Sustainable transport

On a night in Colorado there was a group of friends Chris, Mike Hannah, Kelly, Josh, Paul, Emily, and John. They were staying at a cabin that Mike's parents had owned. On the way to the cabin they had saw a hut it was told to be from the Native Americans and was now a historical landmark. During their stay at the cabin Hannah and Kelly had went to get groceries and was never heard of again. When they were staying at the cabin they had heard rumors that there was a escaped murder that escaped…

I am not talking about driving projects, I am literally talking about driving automobiles. This article is a precursor to what I would soon be writing about in my next article. Until recently, I had been an aggressive driver. Not always, but most of the times. It would keep my family and friends on the edges of their seats. There had been several times (more than I can recall) when upon their constant request to slow down, I would argue unnecessarily, eventually stopping the car on the…

It is a normal Thursday afternoon, I has just gotten home from cross country practice and am just sitting gin my room relating from the long day I had from school, work and practice, when all of a sudden there is a knock on my door. Not knowing who it is I cautiously walk to my door expecting maybe one of my friends wanting to hangout, but to my surprise I see Henry David Thoreau at my steps! Not knowing what to do I invite him inside but he just silently shakes his head and points to my outside…

In Florida, the government does not do nearly enough to discourage and prevent distracted driving. According to Distracted.gov, In 2014, "3,179 people were killed and 431,000 were injured in motor vehicle accidents involving distracted drivers." This is an increase to the previous statistics in 2010 from the NHTSA, which stated that, in 2010, "3,092 people were killed in crashes involving distracted drivers and an estimated additional 416,000 were injured in motor vehicle accidents involving…

A teenager who was test driving a go-cart in Monument was killed in a crash with a pickup truck. Although it can be fun to drive non-traditional vehicles, your safety as well as the legality of the vehicle should be a top priority when operating a non-traditional vehicle, both in public and on your own land. Know the legality of your vehicle on public roadways. The Colorado Department of Revenue Division of Motor Vehicles can provide information about what vehicles are legal and what vehicles…

A driverless car will require some crazy technology for them to work. There is a lot of different things that go on when a car is driving itself. Some of the major pieces are radio waves(RADAR), laser beams(LIDAR), and sound waves(SONAR). These types of technology all do something different to figure out how far another car is from the driverless car and prevent it from crashing. The car also uses Bill Robertson talks about it in his article “How Do Self-Driving Cars Work?”. He says, “Each…

“Ahhh!!!“ I yelled as my cousin tazed me with his fingers in the car. We were approaching a building made of brick. “Are we at the place?” asked my cousin. We had been in the car for nearly two hours. “Yes we are at New bern.” my aunt told my cousin. We had finally arrived at the birthplace of Pepsicola. “Finally!” exclaimed my cousin from next to me. We were driving to a medium sized town in North Carolina named Newbern from our hotel in some other part of North Carolina. The drive was an…

Self-driving cars What is a self-driving car? A self-driving car is a car that can drive it self from place to place without a person there at operate it. Self-driving cars were invented on August 1961 by William Bertelsen. We won’t notice self-driving cars on the road until 2020. What makes a self-driving car work A self-driving car is a combination of a bunch of sensors and advanced computers Vision systems that make it work. Many of the cars use a lidar. A lidar is a Light Detection…

It was 7:30 pm and I was watching TV with my dad, in about an hour I was going to go up stairs and try to get some sleep. The show we were watching was called ImPractical Jokers, a hilarious show . When our show was over I went to sleep. about 11:30 that night, I heard a really loud knock on the door. I thought was it just me then i heard a second knock then i got worried when I was about halfway down the stairs, . My dad started coming down behind me. Then, we heard the 5th knock I…

Cars are one of the most beloved creations from the age of the Industrial Revolution. They make getting from one point to another much easier and much more efficient. The very first models, however, were extremely basic in their design and performance. Since their invention in the early twentieth century, countless strides in development have been made to enhance the driving experience. Drum brakes in 1902, the electric starter in 1911, the first power steering system in 1926, flashing turn…