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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 ...
Travelers are advised to check road conditions before traveling this road through the state transportation hotline at . Travelers should always carry emergency supplies and fuel enough for 400 miles (640 km) when driving this highway. Near Manley Hot Springs there is a 50-mile side road to Tanana over Tofty. This road was built 2014-2016 for a ...
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.
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.
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
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.
March 2020: 1723 km in 24 hours – over 400 km more than old e-bike record. Driven on normal street by just one person. Regular bike, regular recharge stations. [76] c. 1,723 km (1,071 mi) Mileage all accomplished on a single motorcycle and a single driver. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria. Carol and Ken Duval (Queensland ...
And in June 2020, a magnitude 5.5 quake struck the Mojave Desert in the northwestern corner of San Bernardino County, about 120 miles northeast of downtown L.A. and about 14 miles east of ...