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Illinois says no money to clean up roadkills by
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS[_1_]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24898203/
Roadkill will have to stay on Illinois roads
State money was drained on ice, snow removal; vultures left to clean up
updated 7:07 p.m. MT, Fri., May. 30, 2008
CARBONDALE, Ill. - The view along Illinois highways this summer should be
beautiful — for the...
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Are there any car radios that still have real knobs and sliders? by
OhioGuy
My wife and I recently found ourselves looking at that gift from the
future (our future tax dollars) - the government stimulus check. We decided
to use part of it to upgrade our car stereo receiver. Currently, our car
stereo supports only cassette tape playback.
We found one that supports...
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Big Oil Drills New Field by
Dave Head
http://bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601170&sid=ayj1uo_gdNI4
Just disproves the theory that big oil doesn't want new sources of crude -
they're drilling the F out of the Bakkan formation in N. Dakota.
There's a lot more that they would drill, in other places like ANWR and
offshore USA except for...
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=> Actual California Driver's Examination Questions <= #17 by
Studemania
On May 30, 7:51*pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" > wrote:
> #17 Compared to vehicles in traffic, how much room do
> * * * *motorcycles usually need to stop?
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> a) Approximately one-half the distance
> b) About three-quarters the distance
> c) About the same distance
> d) About twice the...
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=> Actual California Driver's Examination Questions <= #5 by
Studemania
On May 30, 7:48*pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" > wrote:
> #5 Which of the following could best contribute to improved traffic flow?
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> a) Using public transportation
> b) Raising the speed limits
> c) Eliminating the space cushion
Key word is "best," but you could create senarios to make...
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=> Actual California Driver's Examination Questions <= #16 by
Studemania
On May 30, 7:47*pm, "_ Prof. Jonez _" > wrote:
> #16 *Should you drive slower than other traffic?
>
> a) No, you can block traffic when you drive too slowly
> b) Yes, it makes the other traffic drive slower too
> c) Yes, it is safer than driving too fast
You will notice the word...
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Car crashes into bike race; one dead by
Alexander Rogge
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/06/02/mexico.bikers.ap/index.html
Maybe he really didn't like it when bicyclists take the lane. It's
really annoying when drivers push their way around a biker at an
intersection, only to stop in front of the biker and refuse to move when
the signal turns...
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June 3rd 08 10:08 PM
by geoff
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Running on empty: With less in tank, more get stranded by
Alexander Rogge
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/06/02/stranded.motorists.ap/index.html
> Brent Saba had just dropped a church group off at Philadelphia International Airport on Sunday morning and was heading north on Interstate 95 when it happened: His 15-passenger van ran out of gas.
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> Saba, a 24-year-old...
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Ford Gives Finger to America and American Employees by
Eeyore
Brent P wrote:
> >>>MEXICO CITY, May 30 -- President Felipe Calderón announced Friday that Ford
> >>>will build its new fuel-efficient Fiesta "global car" in suburban Mexico
> >>>City and upgrade two plants here as part of a $3 billion investment, the
> >>>largest in Mexican history by a foreign...
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by Eeyore
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And a few billion more barrels.... by
Brent P[_1_]
The world is awash in oil.... today's oil... a trivial 4 billion barrels
in Montana...
http://www.nypost.com/seven/05292008/business/montana_governor_is_sitting_on_an_oil_mi_113005.htm
But the money quote is:
"Wall Street speculators, aided by cheap money from the Federal Reserve
and an...
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Operation Coordinates: 13.62% by
Carl Rogers[_4_]
Hi Viatologists,
As of 3-Jun-2008, the Worldwide Transportation Library provides geographic
coordinates for 13.62% of its 2,203 road photographs. Through retroactive
action, the 'Operation Coordinates' program will increase the per centage of
photographs containing coordinates over...
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UK Gas Stations Flatten Tires of "Drive-away" Gas Thieves by
Speeders & Drunk Drivers are MURDERERS[_1_]
http://tinyurl.com/4ml2lz
Garages use 'stingers' to combat petrol theft
By Lucy Cockcroft
Last Updated: 12:58AM BST 22/05/2008
A sharp rise in the theft of fuel at the pumps has led some garage owners
to install "stinger" devices to puncture the tyres of drivers who leave the
forecourt without...
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June 3rd 08 09:31 AM
by GK
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Day of super sloth... by
Brent P[_1_]
Way home... sloth #1, a ~72 ford pickup from Arkansas with antique car
plates doing 40 in a 50 on the cell phone. Driver in front of him was
slothly but not as much.
Sloth #2 in a full size van.... this guy accelerated slower than I do
on a bicycle when I am tired. Doesn't reach the speed limit...
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Operation Coordinates: 13.25% by
Carl Rogers[_4_]
Hi Viatologists,
As of 2-Jun-2008, the Worldwide Transportation Library provides geographic
coordinates for 13.25% of its 2,203 road photographs. Through retroactive
action, the 'Operation Coordinates' program will increase the per centage of
photographs containing coordinates over...
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