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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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| | 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
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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: | 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. | | | | 63.6%: | The percentage of those fatalities that were people other than the teen drivers. | | | | 40: | The number of states that have a graduated driver’s licensing program as of 2004.
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