Cars and Transport Articles
posted on 6 March 2013
I remember when I was around 10 years old my Dad surprised me with the news that he had bought a Compass Suntor RV. When I came to his house the next day, there it was, parked in the middle of the driveway, ready to go. We planned our adventure, packed our suitcases, and the next weekend, we were off. The coolest part was being able to curl up on the built in couch while we drove and read or watch movies with my sister on our portable DVD player. My dad drove till it was dark on the first day of the trip our destination was the northern region of Michigan. Since it was summer, for the night we parked our RV in a park and laid blankets out under the stars, but eventually went back into to the comfort of the RV where no bugs could bite us! We drove the next day and reached Up North, but even though we were there, I couldn’t help but feel the ride with my family, bonding and cruising along, was the best part and I couldn’t wait till the ride home. |
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posted on 30 December 2012
The hardest people to discipline are the ones who are always on the road, the drivers. Many states have encountered numerous amounts of drivers having multiple offenses simply because of not following road rules and regulations. In order to discipline them, there is a corresponding penalty given to the offenses made. Motoring fixed penalty notice is as important as watching over abusive drivers on the road. It is very important to keep track on giving discipline to them because a lot can be involved on it. Accidents can happen if this kind of rough attitude is left unattended. Each country or state has their own styles on how to give corresponding penalties to each offense. What is important is it should be well regulated. For some, they don't need to pay monetarily they would only have to join a seminar on the proper driving techniques that should be practiced on the road. This will save them from any payments at the same time refresh their minds on how things should go on the road. Becoming a safe driver may be difficult to achieve what is important is the willingness to cooperate and learn in every violation made. |
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posted on 11 November 2012
Two months ago, I decided to buy a car, because I had to do many things and I just couldn’t without a car. After days of thinking, I decided to buy a BMW primarily because I would pass the local Stephen James BMW dealership everyday and was just so impressed by what they had on their forecourt.
With BMW, the fuel economy and the gas mileage were really agreeable for all my needs and I could move easily between many places. Also, the car was really comfortable. The seats were nice and they provided me commodity. The overall aspect of the car was OK, but I really didn’t mind that, as it is not important. It is very nice for trips, because me and my family felt very well during it. I have to say that BMW cars are a very good choice for people. They provide them many advantages and buying them is very worth, indeed.
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posted on 8 October 2012
After many sleepless nights, she had finished recording her first album. When they first recorded it, they have no idea on what would be the title of the album but they just waited for a bright opinion that will surface later. By the way, Reginas name is changed into Rejane to make her name younger and looks cooler. With the success of her concert in the stadium, the governor has given her car tax disc replacement. She just bought a nice car lately and she had hired her personal driver. With the rising revenues of her businesses, she was thinking of putting up new internet cafes in other towns. The capital money remains untouched. With her savings from her guestings, appearances and the talent fees she got lately, she was able to buy a very nice town house worth eighteen million, located in the millionaires block. In just three short years, she rose to fame and has become wealthy. Yet, her feet still stuck on the ground. So her manager suggested that this album be entitled as, From Rags to Riches. |
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posted on 19 June 2012
I would like to share my views about my driving (working for a vauxhall dealers I do love my cars!). I used to love to drive, but now due to heavy traffic and more vehicles on the road, I feel it's become just a chore now. If we plan to go somewhere in a rush, forget it. It is not possible due to over crowded roads. Also there are so many traffic signals these days. This is good in one point to avoid accidents. And yet, the increase in such signals has doubled my driving time over the last 10 years or so. And let's not forget about fuel cost! It's getting more and more expensive, and many people are not able to bear these cost increases. Roads are not well maintained by the government in so many places either! During the rainy reason, the roads can be horrendous to drive on.
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posted on 15 May 2012
I'm rather jaded with driving these days - I've turned my van into a mobile office, with its van racking and accessories. But thinking back, I really used to love driving.
Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle at the age of fifteen was the biggest thrill of my life. In my mind, driving meant freedom the roads were going to lead me away from my mundane life to something exciting.
But today, walking is the more appealing option most days. Driving is hardly what I dreamed it would be as a naïve girl it is more of a trap than a freedom. Driving is hardly a luxury when commuting to work with a million other cranky drivers. I often sit in my car, breathing in the fumes emitted from the cars sitting alongside me in the parking lot some call a highway. The desire to abandon the vehicle and walk past the melancholy masses brings a faint smile to my face, wondering what the other drivers would think if I skipped past them while they are trapped on the highway to hell. |
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posted on 3 April 2012
I was working as a product prototyper in Los Angeles’s West Side of town and I needed to get a motorcycle part. There’s a big Harley Davidson shop, so I went into their parts department, got what I needed and went up the register. The clerk and I struck up a conversation and he mentioned that he mostly rode dirt bikes, and was a competitive rider. I asked “Isn’t that dangerous?” “No,” he said, “not compared to the streets and freeways of LA. I won’t ride the streets anymore. When I’m in an Off-road competition, I control most of the situation. That’s not how it is on the roads, where anyone in a car can kill a biker. We also wear all the appropriate safety gear - the motocross helmets, gloves, elbow protectors, boots. You have to rely on the good driving skills of everyone else. I’ve had eight friends get in accidents on the streets and three of those died in the last year. I’ve been in two myself. I’m done with the streets.” |
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posted on 22 January 2012
Most of the time the dirt, debris and mess along untidy streets are neither harmful nor dangerous. You see the road sweepers come along and clean it up, and when it's gone, it's hard to imagine it was ever there at all. After all, this is the twenty-first century and unless one is in some pretty peculiar parts of the world, there isn’t going to be raw sewage, carcasses of animals or humans, or weaponry lying in the gutters. The real problem with untidy, messy, dirty streets is that it tells anyone with open eyes travelling along those streets, “We really don’t care. In fact we don’t give a damn. We don’t give a damn about ourselves, one another, or you. It is not hospitable here, and it may well be a hostile environment.” Once that message is writ large in the language of trash, uncared for property, untended natural debris and other junk, there is a spiral downward: Every passerby is apt to think, “Well if you don’t care, why on earth should any of the rest of us care?” Without caring, there is nothing left to smile about, and despair and dejection, even fear and anger, replace human dignity and joy. Trash and mess are not helpful alphabets for creating words of peace and messages about making better neighborhoods and better worlds. |
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