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Louis Powell knows the meaning of “Built Ford Tough.”
He and his Falcon Security Company have witnessed firsthand
just how tough the Ford F-Series pickup is in the face of
enemy fire.
Powell and his crew have spent the past year and a half
in Baghdad and Mosel Iraq, piloting a fleet of Ford F-350
pickups, escorting military and civilian convoys along some of
the most dangerous stretches of Iraqi roads.
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 The Lincoln MKZ marks the rebirth of the
entry-level luxury sedan and features a redesigned front end,
a 3.5-liter V-6 and available all-wheel drive. |
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Order limited-edition prints of your favorite Fords
from the past. |
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NASCAR drivers feed
their O.A.D. |
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 Engineers Shunsuke and Carol Okubo make
beautiful hybrids together. |
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Essential vehicle maintenance guide. |
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Parents' are cautious when their teens hit the roads as
new drivers, and for good reason. In a report published in
January, AAA Foundation found that between 1995 and 2004,
15-17-year-olds were at fault for 68 percent of fatal crashes
in the United States.
The AAA analysis also reported that those crashes
claimed the lives of more than 31,000 people, with about a
third being the teen drivers themselves.
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The VIRtual Test Track EXperiment (VIRTTEX)
has been used to test the
effect of driver distraction on
teens.
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Steve McQueen’s 1968 Mustang from the movie “Bullitt”
is one of Hollywood’s most famous car
stars. |
When the Oscars are presented Sunday, March 5, at the
Kodak Theatre, Hollywood’s brightest stars will be shining.
Not as celebrated but often as important to the stories told
are the vehicles featured in the films. Whether it be to
complement a character’s personality or even to serve as an
additional character in the film, automobiles are essential to
enhancing the action on screen.
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30,917:
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The number of people killed by drivers
15, 16 and 17 years old between 1995 and 2004 – 11,177 were
the teen drivers themselves, 9,847 were passengers of teen
drivers, 7,477 were occupants of other vehicles, 2,323 were
pedestrians and 93 were unknown. |
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63.6%: |
The percentage of those fatalities that were people
other than the teen drivers. |
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40: |
The number of states that have a
graduated driver’s licensing program as of 2004.
Source:
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration |
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