Of course, pro racers aren't the only ones doing more driving in the coming months.
With fewer Chinese doing physical labor, more driving cars instead of bicycles, lifestyle has played a prominent role in the trend.
There are shortcomings: more driving time and, because there are fewer departures and arrivals, forget about catching the "next flight out" if there's inclement weather.
Yet the policy prescriptions are simple and proven: enforced speed limits, helmet laws for those on two wheels, good road design and more driving tests.
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Immigration is something that the President has supported for quite some time, and energy has made it through the House, and my guess is there will be a clamoring for an energy bill when gas prices go up, as they normally do, as we get closer to more driving as we get closer to the summer.
And driving tests could change to include more unsupervised driving time, where examiners can observe candidates in more "natural" surroundings to assess their skills.
Optimization is lot more than just driving more for less, and much more than just a compelling Total Cost of Ownership story.
The environmental group also says that, due to urban sprawl, city driving happens at slower speeds and people spend more time driving in city-type conditions because of gridlock.
We will be able to develop the first applications for highly and ultimately fully automated driving, even at higher speeds and in more complex driving situations, ready for production by 2020 or 2025.
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We talked some more as her driving became even more aggressive and erratic.
At the top level, organizations are focusing more and more on driving top line revenue growth.
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Easier credit means that property can sell for more, driving up house prices further.
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That could eventually mean more people driving a Toyota Prius or Chevy Volt than gas guzzling Volvo.
Because the campaign to overturn the ban is about more than driving.
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Apart from making motorists pay more for driving in cities, a key part of the policy is to improve public transport by better co-ordination.
This may involve keeping people engaged and alert on a boring drive to work or helping them stay focused in more difficult driving moments.
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In fact, travelers are flying more and driving less, with the largest decreases in spending seen at car rental services for consumer and business groups.
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She was immediately taken with exploring the Google Maps app and swooping down into Street View, having never used it before for much more than driving directions.
As for the W8 motor, we like the 1.8-liter model offered to Passat customers at the low end of the line, but some buyers might prefer a more relaxed driving style.
"It's not just more people driving, it's also every product that you buy is made of plastic or synthetic materials out of China is made with oil, " said Patrick Chovanec of Tsinghua University.
To top it off, the shrinking bookshop landscape made it more difficult to browse and buy guidebooks, driving more travellers online.
The battle of the bulge seems more like the Cold War: Billions are spent by Americans looking to get thinner, but countervailing forces, such as more time spent in cars driving past more fast-food restaurants from more distant suburbs to increasingly suburban office parks cancel out the effort.
Now Facebook can add a small, but significant win: driving more traffic to online events registration site Eventbrite, and driving ticket sales.
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Pent-up demand and more readily available credit are driving car sales, more than incentives.
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But Nokia's CEO should be more focussed on driving home the lesson of the iPhone.
At this point, he says, other factors are more important in driving investor sentiment.
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