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- 81: Driving Restrictions
- ... I couldn’t get my license until I turned eighteen, I would have thrown a fit. Now that I am older, I realize that I had no business driving an automobile at 16 years old. I was the typical teenage driver. The cool one, who had the “Detroit lean,” with the seat tilted so far back that I couldn’t see ... do not have the same physical capabilities they had when they were younger. They lose their vision and hearing, and their reflexes become much slower. In order to drive an automobile defensively, you must have all of these senses, and if the elderly people don’t possess them, the rate of fatalities will continue to grow. We have a neighbor who ...
- 82: Life in The 1900s
- ... A few years later the bicycle hit Canada and presented the Canadians with a better option of transportation mainly because of the simplicity of maintence. During these other discoveries the automobile was being perfected for use by the general public. By the 1920's the automobile was no longer a rich man's toy and was being used by many people. 1903 saw the first succesful flight fo the airplane bh Orville and Wilbur Wright at ...
- 83: Vintage Or State Of The Art
- ... like to own either one. Understanding the major differences between the 1964 Volkswagen Beetle and the 1998 Volkswagen Beetle might help you decide if you want to buy a vintage automobile or a state - of - art automobile. There were a lot of changes made to the 1998 Beetle that really make it a lot different from the 1964 beetle. I will mainly focus on engine placement, servicing ...
- 84: Canada- Facts And Figures
- ... Main Natural Resources The principal natural resources are natural gas, oil, gold, coal, copper, iron ore, nickel, potash, uranium and zinc, along with wood and water. Leading Industries These include automobile manufacturing, pulp and paper, iron and steel work, machinery and equipment manufacturing, mining, extraction of fossil fuels, forestry and agriculture. Exports Canada's leading exports are automobile vehicles and parts, machinery and equipment, high-technology products, oil, natural gas, metals, and forest and farm products. National Cultural Institutions: An Overview CBC Since 1936, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ...
- 85: The Ending of the Post War Boom
- ... the U.S. postwar boom, GNP had jumped from about $200 thousand million in 1940 to $300 thousand million in 1950 to more than $500 thousand million in 1960. The automobile industry, housing boom and the rise in defense spending played major roles in this period of economy boom. After 1945 major corporations grew even larger, and also in 1950s another ... have to change their tastes from American auto makers to foreign auto makers who produced smaller cars, such as Japanese cars. This gave American society another major impact, since the automobile industry played a major role in the postwar economy growth. Now, demand for American cars had decreased and the auto firms could not employ as many workers as before. The ...
- 86: Ford, the Company and the Man
- ... the Mack Ave. plant in Dearborn. On August 17 1904 ford opened the Ford Motor Co. of Canada LTD inc. near Windsor Ontario. Ford realized his dream of producing an automobile that was cheap, reliable and efficient with the introduction of the Model T in 1908. The Ford Model T sold for about $850, while other car where selling for $2,000, Ford believed cars were not just for the rich, and he correctly saw the automobile would change the way all Americans lived and worked. The Model T inaugurated a new era in personal transportation, by 1918 more than half the cars in America where Ford ...
- 87: Life In The 1900s
- ... A few years later the bicycle hit Canada and presented the Canadians with a better option of transportation mainly because of the simplicity of maintence. During these other discoveries the automobile was being perfected for use by the general public. By the 1920's the automobile was no longer a rich man's toy and was being used by many people. 1903 saw the first succesful flight fo the airplane bh Orville and Wilbur Wright at ...
- 88: Early 1900s In N. America
- ... A few years later the bicycle hit Canada and presented the Canadians with a better option of transportation mainly because of the simplicity of maintence. During these other discoveries the automobile was being perfected for use by the general public. By the 1920's the automobile was no longer a rich man's toy and was being used by many people. 1903 saw the first succesful flight fo the airplane bh Orville and Wilbur Wright at ...
- 89: U.S Auto Industry's Market Share and Fluctuations
- ... include Toyota, Nissan, and Honda. These three foreign manufacturers hold 20% of the market and produce about 2.7 million automobiles per year. General Motors Company, the world's largest automobile producer, originally was composed of four major vehicle manufacturers- Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, and Oakland which became Pontiac. Presently, General Motors is made up of Buick, Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Pontiac, and ... with imports. The " Big Three" also leads the way in research on alternative fuels and designs that will make automobiles more efficient and less polluting. In conclusion, the United States automobile industry, which pioneered processes and technology in the early 1900s, has returned as the leader and will lead the auto industry into the 21st century.
- 90: The Working Class In Middletow
- ... he would have to live off of his savings. This usually did not amount to a lot of money, but did increase the debt of a family paying on an automobile or mortgage. The hard life of the working class family brought them closer to religion than the business class. They figured that a life of hard times on earth, would ... the present three Middletown plants have put the jobs of approximately 1,730 working class workers in jeopardy. The first of these plants is Borg-Warner. Borg-Warner, which manufactures automobile transmissions, will discontinue two of its lines. The result of this partial closure is 800 workers out of a job. The second company undergoing cutbacks is ABB. ABB manufactures transformers ...
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