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As the weather gets colder, you may dread stepping into a chilly car. But authorities warn that leaving your vehicle running while unattended can lead to theft — and in some places it is against ...
The primary reason for not allowing cars to be left unattended in public is to prevent vehicle theft. Even leaving your car on and unattended on a private driveway in a busy area can be risky.
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A diagram of an aquaplaning tire Two vehicles aquaplaning through large puddles on the road's surface. Aquaplaning or hydroplaning by the tires of a road vehicle, aircraft or other wheeled vehicle occurs when a layer of water builds between the wheels of the vehicle and the road surface, leading to a loss of traction that prevents the vehicle from responding to control inputs.
Intentional traffic collisions may be a chosen method of suicide where speed limits are high enough to produce fatal deceleration. [2] Modern cars have high rates of acceleration and can easily reach very high speeds in short distances, while most cannot protect occupants in frontal impact collisions exceeding 70 km/h (43 mph). [3]
The 23-year-old was hanging out the passenger window of 21-year-old John Hutcherson's car when Hutcherson drove off the road and sideswiped a telephone pole support wire, decapitating him. Hutcherson continued the final 12 miles (19 km) to his Atlanta home, parked in the driveway, and went to bed.
The FHWA reports approximately 40,000 parking spots at public rest areas and another 273,000 parking spots at private truck stops. For savvy (and persistent) entrepreneurs, there is a huge ...
Road debris is a hazard [5] that can cause loss of vehicle control with damages ranging from a flat tire, vehicular rollover, penetration of the passenger compartment by the debris, [1] [7] to a serious collision, with accompanying injuries or deaths.