Bonneville Salt Flats: quest for speed
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Speed Week at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah is a gathering of amateur motoring enthusiasts, many of whom are trying to break the wheel-driven land speed record. Al Teague, who holds the record of 410 mph, fell short of his attempt to better the mark.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 1993
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Driven to distraction
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Issues are presented concerning the effect which increasing numbers of automobile-base gadgets is having on the concentration of motorists. The use of a simulator to study motorist behavior when distracted is discussed.
Publication Name: Popular Science
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0161-7370
Year: 2001
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