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  2. Sudden unintended acceleration - Wikipedia

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    One of those vehicles, a 2009 ES 350, was given as a loaner car to California Highway Patrol officer Mark Saylor on August 28, 2009. Saylor and his wife, daughter, and brother-in-law were driving on State Route 125 in San Diego, California, when their car accelerated out of control and crashed into an embankment, killing everyone in the car ...

  3. Parallel parking problem - Wikipedia

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    The parallel parking problem is a motion planning problem in control theory and mechanics to determine the path a car must take to parallel park into a parking space. The front wheels of a car are permitted to turn, but the rear wheels must stay aligned.

  4. Think you have downtown parking problems? This ... - AOL

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    Also, Lovely’s e-mail noted that parking near NICHE is abundant, with about 135 spaces on the street within two or three blocks along with surface lots and nearby parking lots. Tokala said that ...

  5. List of gravity hills - Wikipedia

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    A gravity hill is a place where a slight downhill slope appears to be an uphill slope due to the layout of the surrounding land, creating the optical illusion that water flows uphill or that a car left out of gear will roll uphill. Many of these sites have no specific name and are often called just "Gravity Hill", "Magnetic Hill", "Magic Road ...

  6. Automobile handling - Wikipedia

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    The rearward aerodynamic bias may be achieved by an airfoil or "spoiler" mounted near the rear of the car, but a useful effect can also be achieved by careful shaping of the body as a whole, particularly the aft areas. In recent years, aerodynamics have become an area of increasing focus by racing teams as well as car manufacturers.

  7. Parking brake - Wikipedia

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    In manual transmission vehicles, the parking brake is engaged to help keep the vehicle stationary while parked, especially if parked on an incline. [2] [3]While automatic transmission vehicles have a "Park" gear that immobilizes the transmission, it is still recommended to use the parking brake, as the parking pawl in the gearbox could fail due to stress or another vehicle striking the car ...

  8. Cracks and safety concerns: What's going on at this ... - AOL

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    Sections of the Twin Towers parking garage in Downtown Peoria are being repaired after city code inspectors found safety concerns in the garage stemming from water infiltration into the structure.

  9. Hill-holder - Wikipedia

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    Once set, the driver must keep the clutch pedal fully depressed but may remove the foot from the brake pedal. To disengage the system and move the car forward, the driver selects first gear, gently depresses the gas pedal, and slowly releases the clutch pedal which at a point in its travel releases the braking system, allowing the car to proceed.