Amber Road

traffic congestions. Today, Americans spend 14.5 million hours every day in traffic because the roads have more vehicles than they can hold. Heavy traffic is mainly caused by the economy and school systems as they require people to go to work or school around the same time (Morgan, "The Costs of Highway Congestion"). There are many public transportation systems that can help reduce vehicles on the road; however, people choose to use private vehicles. People find private cars more efficient, comfortable

A Koenigsegg CCR, a Swedish sports car, goes speeding down a highway. One sign passes the driver announcing the speed limit; "75 miles per hour." Then another sign. Soon the driver is passing the signs so fast that he or she cannot read the signs. A cop is sitting in his or her vehicle, waiting for someone to go zooming past. Suddenly, an object flashes in front of the vehicle. The radar gun is blinking fast – 242 mph. The vehicle was going 242 miles per hour in a 75. With a flick of a switch, the

logging roads , washouts, loose gravel, roots and all other unpaved conditions they are often used in. Other than that they have knobby treaded heavy duty wheels, more powerful brakes and lower gear ratios to withstand steep hills with poor traction. As a result of this development in 1970s many kinds of different mountain bikes appeared on the market as cross country, freeride and downhill MTBs.  Road bike Road bike is a name to describe a bicycle built specially for speeding on paved roads. They

In Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road, the main character, Sal, battles with his white identity. He spends most of his time on the road, traveling long distances across the United States and back and meeting different people from various backgrounds during his road trips. Throughout the course of his novel, he frequently takes on other forms of identities and appears to detach himself away from not only his own character, but from his own hometown and upbringing. At the end of Part Two, Sal has decided

In Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road, a man and his son live in a somber post-apocalyptic world. Although it’s not clear what brought the world to this point, the novel paints a clear picture of the aftermath. The boy and his father spend their days traveling through the dark and cold landscape while trying to make their way south, which they hope will bring warmer weather and easier times. Throughout their dreadful journey, the pair deal with many terrible and heart wrenching situations that seem

The book The Road Cormac McCarthy creates a darkened mood when he puts this son and father into a destroyed world. McCarthy created this concept of a world to intensify the meaning of the piece all together. This darkness in the world creates to fear and the isolation for characters to realize that this is how life is from now on. The son in this novel comes to the realization of the world due to certain events within the novel that manipulation the view the son has on the world. An important flaw

Skrt Skrt! Dust blew through the air as Kiley and I sat in complete silence. Looking around in awe, I realized we finally settled somewhere other than the gravel road we started on.. Smashed and unrecognizable, the tahoe rested in the ditch next to my dad’s cornfield. What just happened? I vaguely remember my mom’s voice telling me in the past that parents set rules for a reason and although kids usually ignore not like them, they provide boundaries to ensure everyone's best interest. Cold and scared

The day of my sixteenth birthday was boring and uneventful. Living with my Aunt and Uncle in a farm on the outside of town, I was used to being friendless and lonely, but waking up on my special day and realising everyone had forgotten was and all time low. “ Goodmorning,” I said to my Aunt, walking into the kitchen. The only reply I received was a slight grunt and the door banging closed as she headed out to the barn. After getting ready for school, I packed my bag and started the walk to the

beyond average homes and can even provide personal robots that will help you whenever along with keeping your house clean. Bring your pets and even invest in some gear for them to wear to keep them safe and warm. You'll also love the new and improved road system, we now allow small aircrafts and not to mention the fantastic improved public swimming pools, they now levitate fresh water into rings that automatically filter the water so don't worry if you accidently swallow some because it will be fresh

the group decided to leave their phones at home. They all agreed that they could spend one day together without their phones and without any distractions. “Turn left up here,” said Brad. “Okay,” said Lauren. “I really hate driving on these dirt roads.” As soon as Lauren finished her sentence, the car made a sputtering noise and suddenly stopped running. Lauren turned the key a few times to try and get the car to start back up but she had no luck. She gave up after a few tries. No one knew what