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    A bad driver is not the reckless maniac running red lights and knocking over stop signs in order to beat the rush hour traffic. A bad driver is not the teenager in the driver’s seat for the first time, racing through a parking lot at ten miles per hour. A bad driver is neither the gray-haired man driving under the speed limit on a one lane road, nor the woman fixing her lipstick in the rearview mirror, instead of watching the light turn green. This essay does not refer to those without adequate driving

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    Virginia deems it a crime to drive over 80 miles per hour (mph), or 20 mph over the speed limit. A simple speeding ticket may be taken care of by paying a fine after you return home. Because reckless driving tickets are criminal, they are much more problematic. You can receive a Reckless Diving Speeding

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    (AGG) Society has been going fast for many years in the society, can slowing down prevent dangers? (BS-1) When it comes to physical speed in cars, the society likes to go fast. (BS-2) Speed isn’t only showed in physical speed, but also in the breaking news stories. (BS-3) Finally, thinking and being safe is easy by slowing down, unlike the others in society. (TS) In the Novel Fahrenheit 451, the author Ray Bradbury gives many references to going fast, and the need to slow down. (MIP-1) Society

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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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    help you determine which will suit your needs the best. Speed Bumps Speed bumps are the most widely used method of reducing the speed of traffic. They are also the most aggressive method, normally used to force traffic to keep speeds below 10 miles per hour. Speed bumps are primarily found in parking lots, traffic lanes in apartment complexes and in residential subdivisions, which are all locations in which the posted speed limit is usually less than 10 mph. Because vehicles

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    particular stretch of road. Speeding is strictly enforced and can ultimately cost a suspension of a license. The amount a person averagely drives over the speed limit varies from person to person. I have conducted a random survey of the average miles per hour driven over the speed limit. I have then taken these surveys and compared the men against the women to see if there was a drastic conclusion. It is commonly known that

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    Why Do 2004 FBC and Newer Roof Decks Comply and not the 2001 FBC? David Compton, PE, CGC, SECB, CFM The 2001 Florida Building Code within Chapter 23, Section 2306, Table 2306.1 called for a nailing pattern of 6-inches along the panel edges and 12-inches within the field. This nailing pattern does not meet the 2014 Florida Building Code – Existing Building, Chapter 7, Section 708, Table 708.7.1.2 requirements. Therefore, Single family residential structures permitted under the 2001 Florida Building

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    Government interference was first introduced under the automobile industry dating back to the very early 1900s, with a large topic that many people miss when going back into history: the safety of it all. We, the population of today, are given the ability to drive up to 85mph without thinking twice about it, our only focus being on the destination. This is recompensed to the drivers of the twenty-first century through the technical advances in firm laws, better drivers-education systems, and safer

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    to picture yourself as an 18-wheeler cruising down the highway. Keep in mind that most 18-wheelers have at least 8 to 16 gears and these trucks range from 20,000 to 80,000 pounds. Now the majority of these trucks top speed is around 75 to 85 miles per hour in their highest gear. The question at this time should be: How does a truck that weighs 80,000 lbs even get up to the speed of 85 mph? I will answer that question for you right now: Momentum is how that is done. This truck will start at its

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    THE 50 MPH MAN: The Story of Ted Jensen ~ The story of the most EXTRAORDINARY man to ever live starts at the most ORDINARY place: the bus stop. 25-year-old Ted Jensen sat on a rusty bench in the pouring rain, waiting for his bus to come. He was about to go to a job-interview in the city, but his luck would change soon enough. The dirty old bus came into view, seeming to drive much faster than the speed limit. Ted noticed that something was wrong, but before he could think of what it was, the bus

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