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A Cannonball Run is an unsanctioned speed record for driving across the United States, typically accepted to run from New York City 's Red Ball Garage to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach near Los Angeles, covering a distance of about 2,906 miles (4,677 km). [ 1] As of October 2021, the overall record is 25 hours 39 minutes, with an average ...
MapQuest. Screenshot of MapQuest in use on a web browser. MapQuest (stylized as mapquest) is an American free online web mapping service. It was launched in 1996 as the first commercial web mapping service. [1] MapQuest vies for market share with competitors such as Apple Maps, Here and Google Maps.
VMT– Vehicle miles traveled (billions) Fatalities per 100 million VMT Population Fatalities per 100,000 population Change in per capita fatalities from previous year 1899 26 [8] 1900 36 76,094,000 0.05 NA 1901 54 77,584,000 0.07 47.1% 1902 79 79,163,000 0.10 43.4% 1903 117 80,632,000 0.15 45.4% 1904 172 82,166,000 0.21 44.3% 1905 252 83,822,000
John o' Groats. Land's End to John o' Groats is the traversal of the length of the island of Great Britain between two extremities, in the southwest and northeast. The traditional distance by road is 874 miles (1,407 km) and takes most cyclists 10 to 14 days; the record for running the route is nine days. Off-road walkers typically walk about ...
A modern small-scale cattle drive in New Mexico. Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century American West, particularly between 1850s and 1910s. In this period, 27 million cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas, for shipment to stockyards in St. Louis and points east, and direct to Chicago.
The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road in the western United States on a section of U.S. Route 212 in Montana and Wyoming between Red Lodge and the Northeast entrance of Yellowstone National Park. It crests at Beartooth Pass in Wyoming at 10,947 feet (3,337 m) above sea level, and was called "the most beautiful drive in America," by late ...
Highway hypnosis, also known as white line fever, is an altered mental state in which an automobile driver can safely drive lengthy distances with no recollection of consciously having done so. [1] In this state, the driver's conscious mind is fully focused elsewhere, while seemingly still processing the information needed to drive safely.
Race Across America. The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM 2015 team start. RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world. All entrants must prove their abilities by competing in any of several qualifying ...