There is a police car outside.

The really remarkable thing to me is that most California natives unhesitatingly elect to slow down and permit the invading car free access.

But by comparison with the railroad, the motor car is a relatively new object of popular worship, so it is too much to hope that it may be brought within the bounds of civilized usage quickly and easily.

It would challenge sharply not the cult of the motor car itself but some of its ancillary beliefs and practices -- for instance, the doctrine that the fulfillment of life consists in proceeding from hither to yon, not for any advantage to be gained by arrival but merely to avoid the cardinal sin of stasis, or, as it is generally termed, staying put.

Of these states the average `` change-over '' point ( at which a car is substituted for allowances ) is 13,200 miles per year.

Based on this figure and considering depreciation costs of vehicles, pool personnel have determined that travel in excess of 10,000 miles annually is more economical by state car than by payment of allowances for use of personally-owned vehicles.

A tire must be inflated to its normal hot operating pressure and the car must be loaded to its operating weight when this measurement is made.

To determine car speed for a given combination of engine speed, gear ratio, and tire size, the formula is: Af.

An almost too-simple-to-be-true way to set forth on such adventures is just to put yourself behind the wheel of a car and head for the open road.

For those who need or want and can afford another car, buying one and driving it on the grand tour, then shipping it home, is one popular plan for a do-it-yourself pilgrimage.

Your insurance, too, with most agencies, is provided with the car, covering comprehensive fire, theft, liability and collision with a deductible clause which varies in different countries.

As in the United States, there is a flat fee-per-day rental charge plus a few cents per kilometer driven, and the per-day rate drops if the car is retained for a week.

Further, there is no mileage charge or mileage limitations when you lease a car, and you pay only the flat monthly rate plus a nominal charge for documents and insurance since the car is registered and insured individually for your trip.

Leasing a car is not as common or as popular as renting a car in Europe, but for long periods it will be unquestionably more economical and satisfactory.

Still there is a way for those who want to see some of the back country of Europe by car.

The way is to rent a chauffeur-driven car.

In a way, we may be witnessing the same thing in the sales of automobiles today as the public no longer is willing to purchase any car coming on the market but is more insistent on compact cars free of the frills which were accepted in the Fifties.

The car was waiting for him.

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.

So you sit in the car and listen to the air run out and listen to the rain and see the mud in front of the headlights, waiting for you, for your new spectator pumps, waiting for you to squat by yourself out there in your tight skirt, crying and afraid and trying to get that damned son-of-a-bitch tire off, because that is being an old maid too, if you happen to drive a car, it is changing the tire yourself in the night, and in the mud and the rain, hating to get out in it but afraid to stay and afraid to try to walk out for help.

There is a waiting list for local driving tests, while a full ( private car ) driving licence valid for 10 years costs around US $ 115.

Due to the long waiting period between ordering a Trabant and actually taking delivery ( in some cases years passed as scarce materials were obtained ), people who finally received one treated the car gently and were meticulous in maintaining and repairing it.

Unknown to the agents, Dillinger was waiting in his car outside the bar where Frechette was arrested, and drove off unnoticed.

Previously, it took approximately 90 minutes on average to cross the Great Belt in a car with transfer by ferry, including the waiting time at the harbours.

After leaving Yoshiwara the next morning, Georgy finds The Thin Man waiting for him in his car.

He leaves quickly when his stepchildren come to the door trick-or-treating, but the next day he is waiting in his car to offer Rynn a ride.

When the car was waiting at a crossroad, the wipers were not powered ; thus, a handle under the speedometer allowed them to be operated by hand.

The women, who've been waiting in the car, watch in horror as Carling orders them out.

* Gas-lit platform, car park and waiting room

He has been slightly injured in a car accident caused by Bill in his taxi and Slater in his police car, both waiting round the corner.

After leaving the terminal building you can access the public area which houses the offices of rental car companies and the taxi waiting area.

* Two policemen waiting for Angelo in their car as he attempts to retrieve the diamonds.

As reported by the Associated Press, he did not answer any questions and was quickly whisked away in a waiting car.

They were unharmed but Brezhnev's car was forced to speed away past the waiting Soyuz 4 / 5 crews on the podium.

This involves the placing of nuts in front of a vehicle on a heavy trafficked street and waiting for the / a car to crush it open, and then waiting at pedestrian lights with other pedestrians in order to retrieve the crushed nut safely.

After waiting for a motorcyclist, Ian George, to depart from the garage, he began to pump petrol into his car before shooting at the cashier, Mrs. Kakaub Dean, missing her.

He waited at the car side for a moment, looking down at her expectantly.

Every so often the diminishing sound of a car came under the trailer as it slowed down for the wreck then speeded up again as it got clear.

Daddy left the car for me, and I'm going to town this afternoon ''.

Hearst hopped into a private railroad car with Max Ihmsen and made an arduous personal canvass for delegates in the western and southern states, always wearing a frock coat, listening intently to local politicians, and generally making a good impression.

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.

Here in the cool darkness Mr. Podger could still feel the warmth of midday, could still see the yellow butterflies dancing over the road, could still see the friendly grin on the young, sun-browned face as the driver looked back over his shoulder for a moment before the car streaked out of sight.

The agencies of government are now billed for the actual cost of services provided to each passenger car rather than the prior uniform charge for all cars.

Boatmen lucky enough to have facilities for year-'round anchorage for their craft, will recall the tedious procedure of loading their gear into the car, driving to the water, and making trip after trip to transfer the gear to the boat.

I stayed on the car for a few minutes until, turning right, it entered a huge square, Bayezit, with the Bayezit Mosque on the right and the gate to the university just beyond it.

only one box car in eight has the wide doors needed for unit loads ; ;

These units make it easy to load as much as 48,000 bd/ft ( say 120,000 lb in a 50' box car ) much more than the average for loose-loaded cars.

Almost any travel agent will reserve a car for you.

Since charges are relatively the same, reserving a car before you leave for Europe will assure you of having one on tap when you want it.