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Posted by Admin on December 16, 2009Please peruse our new Amazon interface.
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Ford’s looking for a little bit of good PR, so here it is. Ford hosted another Driving Skills for Life driving camp in Washington, D.C., just before a 2-day summit created by the U.S. Department of Transportation on the topic of distracted driving. The connection of the two is a natural. The Ford Driving Skills for Life driving camp educates and trains teens on safe driving, and the U.S. government found that in 2008, the age group with the greatest proportion of distracted drivers was the under-20 age group. In fact, 16 percent of all under-20 drivers in fatal crashes were reported to have been distracted while driving. Vehicle crashes are the top killer of teenagers in America, claiming nearly 5,000 lives each year. Additionally, teens account for three times as many fatal accidents as other drivers, according to the U.S. government.
Doing their part to reduce teen crashes and fatalities, the Ford Driving Skills for Life driving camp was created in 2003 in partnership with the Governors Highway Safety Association. It is one of the nation’s most comprehensive teen driver safety programs. This free, safe-driving event went well beyond typical driver education courses.
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We all know how Virginia International Raceway is one tricky beast. As this driver of a Shelby Cobra can attest. While managing to flip a low sprung sports car without even leaving the track, is physically possible…. Ouch.
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The new 2010 Mercedes E-Class, in wagon form, is apparently the ideal platform for transporting and housing a 1,300-foot DTM slot car track.
No tag for this post.It looks to us, that at least some version of the upcoming Playstation 3 racing game Gran Turismo 5 apparently comes with 3 discs. An observant reader spotted the game’s box in the hands of game creator Kazunori Yamauchi on this Mercedes-Benz video that talks about the inclusion of the Mercedes SLS AMG. Notice the Red, Blue and Clear disc boxes inside.
But better news is that Mercedes Benz’s latest supercar the SLS AMG will be prominently featured on the cover. Read the rest of this entry »
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