An electric car is powered by an electric motor instead of a gasoline engine. The electric motor gets energy from a controller‚ which regulates the amount of power transmitted throughout the vehicle‚ based on the driver’s use of an accelerator pedal. The electric motors give electric cars instant torque‚ creating a strong and smooth acceleration pattern. Electric cars are about three times more efficient than cars with an internal combustion engine. A pure-battery electric car uses energy stored
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Morgan Johnson Evangeline Alexander English 113 Wednesday‚ February 3‚ 2010 Narrative Paragraph Turtle Accident One day when my little sister Lindsay and I were younger we had a babysitter who taught us sometimes at the same elementary school. Rachel Henkelmann was her name. She came over to our house around six or seven that Saturday night. A few hours later‚ we all decided that we wanted to order some pizza from Dominoes. When the pizza guy came to our house and rang the doorbell‚ Rachel
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Grade 8 Anecdotal Short Stories Unit How to Write an Anecdotal Story Anecdote - A short account (or narrative) of an interesting or amusing incident‚ often intended to illustrate or support some point. Adjective: anecdotal. Anecdote From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia An anecdote is a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. An anecdote is always presented as based on a real incident involving actual persons‚ whether famous or not‚ usually in
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disaster………………………………………………...4 Effects of the Chernobyl accident…………………………………....6 Human impacts of the accident……………………………………....7 Why and how do industrial accidents happen?..............................................8 . How can accidents be minimized?.................................................................9 . Role of engineers How can engineers predict and prevent industrial accidents?...........10 Are there acceptable accidents that we have to live with? ……..…..11 Can an engineer
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terms “chemical accident” or “chemical incident” refer to an event resulting in the release of a substance or substances hazardous to human health and/or the environment in the short or long term. Such events include fires‚ explosions‚ leakages or releases of toxic or hazardous materials that can cause people illness‚ injury‚ disability or death. While chemical accidents may occur whenever toxic materials are stored‚ transported or used‚ the most severe accidents are industrial accidents‚ involving major
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STUDY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA Introduction: Civil Engineering Seminar topic on the "Study of Road Accidents in India”. Road accidents are one of the causes of disability‚ injury and death. India has the highest road traffic accident rate worldwide with over 140000 deaths annually‚ beating even China. Every hour nearly 14 lives are lost due to road accidents. Most accidents occur during peak hours considered an ‘unsafe’ or dangerous time due to complex flow pattern of vehicular traffic. Thus
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SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT INTRODUCTION This book provides a rare insight into aviation safety from the work carried out by the UK Government’s Accidents Investigation Branch‚ by its former Chief Inspector. It is an account of the particular contribution that aircraft accident investigation has made‚ and can make‚ to the ever improving standards of flight safety. The basic objective of an accident investigation team is to bring to light a potential or actual failure‚ either technical or human. It is
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GaDOE BUS ACCIDENT REPORT The Bus Accident Report shall be submitted by the local school system to the Georgia Department of Education in accordance with State Board Rule 160-5-3-.08. The report shall be submitted within 45 days of the accident. An accident is a sequence of events which produces unintended injury‚ death or property damage. Any school bus incident that: (1) generates a police accident or incident report; (2) involves any amount of property damage; (3) involves operation of the
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Most of the common accidents at work can be prevented provided both employees and employers consider it as their duty to prevent accidents at their work place. Employers are required to perform risk assessment for probable accidents that could happen and adapt necessary methods to prevent accidents in the health and safety procedures practiced by them. Employees must strictly follow the health and safety measures adapted by their employers and help to avoid accidents at work. Slips‚ trips and falls
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History of civil aviation does not exceed a hundred years. Therefore‚ the understanding of aviation safety as well as the cause of the airplane accidents remains limited. Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 has defined an airplane accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft‚ which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked‚ where a person is fatally or seriously
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