Faith Lowe Oct. 20‚ 2011 Should Cars be Equipped with Breathalyzers? According to information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ there are approximately 17‚000 people killed by drunk drivers every year. Drunk drivers whose alcohol level is above .08. Most drunk drivers involved in fatality crashes are repeated offenders. In fact nearly half of the fatal crashes were cars driven by drunk drivers with a suspended license. They often slip through the cracks with a slap
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Suprema Cars‚ a classic sports car manufacturer in Northern England‚ has had to face a lot of problems over the last few years: * Firstly‚ the company began to lose sales and market share‚ and in the last two years‚ it has made a loss. * Secondly‚ the factory workers are dissatisfied with the present situation: They demand higher wages and better working conditions. * And thirdly‚ the cars have suffered from a loss of quality due to an increased production. Therefore‚ Suprema Cars has
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Hypothesis: If a car is involved in a crash‚ a domino effect of reactions will occur. Background: The modern day automobile is a very complex piece of machinery that has a lot to do with the world of physics. Like every great invention‚ there was a beginning. For the automobile this beginning was in 1769. Nicolas Cugnot‚ a Frenchmen inventing for the French Army‚ came up with was first self-propelled‚ steam engined‚ three wheeled cart that was said to go as fast as walking speed. The next
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is planning to produce driverless cars that are aimed at reducing crashes‚ through the use of self-driving car technology by 2020. Volvo’s vision is that no one will be killed or injured in these driverless cars because there is no chance for human error. Volvo also believes that with the driverless car technology it’s developing‚ we could see virtually zero car deaths‚ at least in cars with this technology. Existing vehicles could be easily adapted to this new technology also. The company says
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2001 National Household Transportation Survey. 2004. http://www.bts.gov/publications/highlights_of_the_2001_national_household_travel_survey/htm l/table_a04.html. Accessed July 31‚ 2005. 2. Access to the 2001 National Household Travel Survey. Ithaca: New Strategist Publications‚ Inc.‚ Ithaca‚ 2004. 3. Canadian Statistics. Selected Dwelling Characteristics and Household (Household electronics and vehicles). 2003. http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/famil09c.htm. Accessed July 31‚ 2005. 4. U.S. Department
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MKTG 396: Assignment #1: The Prius Leading a Wave of Hybrid Cars Question #1: Company: Within the company there are a few areas to look at regarding Toyota ’s introduction of the Prius. Areas such as financing‚ research‚ development‚ as well as others. When introducing the Prius‚ Toyota started early with its promotion of the hybrid. Spending US$15 million out of the US$190 million is spent on marketing in the 2002 year. Toyota informed its potential customers threw informative emails‚ TV
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CAR SAFETY Active and Passive: Car safety features are grouped into two categories: Active and Passive. Active feature are designed to reduce the likelihood of a crash. Things such as tires‚ brakes‚ lights and steering are active features. The most important of all of them however is the driver. Passive safety features aim to reduce the damage done to a car ’s occupants in the event of a crash. These include things like seatbelts‚ airbags‚ and crumple zones. For all these features any car
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Buying our dream car brings us joy and regret It was the month of December of the year 2013; I was stressed out‚ depressed and at times I even felt sick. December 21st was right around the corner and I was struggling to gather the money that would keep me from living in my car or worst-case scenario‚ in the street. Ever since I was in grade school‚ I hoped that by the time I was 22 years of age‚ I would own the latest model car of the SLK class Mercedes Benz. I always imagined of how great that
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Repulsorlifts were used in the study to find out if they can be used to replace the wheels of a conventional car. It was hypothesized that it will be able to lift a car using magnetic repulsion forces. The different magnets were tested individually with the usual tests for magnetic strength‚ size‚ and temperature increase‚ which were done in the preliminary testing. The prototype road and car were then constructed based on the specifications that had been identified after the preliminary testing. The
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winding the spring on your mousetrap car‚ you store energy in the spring as potential energy. This stored potential energy will convert energy into kinetic energy as the mouse-trap car begins to move. But there is friction and in order to overcome friction you have to do more work. Friction converts energy into heat and sound which takes away energy from your motion‚ causing the car to stop as its energy is turned into other forms. When designing a mousetrap car‚ there are two variables that truly
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