By reversing the current, this concept can also heat the contents instead of cooling them, useful for keeping meals hot from a drive-through, or even to keep items from freezing in severely cold climates.

One was Lick-It ice cream, a tiny kiosk-like yellow building that served ice cream to walk-in and drive-through customers, always including a trademark nonpareil in the ice cream.

It was the first time in his NASCAR career that he scored bonus points for leading the most laps in the event, however he was penalised with a drive-through penalty after his last pit stop for speeding in the pit lane.

Called Jack in the Box, this hamburger stand had no carhops at all, but instead offered the innovation of a two-way intercom system, allowing much faster service through the drive-through window — while one customer's car was at the window, a second and even a third customer's order could be taken and prepared.

McDonald's claimed that the reason for serving such hot coffee in its drive-through windows was that those who purchased the coffee typically were commuters who wanted to drive a distance with the coffee ; the high initial temperature would keep the coffee hot during the trip.

In Monaco, he nearly got his first podium with the team, but then he was given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and finished fourth.

The original size of the park was, and the only significant feature was the drive-through reserve.

The race was no better, as he endured considerable understeer throughout, was given a drive-through penalty for speeding in the pit lane and finished 15th.

da Matta was served with a drive-through penalty for ignoring blue flags, but made a mistake and went off track soon after, ending his race.

Schumacher was forced to pit for a new nosecone and after serving a drive-through penalty for the incident, dropped to the rear of the field.

* 1995: Walter and Suzanne Scott Kingdoms of the Seas Aquarium, Zoo had more than 1. 6 million visitors, land was acquired for an off-site breeding facility and drive-through park, construction began on the IMAX 3D Theater, Zoo participated in the propagation of the world ’ s first test-tube gorilla birth ( Timu was born at the Cincinnati Zoo )

Soon Räikkönen was out of contention with a drive-through penalty.

He was then given a drive-through penalty for an unsafe release, and was 15 seconds behind the rest of the field.

He was given a drive-through penalty for the incident, and found himself down in 14th.

On Lap 19, as the rain began to fall more heavily, Montoya was given a drive-through penalty for " causing an avoidable accident " with Barrichello.

A second drive-through penalty was gained after he moved as the fifth red light came on at the start.

Before Wild Rivers was built, the land was a drive-through zoo called Lion Country Safari, but it went bankrupt and closed in the 1984.

Takuma Sato made up for his Monaco crash with a conservative tenth place finish, ahead of Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld, who was forced to take two drive-through penalties after his speed-limiter failed.

McDonald's first two-lane drive-through was at the Rock N Roll McDonald's in Chicago.

Fast-food restaurants that have a drive-through or walk-up window will often put the entire menu on a board, lit-up sign, or poster outside, so that patrons can select their meal choices.

Pneumatic tubes in use at a drive-through bank.

Nevertheless, it is home to a thriving cottage industry that includes Specialty Stands, the world's leading manufacturer of custom oak slot machine stands, which is actually located in Moro, an unincorporated community north of Bethalto ; RF Technologies, North America's largest independent service center for drive-through communication systems ; and West Star Aviation, an aircraft servicing and manufacturing company located at the St. Louis Regional Airport.

A drive-through penalty at the United States Grand Prix after a collision with Ferrari's Barrichello ended his title chances in the last race he would finish in 2003.

In 2008, for example, vandals destroyed all eight scenes and backdrops at Mount Carmel Christian Church ’ s drive-through living nativity scene in Georgia.

On February 27, 1992, Stella Liebeck, a 79-year-old woman from Albuquerque, New Mexico, ordered a 49-cent cup of coffee from the drive-through window of a local McDonald's restaurant located at 5001 Gibson Boulevard S. E.

A drive-through lane at a United States post office

In that time, capitalism comes to East Berlin, and Alex loses his job before " winning " a new position in a lottery to install satellite dishes with West Berlin resident Denis Domaschke ( Florian Lukas ), an aspiring filmmaker with whom Alex quickly becomes good friends, while Ariane leaves university to work at a Burger King drive-through.

* Undercover Snoop works at the Arby's R & B car drive-through fast food restaurant as a window receptionist.

Approaching the end of a drug rehabilitation program, Jerry Stahl ( Stiller ) quits his job at a fast food restaurant on an impulse when an attractive woman named Kitty ( Bello ) pulls up at the drive-through window.

Carry-out and drive-through service are also available at several locations.

* Alcohol at a drive-through liquor store

* Banking services at a drive-through bank

* Postal services at a drive-through mailbox

* Coffee at a drive-through coffee shop

* Dairy products at a drive-through dairy store ( notably the Skinner Dairy shops of North-East Florida or Dairy Barn in Long Island )

* Prescriptions at a drive-through pharmacy

* Food or drink at a drive-through restaurant ( typically fast food )

* Marriage ( primarily at special drive-through marriage chapels in Las Vegas in the United States )

Other sources cite Jack in the Box as the first major restaurant specifically designed as a drive-through and featuring a two-way intercom.

Many establishments refuse drive-through service to pedestrians for safety, insurance, and liability reasons, such as Jack in the Box.

Until it closed in early 2011, a McDonald's in Edina, Minnesota claimed on its receipts to be the " World's Only Pneumatic Air Drive-Thru ," sending food from their strip-mall location to a drive-through in the middle of a parking lot.

Sometimes, a store with a drive-through is referred to as a " drive-through ," or the term is attached to the service, such as, " drive-through restaurant ," or " drive-through bank.