Highway

city to 39 miles per gallon on the highway with a combined city plus highway of 33 miles per gallon. The FE+S Series on the other hand gets 40 miles per gallon on the highway and 30 in the city with a combined of 34 miles per gallon. The SV, SR, and SL Series can get anywhere from 39 miles per gallon on the highway and 29 miles per gallon in the city with a combined of 32 miles per gallon. Contrarily, the Corolla L Series can get 36 miles per gallon on the highway and 27 miles per gallon in the…

capacity, the development of American highway system had a massive impact on the vast amount of cars that could be created for the American consumer. Historical the parkway planning of Frederick Law Olmsted laid the foundation for the automobile industry in the late 19th…

statistics exemplify how bad Florida’s on road safety can truly be. Driving while distracted can be very dangerous and not only poses a threat to the driver’s life but other individuals that may encounter the distracted driver. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sending and/or reading a text can take your eyes off the road for about 5 seconds. This is equivalent to driving through a football field while blinded (“Distracted…

The south Texas, coastal city of Corpus Christi is home to over 300,000 people. The city’s road transportation network includes Interstate 69E/US, Interstate 37 and Highway 77 that links the city to Victoria and Brownsville. The other important roads in the city include Texas State Highway 44 thoroughfare and the Texas State Highway 268 Crosstown Expressway. Corpus Christi ranks as one of the safest cities to drive in America; this means there are fewer accidents here compared to other cities in…

use of words , the words still have an effect on the audience. The sign is simple and straight forward, which allows the audience to remember what the poster said and to only give a few seconds to the sign, as they pass by. Bulletin boards on the highways and city roads also contain little use of words. The 21st Century Auto Insurance bulletin boards contain the phrase, "Same great coverage for less." The word choice is chosen to be such that the audience understand the advertisement easily.…

something to advance the American highways and state roads, but most aren’t. Potholes can be as deep as 10 inches and can span feet, which would cause damage to the car’s shocks and suspension, putting more people at risk than just the driver of the car. The way the American roads are constructed had mostly caused the appearance of potholes on almost every street in every town. The construction method used in the U.S differs a lot to the roads in Europe. German highways, called Autobahnen are…

In the opening passage of the novel “Kiss of the Fur Queen” by Tomson Highway, the author uses vivid, descriptive imagery, diction, and allusion to describe Abraham Okimasis’s desperation to win a sled race. Not only does this passage show how Okimasis is struggling, but how it emotionally drains him. Highway creates an intense tone and also gets the audience to visualize Okimasis’s mentality through strong use of diction. Vivid imagery played an important role in this passage due to the fact…

massive earthquake (Hu, Ye & Zhai, 2011). The disability of transportation has increased the level of difficulty for the delivery of health services and relief supplies. In the article, ‘Seismic damage of highway bridges during the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake’, the authors have investigated the highway bridges in 14 counties and cities for 46 days after the earthquake. According to their survey, among the main 320 bridges, 14% of them were extremely broken which led to the interruption of the…

dangers of being an animal in the wild, and draws attention to how hard the turtle had to work to cross the road. First, the setting is essential to the story because it emphasizes the climate the turtle lives in. The text states,“The concrete highway was edged with a mat of tangled, broken, dry grass, and the grass heads were heavy with oat beards to catch on a dog’s coat.” (Steinbeck pg. 758) This shows the type of time and climate the turtle had to suffer through. It was hot, humid, lacked…

thus, the interstate highway system became effective on June 29, 1956. “The bill created a 41,000-mile “National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.”( History, 2016, para 10) American’s can now travel safely and the highway eliminated traffic jams and became a quick exist route for an evacuation; therefore, the interstate highway became a symbol of freedom. The idea came from Dwight D. Eisenhower after being stationed in Germany where he was impressed with the Highway system,…