dirt, mud, and salt. Don't Pull out in Front of Traffic in Conditions 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…
Imagine driving down the interstate and suddenly you see a car driving on the wrong side of the road at seventy miles per hour. There is no avoiding this car and it smashes into your car creating a fireball of flames and what once was two cars are now intertwined as one pile of smashed metal and flames. It seems so crazy that someone could be driving on the wrong side of the road and not even realize it but this is a common occurrence. Since 2014 there has been over 100 wring way drivers in just…
Maneuvering a car in the streets is accompanied with various ethical and moral decisions. The driver has to decide when to speed up, when to take his eyes off the road or whether he stops when approaches traffic light that turns red. These are just some of the things that a driver must consider in order to uphold and maintain the safety in the streets not only for himself but for everybody. These decisions contain both practical and moral components to the driver which are eliminated in the…
Driving is an activity that is common. Some areas have heavier congestion than others. Externalities are associated with various areas in the economy including congested roads. The answer to this question will focus on externalities associated with additional individual's driving on a congested road. This question will also give some ideas on how tolls may help alleviate this externality, where tolls are not helpful, and how they may be set. Externalities in the field of economics are either…
Would you really trust something that you are not controlling, especially a car? Driverless cars has been a debate for the last couple of years. Potholes, bad weather, and other distracted cars can make that 1.3 million death rate a year go up to 2 million a year with driverless cars. With driverless cars, computers will know exactly where you are going when you step into your car. Wouldn’t you want some privacy? Driverless cars are not a good idea. For instance, distracted cars have the…
The windshield is your window to the road outside your car. Proper maintenance of this essential car component gets less attention than other auto parts such as the tires and brakes. A windshield in good condition not only allows you to see and react to the outside environment, it protects you from flying road debris and provides structural strength to your roof should you experience a rollover accident. As Knoxville auto accident lawyers, we want to bring to your attention four windshield…
Skylab, the first orbital space station, was launched in 1973. Space probes have traveled millions of miles and landed on Venus and Mars. Space vehicles armed with telescopes and automated testing controls have traveled deep into space, providing the world with information and detailed images of planets, moons, and even far off galaxies. Spread 26-27 Pg26 And now, just about anyone can experience space travel, if they have enough money. So far they can only travel around in the Earth’s…
Engineering Company of Boston, in 1900. The system was used on a steam wagon, which was driven by chains. The first dramatic change in all-wheel drive was in 1941, when Willy's Overland and Ford won the contract for the definitive general purpose vehicle, the jeep. The first civilian jeep was introduced to the public in 1946 after the war. The jeep was…
pedestrians and to figure out ways to improve this problem. Understanding the impediments of a person on foot strolling across the road are important for drivers to watch out for regardless if they are in a hurry or not. Also people walking in the crosswalks…
better settlement or reimbursement for the damages that leads from the car accident. The damages can be like lost wages, medical expenses and personal injuries you have incurred. 1. Stop immediately. Try to move your car off the road and make the passengers off the road.…