Five Cognate Strategies which I have chosen are; Clarity, Credibility, Expectation, Tone and Emphasis. Cognate strategies are ways of promoting understanding, framing, expressing and representing a message to an audience (McLean, 2010) How does someone makes sure that his/her message gets to an audience the way he/she intends? In trying to achieve this man like Charles Kostelnick and David Rogers developed these cognate strategies. Clarity: In as much as…

Mostly everyone in the world has thought about their future. And some of those people have thought about inventions so great and beyond our lifetime but what if I tell you one of those inventions is coming soon. That invention … is a driverless car. The Creation Driverless cars is the beginning of a new beginning breaking the technology industries itself. The great creation was created by Google engineers and employees, Google companies also tended to the situation. Soon this may lead to…

The side impact collision, also called the T-bone accident, is one of the most deadly types of accidents. If the collision occurs at a side door, the door offers the driver or passenger little in the way of protection. Unlike the front or rear of the car, it has little structural strength to resist high impact forces. It also lacks a lengthy crumple zone to absorb energy. Because the side impact occurs at right angles to the victim's direction of travel, he or she is often unaware of its…