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    a vehicle gliding above a guide track is suspended, guided, and propelled by magnetic forces. Because they never touch the guide track causing friction, maglev vehicles can be designed to travel at extremely high speeds, 500 kilometers per hour (300 miles per hour), or more!      Americans traveled 3.2 trillion passenger kilometers (2 trillion passenger miles) by car, truck, bus, and public transit, and 9.8 billion passenger kilometers (6.1 billion passenger miles) on Amtrak

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    Driving School

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    What I Learned at Driving School Driving school was quite the experience for me. To say the least, it was extremely interesting. I learned so much from this course, which I did not even know I could learn so much about driving in four hours! Throughout my paper, I will talk about the main topics that I learned and what I expect to make me a better driver. The Alabama Graduated Drivers License Law was one of the main things I learned during this course. This law is very important today and became

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    and show your work. Shinkansen – 320km per hour TGV – 89.44m per hour Distance = speedxtime 1mi = 1609m 1km = 1000m 3600kmx1000 320000mx1mi 320000 198.88mi 1hourx1km 1hourx1609m 1609 1hour 89.44mx1mix3600seconds 321984 200.11mi 1secondx1609mx1hour 1609hour 1hour d = 198.88x2.5 distance traveled 497.2mi d = 200.11x2.5 distance traveled 500.28mi Ellen’s train should travel faster than 198.88mph but slower than 200.11mph and in 2.5 hours Ellen’s train would have traveled more

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    1. Determine the following before deciding a prescription: (a) Maximize effectiveness at the least cost; Problems like this involve variable costs and variable effectiveness. For instance, the choice of a most favorable budget to make the most of the accomplishment of agency and to help the agency perform to its potential is a type III problem. The reaction to type III problems is called variable-cost-variable-effectiveness examination. (b) Maximize effectiveness at a fixed cost of $10,000; when

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    Introduction There are a myriad of different dangers on any college campus and Ohio State is no different. If any of these dangers can be minimized or eliminated they should be. Pedestrians on and around the campus have made complaints about driver speed, and Ohio State wants to know if pedestrians in the campus area are safe with the current road safety measures. The purpose of this experiment was to test the speeds of cars on two major roads near Ohio States campus and decide if these speeds are

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    Contrary to popular belief, slower speed limits that are set by politicians that have no knowledge of road engineering, and don’t listen to city engineers, creates a dangerous environment were drivers are more likely to speed and create risk. Around two months ago, the Victoria council unanimously approved of the proposal to lower speed limits on many active streets such as Cook Street, Blanchard Street, Richmond Street, as well as many others. However, these changes have been opposed by the city

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    My Memories Of My Life

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    texted my parents as I always do to let them know I was on the way home. My dad quickly texted back, giving me the usual lecture about driving safely and observing the speed limit on Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, which recently reduced to 40 miles per hour and was always swarming with cops. I acknowledged my dad as I always did and I assured him I would be careful. I drove the usual route along Moore Road and as I turned onto Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, I heard my dad’s voice in the back of my

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    As computer unnecessary to sleep and rest, it can work 24 hours. Enforcement officers do not have spent all of their time to manually record the offenses at the side of the road. Other than that, most people easily receive bribery and betrayed because of money. People also do mistake. Therefore, the information

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    The Dangers of Speeding I was pulled over by a police officer because I was going faster than I was supposed to in that designated area. The zone was a sixty-five mile per hour zone and I was do eighty. I have agreed to the terms that I was found guilty of this and now come to you the reader explaining why it may be dangerous to be speeding in certain areas and ultimately everywhere. During this experience I have learned that there are many consequences for not driving safe, because there is never

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    My First Car Crash

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    Everybody remembers getting their very first car and discovering the limits they could push with their car. Well, my first car was not anything special, just a bright red 2008 Chevy Aveo5 Hatchback, which had a little less than eighty-thousand miles on it and was a manual transmission. This type of vehicle was far from being considered fast, but at least it was enjoyable to drive due to it being a stick shift. One of the worst habits an experienced driver can acquire is speeding, which I used to

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