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Street racing is the frequently illegal racing of motor vehicles on public roads and highways. These high-speed races, usually with untrained drivers, can result in fatal crashes that have the capacity to inflict damage on innocent people not participating in the race. In 2006, California state highway patrol issued 697 citations for "speed ...
Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile is a non-fiction book by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, first published in 1965. Its central theme is that car manufacturers resisted the introduction of safety features (such as seat belts ), and that they were generally reluctant to spend money on improving safety.
A standard beadlock is designed to clamp the tire bead between an outer and an inner ring. The inner ring may be welded onto a standard wheel increasing wheel width by anywhere from 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 to 2 inches (3.8 to 5.1 cm) or may be formed as part of the wheel when the wheel is made in the factory. The outer ring is then bolted onto the inner ...
Frustrated by an increase in dangerous street racing amid the pandemic, Denver police have deployed the department's helicopter to track races, closed lanes in areas often used by racers and sent ...
Drivers participating in illegal street racing and automotive stunts can face heftier fines after a new law unanimously passed Kansas City’s city council Thursday.
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Custom wheel spinners for custom wheels then came about in the late 1990s and got extremely popular in the new millennium. The popularity has even grown further by the introduction of larger wheel and spinner diameters such as 18" / 20" / 22" / 24" / 26" and even up to 30" inch wheels diameters.
The Allanté was hampered by poor performance, being a front-wheel-drive car powered by a 170 horsepower engine while weighing 3600lbs; Motor Trend measured the Allanté as having a 0–60 time of 10.3 seconds, 4 seconds slower than the Mercedes. [112] This led to the press dismissing the Allanté as "all show, no go". [112]