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20 million to sufferers and their relatives. The NHTSA findings showed that the defects caused 777 accidents, 23 people died as a result of the errors and 259 were injured. Moreover, to avoid a possible 23-million auto recall from the NHTSA - the company reached out to the Reagan administration and made a concession. Instead, they had to mail out 23 million stickers telling Ford owners to "put it on their dashboards reminding them to make sure the gear was fully in park," and the parking brake…

Ford Pinto Paper #5403 In 1978, an attack came unto Ford from unhappy consumers. These consumers, or more telling, their next of kin, were unhappy with the safety offered by Ford’s subcompact model, the Pinto. The subcompact was a new addition to the American markets, but not new to markets. The markets overseas were run amok with much more favored subcompacts for years. The American market was just now, however, starting to lean away from the larger, more gas guzzling cars and going towards…

management during the initial design of the Ford Pinto. Instead it calculated risk based on a strictly functional view which would result in Ford defending their decision based on their cost-benefit analysis. In comparison the United Illuminating Company principals of managing risk by establishing a risk framework, identify risk events, assessing risk, planning risk response strategies and monitoring and controlling risk would have been more appropriate. While many feel…

In the Novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow we are given much historical insight on the changes affecting the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. These changes are not only shown through the context of the novel, but through the three families and individual characters represented in the book. Characters react to the changing environment around them in many different ways. Some changes affecting characters in good ways and some in not so good ways. Doctorow shows many social changes…

In the novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a consistent motif is the presence of cars. Fitzgerald uses a numerous amount of examples of cars to comment on what he believes the car culture to be in the 1920s. Its very clear that Fitzgerald believes that the car culture of the time period assimilates to a very reckless behavior. For example, when Nick and Jordan are driving together, he makes a comment about her bad driving and she replies “They’ll keep out of my way, it takes two to…

Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the car her father died in. Two years after his accident, "The Fast and Furious" star's daughter is suing Porsche, stating that the vehicle he was traveling in was unsafe and lacked certain safety features she believes could have saved her father and his friend Roger Rodas. According to TMZ, copies of the suit state that Walker's car lacked important safety features that could have…

This reading gives me an entirely different perspective on how I operate in relation to other people I know and associate with. There was a time in my life that I didn’t measure my position in life based on possessions; I was affluenza free. However, as I got a little older the need for greed seems to have taken a bigger role in my life. The reading of Affluenza makes me realize that I do, to an extent have this affliction. Although it is not all consuming for me, I certainly possess a lot more…

In the month of July in 1940, The Tacoma Narrows Bridge construction was completed and open to the public. Although built upon request of the Tacoma Chamber of Commerce after arguing that building of the bridge would be more suitable to replace the ferry system that as the only way to get to the Gig harbour from Tacoma's Narrow Bridge. One of the downsides was that it had been constructed with a much lesser budget than the committee had expected even upon the request of various engineers to draw…

communities with millions of dollars for businesses such as dealerships, hotels, restaurants, and manufacturers. The average snowmobiler takes 3-4 times every winter for some fun. The snowmobile has changed in design since the first attempts to add a motor to a sled. The snowmobile has become lighter and faster. People today enjoy using snowmobiles for recreation as well as for work in hard to reach places. Over the past 57 years Ski-Doo has kept its popularity because of changes in performance…

The Dodge Challenger was first a pony car in 1970 through 1974. The Dodge Challenger is an 808hp muscle car. However, the Dodge Challenger falls below all the sports car rankings. I although favor this car in so many ways it might be a big car, but I love the sleek boy and big back. I find that it attracts people because it's more a show car. The Dodge Challenger has the best quality features in my opinion. The main ideas I will cover in this essay are the car's performance, experience, and…