Sentences with phrase «on rural roads»

Driving on the «big road» is nothing like driving on rural roads.

In the German study, nearly two - thirds of car - to - car small overlap front crashes occurred on rural roads, with 37 percent on or near a curve.

Client had been drinking and was involved in a serious accident after he ran a stop sign on a rural road.

While visibility on rural roads is certainly a major factor in these types of accidents, the majority of bicycle accidents take place in urban areas.

Fast sequences of bends on rural roads can be negotiated almost intuitively with relatively small steering movements — with assurance, precision and a healthy dose of driving enjoyment.

I live on rural roads that aren't always cleared in the snow, and the traction control has come in handy.

Traffic safety data show that most head - on crashes happen on rural roads.

But lower demand on rural roads may not generate enough revenue to repay private investment.

Unfortunately, as she came around a bend on a rural road for the first time, the wife did not see a posted stop sign.

The human factors expert concluded that the signage in place was insufficient because it did not properly warn unfamiliar drivers of the sharp change in the road path on this rural road.

Drivers need to be prepared for this situation by using more caution on rural roads and increasing the insurance coverage that they have.

It will also be cheaper if you drive your motorcycle once in awhile cruising on rural roads than if you drive it every day on the highway come rain or shine.

To a large extent, this has led to an increase in the number of fatalities on rural roads.

There was a time when people would drive on rural roads and rarely pass anyone.

Fifty - seven percent of all alcohol - related fatalities involving passenger vehicles occur on rural roads.

They could, however, also happen on rural roads and highways.

The drivetrain's Auto mode brings smooth gearbox shifts, a continuously variable damping suspension that gobbles ups road imperfections and lighter steering for my leisurely ride on rural roads in Maine and New Hampshire, many of which feature painfully slow 30 - mph speed limits.

A brief ride on rural roads near the company's headquarters in central England gave the impression that it sets new standards for this burgeoning sector of the market.

PALMDALE, Calif. - A woman was very concerned after she saw a man exercising his two large dogs by running them alongside his moving car on a rural road in California.

The Central New York SPCA is investigating decapitated small goats and a large bird found this morning dumped on a rural road near Butternut Creek in DeWitt.

Active Lane Assist is intended to address unintentional lane changes on rural roads and on highways, at speeds above 65km / h.

«American drivers travel twice as many miles on urban and suburban highways as they do on rural roads,» said Barry Walkup, chief engineer of Cadillac Super Cruise.

Head - on accidents can occur almost anywhere, but are especially common on rural roads with narrow lanes, poor lighting and no guardrails or traffic dividers.

Additionally, about 75 percent of rollovers occur on rural roads where the speed limit is 55 mph or higher.

I have seen barely any activity from either party, Tory posters are largely seen on rural roads into the constituency (typically for candidate in surrounding seats) or on houses that are currently vacant (coming down the A15 near the Cathedral I thought once house owner was brave with 2 massive Tory posters, then saw a sign saying the house is up for rent, and no visible signs of life in the house).

During our drive on the rural roads of Georgia's scenic coast near Savannah, we sampled the Cooper version of the Clubman with a manual transmission, and then spent time in a Cooper S with both the manual and the automatic.

Russian River Rising, More Rain on the Way: A driver in a Hummer became trapped in flood waters on a rural road west of Santa Rosa early Monday afternoon, generating a large emergency response including the Sonoma County sheriff's helicopter, a swift - water rescue team and a boat of firefighters...

The response to Petersen's push was generally positive, although concerns exist that neighbors may one day rise against an influx of wine - sipping tourists on their rural roads.

Riding a horse to work would be an option if I had one, but non of us want to be dodging horses on our rural roads.

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By that, I mean arranging the rental of bucolic GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, Michigan; scheduling the twenty - five cars we chose to bring along for the Automobile of the Year and All - Stars evaluation drive; and plotting out three days of track time, driving routes on the rural roads of southwestern Michigan, and videotaping.

Connecticut became the first state to establish automobile speed limits in 1901 (only 12 mph within city limits and 15 mph on rural roads), after which it was determined that each state would set its own speed limits.

Several editors also complained about the view forward at night, noting that the halogen headlamps were inadequate on rural roads, even with the high beams on.

My wife and I tour the Midwest in the car with long, comfortable stretches (up to 700 miles in a day), yet enjoy the car's thrust and braking on rural roads.

A couple of weeks after I got home, I learned I'd racked up two speed - camera tickets on rural roads once I left the autobahn.

Vehicle was purchased with 93k miles and is used primarily for commuting to and from work on rural roads — i.e., I don't drive it hard.

For our comparison test, a focus on rural roads was in order, simulating the typical weekend getaway.

There's a nondescript shed on a rural road northeast of Oshawa, Ont.

I drove mostly on rural roads, and it handled well in all weather (rain, sleet or snow).

As a blizzard swells just days before Christmas, the car belonging to the wife of a retired local judge is discovered abandoned on a rural road.

Researchers in western Massachusetts found that roadkill rates on rural roads were high enough to lead to localized extinction of spotted salamanders in as few as 25 years.

In this case, a cyclist riding on a rural road struck a dog that was not on a leash, causing him to fall and crack his helmet and sustain bruises and

Accidents involving semi trucks can happen anytime and anywhere, even on rural roads, where 64 percent of the fatal crashes occur, truck accident statistics show.

Many rollover crashes take place on rural roads where there is a likelihood of a two - way road without a divider or barrier between traffic.

The plaintiffs» decedent was a 38 - year - old man who was killed when he was run over by a tractor - trailer while bicycling on a rural road in Porter, Maine on August 25, 2008.