5 Things You Didnt Know About Cars

5 things you didn't know about cars AIRA IG By the formal definition of horsepower (the power required to lift 33,000 pounds by one foot in one minute), a real horse musters only about 0.7 Seat belts. 84 percent of people now buckle up, compared with 14 percent three decades ago. horsepower. The contact patches-the areas of the tires that actually touch the road at any given monn moment-cover an area of just over 100 square inches for an average family sedan. Betting all-in on robots: This year Nevada became the first state to issue licenses for self-driving cars. Self-driving cars could improve highway flow by regulating distances ABI2 between cars and ease urban congestion by automating the search for parking (which causes up to three-quarters of city traffic). OITO 0 10