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In "Divided Highways", Tom Lewis offers an encompassing account of highway development in the United States. In the early twentieth century Congress created the Bureau of Public Roads to improve roads and the lives of rural Americans. The Bureau was the forerunner of the Interstate Highway System of 1956, which promoted a technocratic approach to modern road building sometimes at the expense of individual lives, regional characteristics, and the landscape....
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TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone's horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking. The British Police Force's relationship with the car started by chasing after pioneer speeding motorists on bicycles. As speed restrictions eased in the early twentieth century and...
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L'automobile, menacée par son succès, est confrontée depuis la fin du XXe siècle à une série de redoutables et nouveaux défis. Il s'agit d'abord des contraintes environnementales, auxquelles le protocole de Kyoto (signé en décembre 1997 et entré en vigueur en février 2005) a sensibilisé...
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"Driver Education 2024" is an essential guidebook that illuminates the path for current and aspiring drivers, educators, and policymakers in the dynamic landscape of modern driving. This comprehensive book, tailored to address the needs of 2024, is an amalgamation of crucial topics, practical insights, and global perspectives, making it a one-stop resource for anyone involved in driver education.At its core, the book emphasizes the paramount importance...
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True crime meets cultural history in this story of how America's interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity...for serial killers.
Starting in the 1950s, Americans eagerly built the planet's largest public work: the 42,795-mile National System of Interstate and Defense Highways. Before the concrete was dry on the new roads, however, a specter began haunting them: the highway killer. He went by many names: the "Hitcher," the...
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Wit, wisdom, and revelations from sixty years of life on the road.
Driving one highway after another at sunrise, winding through the mountainside, hearing the call to rise of the roosters, or simply exchanging "fishing stories" with the other guys at the truck stops. Like that one about the trucker who stopped along the highway and helped a little old lady who had a flat tire. By the time the trucker had told his tale a dozen times, the simple tire...
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