New York does not ban texting while driving but has barred the use of handheld phones while driving, according to the Governor's Highway Safety Association.
The agency in 2008 added new tests designed to narrow the gap with real-world driving by simulating highway speeds up to 80 mph, as well as driving in hot and cold weather.
John Davis, chief nameplate engineer for Ford's compact cars and utility vehicles, said it's all designed to improve the driving experience: from making the 550-mile trek down Highway 99 from Sacramento to San Diego to the daily 20-mile one-way trip to work - the distance some reports suggest the average American commutes.
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They will also use the occasion to criticize the House for failing to include an anti-drunken driving measure in major highway legislation, sources say.
Unlike current radar-assisted offerings from companies like Infiniti, Distance Plus can control the vehicle in both highway and city driving conditions, meaning you can commute from Harlem to Wall Street down the West Side Highway while sipping your coffee and reading the Post Engadget on your mobile, glancing up occassionally to steer.
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After landing at Louis Armstrong International Airport, I took the long way to the bureau, driving down Airline Highway to Earhart Expressway.
Keep driving north on the Glenn Highway to reach Eklutna Lake.
In your car, technology will map the connections between people, the highway, and the information superhighway to enhance the driving experience.
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Lohan pleaded no contest in March to reckless driving and lying to police who were investigating the June accident involving the actress along the Pacific Coast Highway.
The agency document emphasizes the potential for self-driving cars to reduce highway accidents and deaths, and reduce fossil-fuel emissions.
The 4-cylinder, 5-passenger car consistently gets more than 50 miles to the gallon in combined city and highway driving.
However, Moran managed to get away after using his vehicle to ram two belonging to the police and driving off at high speed on the wrong side of a highway.
As we move into 2013, the NTSB will continue to work with Federal agencies like ONDCP and continue advocating for measures that will push us towards the goal of zero highway deaths due to substance-impaired driving.
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Reeva's uncle told the story of when Oscar and Reeva were driving on a highway and Oscar, prone to fast cars, was supposedly speeding.
Hummer, whose smallest model gets 16 miles per gallon in combined city and highway driving, sold well until the middle part of this decade when fuel prices began to rise.
For example, the 2012 Chevrolet Volt can get an estimated 94 mpg during combined city and highway driving, according to fueleconomy.com.
When BMW redesigned its iconic M5 performance sedan in 2012, it replaced the prior generation's ten-cylinder engine with a smaller, turbocharged V-8, making the engine 25% more efficient and boosting mileage to 16 mpg from 13 combined city and highway driving.
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