Archive for the ‘Vehicle’ Category
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 |
Since their introduction to the public several decades ago, ATVs have become increasingly popular. They are very appealing to riders because of the amount of the excitement one feels as they are riding. People are now discovering that the whole family can enjoy the excitement of the ATV.
On the negative side, though, more people are injured while riding ATVs than in any other recreational outdoor sport. If you are beginning to pursue an interest in ATVs, there are a number of things to know.
The first step is to head for the trails with someone who has experience with others ATV. Actually ride an ATV so that you can decide if you are really interested in getting one. Once you are certain that you like it, go pick out your vehicle. As of this second, it’s not a law but it is recommended that people of certain sizes use ATVs of certain sizes.
For example, if you have a son and he weighs 85 pounds, do not try to find an 800 or 900 cc machine for you to stick him on. Try putting him on a 440 or 600 cc machine. This is more in line with something he can handle. Also, make sure that you are fitted to the right machine.
It is usually not recommended that beginners buy brand new machines. As you end up becoming more familiar with the sport, you will talk with people who have different models, and you may end up finding yourself in constant pursuit of the “next best thing.” After you have your first machine, definitely take a safety course. Courses are usually broken up into three or four weeks, with them lasting two and a half hours a night once a week.
Consider these to be well worth your time and your money. Some courses even end with the instructor taking the class out on to trails. Courses are not mandatory - but they will most likely be one day!
Next, you should take the time necessary to sit down at night and read your owner’s manual. Keep in mind that each ATV is different, so if there are labels or parts you don’t know, the only real answers you will ever find will be in the manuals. Oh yeah…when you go out on the trail, make sure that you carry the owner’s manual with you.
If you have bought a used machine from a neighbor or someone else, you can get a copy of the owner’s manual by taking the serial number off the machine and going to a dealer.
The next thing that you are going to want to do is to get out on to a trail and practice. That really is the only way that you are going to learn how to drive an ATV. Of course, you will always want to make sure that you have permission from whoever owns the land! In the beginning, be sure that you do what you must to ensure that you are riding sensibly.
Ride with experienced people. As with other sports, you only get better by riding with people who are better than you. So ride with people who have a fair amount of experience. In addition, no matter how confident you are, when beginning, make sure that you always ride under the supervision of someone who can guide you. In other words, never, ever ride alone.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
A truck collided with another truck, lost control and smashed into three buildings in Carletonville on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring several others.
“The accident happened on the busy Annan Road into Carletonville near businesses and schools on Wednesday morning,” said Merafong municipality spokesperson Seabo Gaeganelwe.
He said 14 people were injured, three of them seriously.
However, police spokesperson Busi Manyise gave the number of injured as 30, ten of them seriously.
“Police are tearing apart the damaged buildings and using a sniffer dog to search for trapped people. So far no more people or bodies have been found,” said Manyise.
The damaged premises were Print.com, Kidz Sweet Shop and Spec Savers.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
The Marine Corps is making a major cut in the number of bombproof vehicles it is buying, a surprise move that underscores how much safer Iraq has become in recent months and the Corps’ own changing assessment of the vehicles’ limitations.
On Thursday, Commandant Gen. James Conway, the Corps’ top officer, submitted to a Pentagon procurement body his recommendation to cut by almost 40 percent the number of Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected vehicles he will buy, from 3,700 MRAPs to about 2,225.
The decision is bound to be controversial – and to spur debate in Washington about why the United States is spending billions to buy thousands of the mammoth vehicles even as security in Iraq is looking much improved from a year ago, when the American public and Congress first rallied behind the life-saving program.
Conway’s move is not likely to affect the Army’s purchase of the vehicles, at least for now, defense officials say. But it could raise questions about the kinds of MRAPs the Pentagon is buying and have reverberations within the industry that’s been building the trucks at a furious pace.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
Two Winnipeg men whose truck stalled on the north Perimeter Highway were injured when they were hit by an oncoming car that swerved to avoid their vehicle this morning, RCMP said.
The collision happened in the westbound lanes on the North Perimeter Bridge between Henderson Highway and Highway 9 (Main Street), police said.
RCMP said the back end of the stalled Ford Ranger pickup truck, in the outside curb lane, was sticking out into the driving lane when an oncoming Honda Civic swerved to avoid it and lost control.
Police said the Civic spun around and hit the truck’s two occupants, who were walking on the bridge.
An oncoming GMC Sierra pickup truck then crashed into the front of the Civic, which was facing east.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
Four people were treated for minor injuries following an accident at West 11th Street and Mitchell Avenue today.
Firefighters rescued a woman when her pickup truck tipped on its side. Police said the driver of a passenger car was headed south on 11th Street and collided with the truck, which was going West on Mitchell.
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Friday, November 30th, 2007 |
A Pineville woman was seriously injured early Monday after a vehicle in which she was a passenger hit a tree in Barry County, the Missouri Highway Patrol reported.
Jessica L. Wallace, 21, was riding in a 1992 Dodge Pickup driven by James R. Larson, 21, of Pea Ridge, Ark. It skidded through a stop sign and traveled off Missouri 90 about two miles west of Washburn, the patrol reported.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
A Myrtle Creek woman is lucky to be alive after crashing under a semi trailer Tuesday night.
Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies say 35-year-old Renae Wilson was heading eastbound through the construction zone on the overpass at the Tri City interchange, when a semi pulled out from the northbound off-ramp to go over the bridge.
Wilson apparently never saw the truck in time to even slow down, and crashed under the trailer.
The impact sheared off the top of the Toyota Camry, and bent the back axles of the trailer.
Wilson had to be extricated with the Jaws of Life by the Tri City Fire Department, but amazingly, the woman survived the crash, although police say she had several injuries. However, none appeared to be life threatening.
The truck driver, driving for Trucking Company Inc, from San Bernardino, California, was not injured.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
A stolen pickup truck crashed into an apartment complex, coming within inches of hitting the family inside.
Aurora police said the truck was first spotted just east of the Denver/Aurora city limits Police identified the vehicle as being stolen and began a pursuit.
The driver continued west on East Colfax Avenue and after a short pursuit, the officer stopped the pursuit, police said.
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Police believe the pickup was driving on Yosemite Street and tried to turn onto East 13th Avenue, missed the turn, and spun out of control slamming into Idiris Muhina’s ground floor apartment.
Muhina said the truck missed his head by inches.
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007 |
After sluggish growth in the first half of this fiscal, Tata Motors has planned the biggest ever rollout of its heavy commercial vehicle range to rev up sales.
Tata Motors is in the process of rolling out half-a-dozen new products over the next couple of months. It will foray into the fast growing 49-tonne tractor-trailer segment by launching next generation trucks that will come from its fully-owned Korean subsidiary, Tata Daewoo Commercial Vehicles. These heavy duty vehicles will sport, for the first time in India, a 10-speed gear box and inverted bogey suspension.
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 |
Two adventurers started their eco-journey to Timbuktu today in a lorry powered by chocolate.
Andy Pag and his co-driver John Grimshaw took the ferry from Poole in Dorset last night at the start of their 4500-mile drive across the Sahara in the converted truck.
Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver wanted in connection with the death of an 11-year-old boy.
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