With Driver Point Premiums and increased insurance premiums at ICBC, as well as fines and taxes on things like towing and storage of seized vehicles, the Government sees drivers as a way to make money.
This LG sound bar does so
with drivers pointing directly out at the listener (center channel), drivers on either side pointing to the left and right and angled slightly forward (left surround and right surround), and drivers on either side pointing up and slightly forward (rear left and rear right) to bounce the sound off the ceiling.
Not exact matches
In the meantime, muni experts
point out states can renegotiate contracts
with servicers, raise fees on things like
drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to cut expenses and raise cash.
New developments would allow connected cars to link up
with smart city infrastructure to create an entirely different ecosystem for the
driver, who is simply used to the traditional way of getting from
Point A to
Point B.
Now, Uber can't even release an integration
with Spotifywithout writers
pointing out that the partnership «furthers the ongoing logistical process of dehumanizing Uber
drivers.»
QNX, which made more than 60 % of the core software inside the world's car infotainment systems in 2011, has partnered
with The Weather Network to send location - based weather data to
drivers, and the intelligent dashboard system in many of Nissan's 2013 models, for instance, will feed
drivers real - time local fuel prices, flight - status information, and
points of interest supplied by Google.
Drivers found to have exceeded the 30mph limit had been subsequently handed a # 100 fine and penalized
with an additional three
points on their
driver's license.
From the
driver's
point of view, the cockpit is a pleasing combination of new and old,
with the multi-screen infotainment system on the center stack but the central instrument cluster analog - style old - school.
The report, called Tracking & Hacking: Security & Privacy Gaps Put American
Drivers at Risk, found that nearly 100 percent of vehicles on the market come
with wireless entry
points or WEPs that could be a way in for hackers.
Up to that
point, Google had quietly sent early versions of the car,
with a «safety
driver» behind the wheel, more than 100,000 miles in California.
Whereas Uber is eschewing a «panic button,» Shuddle has the equivalent for parents, kids, and
drivers, so each can connect
with each other at any
point — or
with the company, which has employees monitoring rides and standing by to take calls.
In court documents filed
with the Northern California District Court on Thursday, Uber argued that the class - action part of the suit should be dropped because the 160,000
drivers, «have little or nothing in common, other than their use of the Uber App in California at some
point over the past six years.»
I'm merely
pointing out that price
drivers are more strongly correlated
with outsiders.
After a
driver plowed through a crowd of people in Barcelona on Aug. 17, leaving 13 dead and 100 more wounded, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the day down about 274
points,
with all 30 stocks in the index finishing in the red.
In a short and sweet tweet Tesla CEO Elon Musk lets the public know Tesla has some sort of solution to ease the pain
point Tesla
drivers deal
with when it's low - charge time.
With markets at a transition
point, precision and idiosyncratic insight will be key
drivers of investor outcomes.
As the debate has taken on a decidedly Asia focus,
with some recent studies and popular media coverage
pointing to investors from Asia as one of the
drivers of Vancouver's soaring housing prices, the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) has written a background document aggregating the available facts, outlining similar challenges in other jurisdictions, and raising the question: Is public policy required?
But even if it's just on a billboard or truck wrap, adding a picture of a truck
driver, especially
with their family, up there
with a few bullet
points improves viewer response.
Overstock.com is processing more payments in Bitcoin than PayPal at this
point, Uber prompted European taxi
drivers to strike in June, and Spanish officials are ham - fistedly wrestling
with Airbnb.
The key
point is this: while monetary easing has been positively associated
with stock market gains over the following 10 months or so, the essential
driver of those gains has been the recovery of preceding losses in the months leading up to each round of QE, rather than de novo returns.
Levandowski and Ron
point out that the self - driving trucks will keep
drivers better rested, and
with the help of the new platform they will be able to «find loads and be paid fairly.»
«My experience at that
point in time had been working in the warehouse, working
with the truck
drivers, going to school and getting a little bit of outside sales experience in the summer filling in for salespeople,» Wright remembers.
Abetz said the company was wrong to agree to «over-generous» conditions for the workers in early 2013,
pointing to a «shiny tin allowance» for forklift
drivers as an indication of excessive conditions in SPC Ardmona's enterprise agreement
with workers.
He stayed on as third
driver for Manor
with the hope of returning to a race seat at some
point.
Elliott also was docked 20
driver points,
with Hendrick losing 20 owner
points.
From that came the implementation of a three - stage format that incentivizes
drivers with bonus
points that apply toward the championship so that they push hard from green flag to checkered flag in every regular season race.
Raikkonen pipped the troubled McLaren
drivers by a single
point, and
with Felipe Massa in the other car winning three races Ferrari won the Constructors» as well.
With all that took place at Bristol and Auto Club Speedway, the fact that the sport's most popular
driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. has taken a 12 -
point lead over reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Brad Keselowski has been slightly overshadowed.
Initially the union between
driver and team was unsuccessful,
with Truex leading just a single lap and ending the 2014 season 24th in the
points standings.
The four
drivers with the lowest
points totals who don't have a win are eliminated after the end of every round.
Halfway through this season Childress has three
drivers on pace to make NASCAR's postseason; along
with Bowyer, Burton is fifth in
points, and Harvick is ninth.
Harvick will still receive credit for the Cup Series win, however he will lose the seven playoff
points he earned — five for the overall victory and two for each stage win — along
with 20 additional
driver points.
It got to a
point where some teams would roll up to a grand prix weekend
with one of their
drivers amassing something like a 65 - place grid penalty and starting the race in car parking zone Z.
It involves the deliberate loss of rear wheel control, enabling
drivers with the right combination of speed, accuracy, fearlessness, and disdain for the longevity of their tires, paint jobs, and mortal souls to send their cars skidding sideways at high speeds, perpendicular to their tires, two or more cars traveling the same course at the same time, not racing, but earning style
points.
The 1955 Argentine Grand Prix was one of the hottest races on record and most
drivers had to swap
with someone at some
point just to have a rest.
The
driver was equal to the strain, but the tires were not, and one of them gave up the ghost
with aloud report — at which
point Stranahan jumped at the ball like a man under whom a firecracker has just been detonated, and the result was a slithered shot which spurted up to the wrong side of the green.
With strategy being something of an unknown during the Bahrain GP, pretty much every team and driver looked like they might be in with a shout of some points over the course of the race - well, everyone except for Willi
With strategy being something of an unknown during the Bahrain GP, pretty much every team and
driver looked like they might be in
with a shout of some points over the course of the race - well, everyone except for Willi
with a shout of some
points over the course of the race - well, everyone except for Williams.
As a result he now occasionally seems to crop up in lists of the worst F1
drivers ever, but despite his dismal races
with Ferrari, and the fact that no other
driver has started more races without scoring a
point, it's a grossly unfair assessment.
The final four
drivers will have their
points reset for the final race,
with the simple goal of beating the other three to the finish line to win the 2017 Cup championship.
The German
driver now holds a 25 -
point lead in the standings over Hamilton,
with Mercedes continuing to struggle on the ultra-soft tyre especially.
It's a wonderful tribute to Bianchi from the city, located close to Monaco on the French Riviera — where the F1
driver famously put in a storming performance in 2015 to score Marussia's first
points with ninth place.
And as we saw
with Truex last year, if Harvick can amass such a volume of playoff
points he then is a near lock to be among the four
drivers vying for the championship at Homestead - Miami Speedway where the only way he wouldn't qualify is him completely collapsing in the semi-final round.
He'd just had an impressive
points - scoring season
with Manor and, when Nico Rosberg announced his shock retirement, as a Mercedes junior
driver Pascal looked to be in prime position to be promoted to F1's top team.
The decision received a spectrum of reaction,
with some voicing their dislike of seeing micro-management,
with others recognising that Force India isn't a financial goliath in the sport and that its
drivers should respect this and do their primary job - collect
points.
On the strength of those two victories, de Ferran crept within one
point of Roberto Moreno in the
driver standings, but Moreno extended his lead
with a win on Sunday in the Grand Prix of Cleveland while de Ferran finished 14th.
However even though this was the era of small grids, high attrition and sharing cars
with quicker
drivers, Schell didn't seem able to score a
point.
Badoer was a solid
driver but, two races
with Ferrari aside, never had cars good enough to give him a decent chance of scoring
points
If Sauber does continue
with the plan to run Honda engines next year then running one of its
drivers could be part of that deal, and although Matsushita doesn't yet have enough
points for a superlicence, getting him to take part in the test could be the first sign that Sauber - Honda is going to be a thing after all.
Points in F1 are still what scores money — and scoring points with useless drivers is impos
Points in F1 are still what scores money — and scoring
points with useless drivers is impos
points with useless
drivers is impossible.
So what does it feel to be the first
driver to collect
points with the Alfa brand on the car?