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  2. Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American ...

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    Chevrolet's Powerglide, as used on the Corvair, used a "R N D L" pattern, which separated the Reverse from the Drive gears by Neutral in the ideal way, but which had no "P" selection, only providing a parking brake. Ford was the first to use the "P R N D L" pattern, which also separated Reverse from forward ranges by Neutral.

  3. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment - Wikipedia

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    Beyond the below areas where noise exists, the book also looks at for example performance evaluation and business strategy. However, a recurring statement in the book is that "wherever there is judgment, there is noise, and more of it than you think", [8] so they argue that there is noise in most areas of human decision making.

  4. Back-up beeper - Wikipedia

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    A white-noise back-up beeper provides a less disruptive alert than the original pure-tone alert. A back-up beeper, also known as back-up alarm or vehicle motion alarm, is a device intended to warn passers-by of a vehicle moving in reverse. Some models produce pure tone beeps at about 1000 Hz and 97-112 decibels. [1]

  5. Rumble strip - Wikipedia

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    The North Luzon Expressway's raised plastic transverse rumble strips approaching Balintawak Toll Barrier, Philippines. Rumble strips (also known as sleeper lines or alert strips) are a traffic calming feature to alert inattentive drivers of potential danger, by causing a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through a vehicle's wheels into its interior.

  6. Car Trouble (novel) - Wikipedia

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    He calls a car towing company to come pick him up, and when they get to the repair center, he is told the car would need to stay 2 weeks. Even though Duff has only 4 days to get to California, he checks into a motel to wait out the 3–4 days. He soon finds a note asking for someone to drive a car to St. Louis. Duff sends this person an email ...

  7. Electric vehicle warning sounds - Wikipedia

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    As a result of increased sales of full electric vehicle and hybrid electric vehicles in several countries, some members of the blind community have raised concerns about the noise reduction when those vehicles operate in all-electric mode, as blind people or the visually impaired consider the noise of combustion engines a helpful aid while crossing streets and think quiet hybrids could pose an ...

  8. The Car (novel) - Wikipedia

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    Terry Anders is a fourteen-year-old boy living in Cleveland, Ohio whose parents didn't pay much attention to him. When both of his parents run away after an argument with each other (unknowingly abandoning him as each assumed that the other was staying), he assembles his father's old Blakely Bearcat kit car.

  9. Vroom - Wikipedia

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    Vroom is an onomatopoeia [1] that represents the sound of an engine revving up. [2] It also describes the act of purposefully operating a motor vehicle at high speeds so as to create loud engine noises. [3]