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| From making itself up up to eating or smoking to the frill |
| The 10 most dangerous distractions |
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To call cell phone or to drink coffee while he behaves can be fatal. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP.
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Madrid
Agencies
The sudden change of the form of conduction to be able to observe other accidents in the highway and also the habits of making itself up or of smoking while there is leading sound three of the most frequent principal distractions to the frill. This way it was determined by a recent study realized by Etrasa, the Spanish publishing house specializing in road safety, which results are similar to the obtained ones by the Administration for the Safety in the Transit of the Highways (NHTSA, for his initials in English) in the United States.
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Thomas F. Koch, presented a legislative project to prohibit the habits of eating or of speaking by cell phone while he behaves. Photo: Toby Talbot / AP.
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The general manager of the publishing house, Efa Rimoldi, pointed out that 35 per cent of the accidents in highway take place for a distraction of the driver. “From Etrasa we want to affect in the importance of a full concentration to the frill, since a decrease of the attention during the conduction process, for very brief that is, can end in a mortal accident”, it added. THE WARNING
These are ten principal distractions that take place to the frill, identified in the study:
To fix the attention in an accident that has taken place recently is one of the most habitual and dangerous practices, since it alters the normal rhythm of the conduction.
To make use of the trajectories in motorcar to make itself up reduces the concentration in the handling of the vehicle.
To smoke to the frill is different of the most frequent distractions and that it was not appearing in previous lists of danger.
To handle the audio system of the vehicle or of the navigator while he behaves there are other distractions that can become fatal.
To support a conversation with the accompanist often separates the look of the highway or the hands of the frill.
To eat or to drink are seemingly simple maneuvers but that do not also leave at large the hands or the look to handle exactly and safety in the highways.
To gather an object lost in full conduction, when it is thinking about being had close in the apartment, also can bring deplorable consequences.
To speak by cell phone while he behaves.
To look for some object in the glove compartment, guiding the rudder with only one I run, it is extremely risky, enclosed for an expert driver.
The presence of pets, when they do not occupy a space separated from the pilot, also can cause a tragedy
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Izda.: To accommodate the mirror of the vehicle to make itself up while he manages is one of the most dangerous habits, as studies of the NHTSA coincide in the USA and of the publishing house Etrasa, in Spain. Dcha.: The pets must always be in a place separated from the pilot, since one never knows how they will react during an untimely maneuver at the time of driving. Photo: AP
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| Nissan Murano 2009 |
| A more refined and futurist crossover |
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The refined behavior and his components of high quality do that the crossover Murano 2009 keeps on being one of the favorites on the self-propelled market. Photo: Guy Spangenberg-Nissan / AP
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The model Murano, introduced by the manufacturer Nissan in 2004, already has settled like one of the vehicles crossover (SUV with sedan platform) more respected on the market.
For 2009, Nissan tackled the difficult task of improving a vehicle that already had a standard high place. The big news in this year is a new transmission CVT (continuosly variable transmission, or transmission continuously variable) that answers more rapid than the previous one, and a new cabin design with major ergonomics (more harmonic).
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The croosover Nissan Murano 2009 was the best in nine tests of shock led in 2008 for the Institute of Insurances for Safety in the Highways (IIHS, for his initials in English). Photo: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
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On a market of SUV crossover where the capacity for seven passengers is turning into standard, the Murano still only has capacity for five, and the maximum space of load (64 cubic feet) is minor than in several vehicles in this segment. Nevertheless, his innovative and futurist appearance along with a refined behavior and components of high quality they do that the Murano keeps on being one of the favorites.
The new transmission CVT is perhaps the best in his category, providing immediate reaction to our commands and offering a handling experience ejemplarmente soft.
The transmission CVT generally supports to the engine to lower revolutions, what he contributes to a small fuel saving compared to a normal automatic box.
New design. - The silhouette of new Murano retains elements of the previous model, with a robust aspect and familiar details like the triangular later windows.
The first thing that I noticed in the new Murano there was the serviceability of the wide seats, which offer good side support and have a perfect balance between steadfastness and gentleness, especially in long trips. Side negativo. - A criticism that can be done is that the low panel about the gearshift is done of a brilliant material, and this, added to that the panel is placed in angle, it did that the sun was reflected hard in my eyes at the hours of the midday.
And my second criticism is that it seemed to me that the tactile screen LCD in the middle of the board is a little far from the scope of the driver, and it needed that I was inclining forward to produce it.
| I equip of Obama in GM and Chrysler |
| In full epicenter of the self-propelled crisis |
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Michigan / AP
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Izda.: (Left) Ron Bloom and Diana Farrell, of the group of work of the president Obama for the automotive industry arrive at the plant of assembly of vans of Chrysler, in Warren, Michigan, on Monday, the 9th. Dcha.: Workers of Chrysler assemble vans Dodge Ram in the plant Warren during the delegates' visit of the president Barack Obama. Photo: Carlos Osorio / AP
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Members of the group of work for the automotive industry, created by the president Barack Obama, led electrical vehicles of General Motors Corp and covered a factory of vans of Chrysler LLC, on Monday, the 9th.
They directed by Steven Rattner, financier of Wall Street, and for the representative of the Trade union of Workpeople of the Steel, Ron Bloom, traveled first to the technological center of GM in Warren, a suburb of Detroit, and later to the plant of vans of Chrysler also in this population.
GM and Chrysler are supported with a whole for 17.400 million dollars in loans of the government and the group of work tries to determine if they will obtain more money. The companies have requested a whole of 39.000 millions to try to survive the worst fall in the sales of cars in 27 years.
The members of the group of work visited first the technological center of GM, where they were got by the general manager, Rick Wagoner, and did a test of handling of the electrical cars Chevrolet Volt.
Later they went to the factory of Chrysler, where they met the most important executives of the company including to the general manager, Bob Nardelli, vice-presidents Jim Press and Tom LaSorda.
In the factory several knew about the future products of the company, including electrical and hybrid vehicles.
The self-propelled ones wanted to presume his new products in an effort to demonstrate that they can turn into profitable business in spite of his thousands of million dollars in losses. Chrysler lost 8.000 million last year and GM another 30.900 millions. Without the help of the government both companies would have remained without money at the beginning of this year.
On this matter, this week General Motors Corp indicated that his restructuring plan has begun to produce fruit, up to the point from which the car company will not need another governmental credit for 2.000 million dollars that it had requested for March.
GM communicated officially to the federal government that will not need this month the money., in an interview with The Associated Press, the financial director Ray Young did not say yet when he will need any more funds of the treasury or if the requested quantity will reduce.
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