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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 ...
The Smith System is a defensive driving strategy [1] created in 1952 by Harold L. Smith. [2] [3] Smith's goal was to increase the safety of commercial drivers. [2]After he opened the Safeway Driving School in Detroit in 1948, [4] Smith established the Smith System Driver Improvement Institute in 1952.
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.
Even a car in neutral will look The Electric Brae is a road on which cyclists pedal hard to ride downhill, then rest while coasting uphill. World's strangest: The road where cars roll uphill
Modern automatic transmissions also have a wheel speed sensor input to determine the true speed of the vehicle to determine whether the vehicle is going downhill or uphill and also adapt gear changes according to road speeds, and also whether to decouple the torque converter at a standstill to improve fuel consumption and reduce load on running ...
The rear engined Renault Dauphine earned in Spain the sobriquet of the "widow's car", due to its bad handling. [citation needed] Three-wheeled cars/vehicles have unique handling issues, especially considering whether the single wheel is at the front or back. (Motorcycles with sidecars; another matter.)
An Indiana school bus driver was busted for allegedly driving under the influence — with some of the 32 kids on her bus calling in to report her driving them erratically, authorities said.
Under certain conditions, for example driving uphill, or towing a trailer, the transmission may "hunt" between OD and the next highest gear, shifting back and forth. In this case, switching it off can help the transmission to "decide". It may also be advantageous to switch it off if engine braking is desired, for example when driving downhill ...