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One example might be traveling in a car protected by a bubble of clear bulletproof glass, such as the Popemobile of Pope John Paul II – built following an attempt at his life.
On July 10, 2006, a concrete ceiling panel weighing 3 tons ( 2722 kg ) and measuring 20 by 40 ft ( 6. 1 by 12. 2 m ) fell on a car traveling on the two-lane ramp connecting northbound I-93 to eastbound I-90 in South Boston, killing Milena Del Valle, who was a passenger, and injuring her husband, Angel Del Valle, who was driving.
Even with a cable car traveling at only 9 miles per hour, the mass of the cable car and the combined strength and speed of the cable can do quite a lot of damage in a collision.
When traveling the Presidential limousine is always accompanied by support cars ( normally BMW 5 series driven by members of the SDU ) and several Garda motorcycle outriders which form a protective convoy around the car.
* The Car Adaptor plugged into car cigarette lighters to power the system while traveling.
* 28 May: Two Israelis were killed when shots were fired at the car in which they were traveling south on the Ramallah bypass road.
* 5 June: 17 people killed when a car packed with a large quantity of explosives struck Egged bus No. 830 traveling from Tel-Aviv to Tiberias at the Megiddo junction near Afula.
* 5 August: A young Israeli couple were killed when gunmen opened fire on their car as they were traveling on the Ramallah-Nablus road near Eli in the northern West Bank.
* 9 October: Palestinian gunmen shot and wounded four Israelis traveling in a car near Hebron.
It is a haven for commuters, whether traveling by car or by the Metro-North Commuter Railroad.
On May 24, 1990, a pipe bomb placed underneath traveling eco-activist Judi Bari's car seat exploded, tearing through her backside and nearly killing her.
Later Ignacy Jan Paderewski played 107 concerts in just 117 days, traveling through America with his own railroad car and a Steinway concert grand piano.
En route, traveling at about, his car ( a rented 1957 Chevrolet sedan ) hit a patch of ice at an S-curve on Dosoris Lane near Apple Tree Lane, skidded into a telephone pole and overturned, breaking Campanella's neck.
His mother had wanted her son to be a concert pianist but he stopped playing in July 1946 when she was killed in a car crash, together with his sister, after his father fell asleep at the wheel of the car in which the family was traveling and crashed into a culvert wall.
A land mine blew up under the bridge on which Haig's car was traveling, narrowly missing Haig's car and wounding three of his bodyguards in a following car.
U. S. Route 101, traveling the length of the Oregon Coast, brings many travelers through the county by car and bike.
" Floating car " or " probe " data collection is a set of relatively low-cost methods for obtaining travel time and speed data for vehicles traveling along streets, highways, freeways, and other transportation routes.
As Miss Universe, Quiñones resided in New York City for a year, enjoying the benefits that all winners of the pageant receive, including complimentary make-up and haircare, a car, complete wardrobe, professional representation by the Miss Universe Organization, a $ 60, 000 scholarship to a New York City film school, and traveling opportunities.
* Spook Hill, an optical illusion which makes a car in neutral appear as if it is traveling uphill ( gravity hill )
For many years, Lordsburg has been a popular rest stop for people traveling to and from the West Coast by car on Interstate 10 and its precursor highway.

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He waited at the car side for a moment, looking down at her expectantly.
The car lurched along at a snail's crawl, the left-front mudguard banging and scraping against the tire, occasionally scraping against the road itself.
She began to watch a blonde-haired man, also in shorts, standing right at the rear of the wrecked car in the one spot that most of the crowd had detoured slightly.
Harry ran to the side of the car where Alfred was sitting and looked at him, begging him to speak.
The request for lower rates originated with the Southern railway, which has spent a good deal of time and money developing a 100-ton hopper car with which it says it can move grain at about half what it costs in the conventional, smaller car.
But Mr. Podger and the driver of the sports car waved at each other.
He can ( 1 ) point his car resolutely at the invading fender and force the other driver back into Lane A ; ;
Eugene offered Harold his car, to use at any time he cared to, and when this offer was not accepted, the armchair creaked.
Her house stood on a rise of ground, and before she got into her car she looked at the houses below.
The brothers drove down together in Mark's small red sports car, Mark at the wheel.
Mark stopped the car and switched off the lights and they sat looking at the water, which, there being no moon out, at first could be distinguished from the sky only by an absence of stars.
Of these states the average `` change-over '' point ( at which a car is substituted for allowances ) is 13,200 miles per year.
Back at the Kaiser's Fountain, I walked left to the streetcar stop and rode up the hill -- any car will do -- past the Column of Constantine, also known as the Burnt Column, at the top on my right.
With few exceptions, your car will be waiting for you at dockside, airport, railroad station or hotel when you arrive, oftentimes at no additional cost.
The disadvantages to this method are that you may not have as great a choice of models readily available or you may have to wait a few days or, during the busy tourist season, when cars are in great demand, you might find it fairly difficult to get a car at all.
You will be entitled to all the advantages of a new car owner, which includes the factory guarantee and the services valid at authorized dealers throughout Europe.
Finally, at Ye Olde Gasse Filling Station on Avocado Avenue, they learned that their man, having paused to get oil for his car, had asked about the route to San Diego.
His car could pick you up at your hotel at twelve ''.
`` Mr. Wycoff's car is waiting for you at the east entrance ''.

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As of 2007, about 50 percent of all new car sales in Europe are diesel.
With an approximate 50: 50 front / rear weight balance, the car has nearly neutral handling.
140 special " 50th Jubilee " 928 S models were available outside the U. S. and Canada to celebrate the company's 50 year existence as a car manufacturer.
Following the sale of 50 % of the car division Saab Automobile AB to General Motors, the main reason behind the merger with lorry manufacturer Scania-Vabis in 1968 had disappeared.
On November 1, 1987, Twain's mother and stepfather died in a car accident approximately 50 kilometres north of Wawa, Ontario.
Objects in motion often have variations in speed ( a car might travel along a street at 50 km / h, slow to 0 km / h, and then reach 30 km / h ).
* Consistent market research and experience over the last 50 years in Europe and North America shows that car commuters are willing to transfer some trips to rail-based public transport but not to buses.
Since the engine does not have an oil injection system, two-stroke oil has to be added to the fuel tank every time the car was filled up, at a 50: 1 or 33: 1 ratio of fuel to oil.
As a result only one German out of 50 owned a car.
* June 14 – In Karachi, Pakistan, a car bomb in front of the U. S. Consulate kills 12 Pakistanis and injures 50.
** At least 50 people are killed in a car bomb attack on a police recruitment centre south of Baghdad.
The wooden one to two-story houses that were the dominant mode of building in the city were mostly demolished in the 50 ´ s and 60 ´ s to both enable more efficient building and to ease car traffic.
Of the working population, 22. 5 % used public transportation to get to work, and 50. 9 % used a private car.
During tests, the car reached top speeds of, at a turbine speed of 50, 000 rpm.
He finally retired in January 2002 at age 50 ( having previously retired in 1998 ) following a bad car crash in October 2001, with a professional record of 119 fights, 103 wins with 70 KOs.
* Steyr 50 ( The Austrian pre-WW2 ' people's car ')
" The design's father was none other than DeLorean, and its advantage was twofold: first, the car achieved close to a 50 / 50 weight balance that drastically improved handling ; and second, it enabled four-wheel independent suspension.
The average medium-scale toy R / C car is around $ 50 –$ 100 cheaper than an entry-level electric hobby class vehicle.
Approximately 30 minutes north by car, Montgomery, Alabama, is the closest city to Greenville with a population above 50, 000.
By car, Hamilton is about 80 minutes from New York City and 50 minutes from Philadelphia.
The Fireman's Fair used to raffle off a car each year, but most attendees already had their own cars and the decision was made in the 1990s to switch to a 50 / 50 raffle whose prize can be in the tens of thousands of dollars.

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