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Have you ever dreamed of suiting up, strapping down, and taking a spin around a rally car driving course? If so, maybe you were unaware that you don’t have to dream about rally car driving any more, just jump in and enroll in a rally school and that dream of yours will turn into one big wonderful reality.

Rally car driving has been around for more than 100 years. Since its beginnings in Monte Carlo in 1907 to its modern day form, rally car driving has had worldwide popularity. The sport has evolved over the years and the races of today are run on shorter courses and the cars are faster. One thing that hasn’t changed is the excitement generated when either watching or actually taking part as the driver.

To experience rally car driving first hand all you need to do is enroll in one of the many popular rally car driving schools in your area. These schools are designed to immerse you in the sport of ra more »

Rally cars race on different courses from other motor sports: rather than racing on a specially created circuit, as for example with most Formula 1 races, rallies take place on public roads, from surfaced roads to rough dirt tracks or mountain roads.

The second main difference between rallying and most other forms of motor sport is that instead of competing directly in head-to-head races round circuits, rally cars compete indirectly over timed stages, setting off at regular intervals in an attempt to record the fastest time. Rallies consist of a number of stages and the team with the fastest time at the end of the final stage win.

The final major difference between rally cars and the cars used in most other forms of professional motor sports is that the rally cars in which drivers race are very close in design to production cars that the public drive in everyday life – indeed, rall more »

ABYSMAL ROTTEN ROADS – A HIDDEN BLESSING

DR SUDHAKAR NATARAJAN

Next time you bump along the strategically placed pot holes on the abysmal roads at a snail’s pace, don’t curse your fate. Our lives will be much easier if we accept the situation, that is beyond the common man’s control, and take the bad roads in our stride. When I was posted here in Feb 2007, I used to fret and fume over the road conditions. My personal new car has taken a good battering due to the bad roads. As the days passed by, I became immune and got used to the bone jangling bumps and my poor car got a new gear shaft , after it broke on these so called black-top metalled roads. If you can’t change it then accept it. Bad roads also have a silver lining. Bad roads have numerous benefits and are a blessing, if this chronic malady is viewed optimistically

1) Bad roads curb overspeeding: Due t more »

by Matthew Harrel

Ice road trucking is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. With a job description that includes sub-zero working conditions, long hours with little sleep, and the risk of potentially falling through a road made of ice, it’s amazing that anyone signs up for the job. Incredibly, these are only a few challenges of being an ice road trucker.

Ice road trucking has been dubbed as a two month long “dash for cash.” Road crews spend weeks preparing the ice road for the trucks. Using ground-penetrating radar to measure the ice depth, road crews ensure the ice is thick enough (usually a minimum of about 27 inches) to support the big rigs. In what can become a scheduling nightmare, 600-900 truckers are tasked with delivering 10,000 loads at an average speed of only about 20 miles per hour. Drivers haul loads throughout the day and night, often getting little or no sleep be more »

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Are you interested in traveling? Do you always enjoy having road trips and being in one place you don’t even know? Do you always lose your way while traveling? Well, the answers are all in a road atlas.

Road atlases are available in various levels and shapes. A road atlas is a reference wherein you will be able to find needed information regarding your destination. It is a guide to better understanding about a common place. Maximizing road atlas will enable you to learn how to read maps and its details. Motoring institutions in developed nations having excellent road systems like North America, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia generate road maps for its people. R more »