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After accumulating, for example, 70 hours of driving and on-duty time within a period of 8 days, a driver's daily driving limit may be reduced (70 / 8 = 8.75 driving hours per day). A driver may be allowed (but not required) to take 34 hours off-duty to reset the weekly total back to zero (also known as a "34-hour restart"). [16]
Diane Susan Leather Charles née Leather (7 January 1933 – 5 September 2018) was an English athlete who was the first woman to run a sub-5-minute mile. [1]Inspired to take up running aged 19 after watching the 1952 Olympic Games, within months Leather had become national cross-country champion, a title she would go on to win four times.
A British police officer's duty belt, with Hiatts Speedcuffs, handcuff keys and CS spray visible.. A police duty belt (sometimes referred to as a gun belt, "duty rig" and/or kit belt [1]) is a belt, typically constructed of nylon or leather used by police, prison and security officers to carry equipment easily in a series of pouches attached to the belt, in a readily-accessible manner, while ...
A gilmer belt was a brand or trade name for a mechanical belt used for transferring power between axles in a machine.The gilmer belt was originally sold by the L. H. Gilmer company after 1949, [9] and represents one of the earliest toothed belt designs.
A timing belt is typically made from rubber, although some belts are instead made from polyurethane or neoprene. [8] [9] The structure of the belt is reinforced with corded fibres (acting as tension members) [10] and the toothed surface is reinforced with a fabric covering. [11] Rubber degrades with higher temperatures, and with contact with ...
Child held in a car seat by a five-point harness. A five-point harness is a form of seat belt that contains five straps that are mounted to the car frame. It has been engineered for an increase of safety in the occurrence of an automobile accident. As a result, this form of seat belt has been mandated in the race car competition of NASCAR. [1]
Seat belt legislation requires the fitting of seat belts to motor vehicles and the wearing of seat belts by motor vehicle occupants to be mandatory. Laws requiring the fitting of seat belts to cars have in some cases been followed by laws mandating their use, with the effect that thousands of deaths on the road have been prevented.
Class 1 is body belts (single or double D-ring), designed to restrain a person in a hazardous work position, prevent a fall, or arrest it completely within 3 feet (90 cm) . Class 2 is chest harnesses, used only with limited fall hazards (including no vertical free fall ), or for retrieving persons, as from a tank or bin.