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prem · 21-09-06, 11:04 AM

Things You Didn’t Know about Vehicle and Travel:

The amount of time people spend on Travel has been consistent at 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies.
Traffic jams are nothing new. In 45 BC, Rome imposed a daytime ban on all horses and chariots to avoid jams.
More than 60 million people visit France-a country with a population of around 60 million people-every year.
A quarter of the world still drives on the left side of the road . The countries that do are mostly old British colonies.
The fewest aeroplane passengers killed in any one year was one in 1993. The most fatal year was 1977 with 583 dead.
The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the Traffic light to the change.
The numbers of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth.
Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is the worlds busiest. An airplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds.
Tokyo has 24 recorded instances of people killed or injured while bowing to each other in the traditional greeting.
There is a hotel in Sweden that is built entirely out of ice-and it is rebuilt every tear.

junaid · 06-12-06, 10:59 AM

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The amount of time people spend on Travel has been consistent at 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies.

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The average distance travelled is 12 000 km (7,400 miles) per year. In total, the world population travels more than 23 trillion km (16.6 trillion miles) per year, 53% of which is by car, 26% by bus, 9% by rail, 9% by high-speed transport such as aeroplanes, and 3% by bicycle, boat and other means.

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It is estimated that, due to developments in high-speed public transport, travel time will drop to only 12 minutes per person per day by 2050. Of the world traffic volume, 35% will be by car, 20% by bus, 41% by high-speed transport, and 4% by rail.

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Which is good news. Currently, traffic congestion leads to huge negative economic and environmental impact across the world. Road congestion in the UK costs the UK economy £15 billion a year. It costs the US $100 billion a year. In Seattle, Washington for instance, a driver spends an average of 59 hours stuck in traffic each year. In the greater Seattle area there are more cars than people; each household makes an average of 10 motorcar trips a day. According to Sierra Club, "American cars and trucks account for 20 percent of the world's petroleum consumption."

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The incentive of the auto is convenience, but the ultimate price is air pollution and higher taxes. Various studies have shown that higher population density result in higher cost per person. The health and environmental impact of modern transport is tremendous. Carbon-based petrochemical particles are drawn deep into our lungs, causing stress to our cardiopulmonary system, and starving the body of oxygen.

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Cars are the largest single source of air pollution and ozone depletion. On a global basis, today's transport sources are estimated to be responsible for 40 to 60% of the ozone precursor emissions of NOx and hydrocarbons; 70 to 80% of CO emissions; 85% of benzene pollution; 4% of SOx and about one third of all CO2 emissions, in the process wiping out forests, lakes, waterways and crops, affecting animals and humans alike.

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junaid · 06-12-06, 11:02 AM

Mercedes cars are named after an Austrian girl

In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home in Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt, Germany. On his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such a sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition, under the name of "Mercedes" after his favourite 9 year old daughter. Realising the business potential for the new car, he not only placed an order for 36 more, but also secured the franchise for selling them in several countries. Gottlieb Daimler also agreed to having them sold under the name of "Mercedes."

The Mercedes trade name was registered after Daimler's death in 1900 and the 3-pointed star became the trade mark. Daimler had once drawn the emblem on a postcard to his wife, the star symbolising the growth of the business into transport on land, sea and air.

For Karl Benz, a name for his auto was simple: he enclosed his name in a cogwheel to exemplify the solidness of his engineering works at Mannheim. The cogwheel later became a laurel wreath.

After the First World War the Daimler and Benz companies worked closer together, generally advertising on the same posters. They amalgamated in 1926, combining the laurel wreath and 3-pointed star as their trade mark.

Interestingly, although Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz were two of the major pioneers in the automotive industry, they probably never met, even though they lived only 100km (60 miles) from each other in Germany. Daimler passed away in 1900. Daimler-Benz amalgamated in 1926.

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suguna · 06-12-06, 04:31 PM

Nice research work Junaid....

junaid · 11-01-07, 02:17 PM

Fabulous history of the auto logos

An emblem is rallying sign, of recognition. It must represent an identity, to give an auto public image. Born from a passion or a past, these logos which strike the cap of our cars do not result from the chance. Explanations.

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ROMEO ESPARTO

The logo Alfa Romeo represents the symbol of the weapons of Milan, city where was born Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili in 1910. It is thus a red cross, flag of Lombardy and a snake-dragon swallowing inaccurate. In 1915, engineer Nicola Romeo takes the control of ESPARTO, from where name Alfa Romeo.

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AUDI

In 1899, engineer August Horsh melts a firm with his name. Ten years, driven out later for financial dissensions, it creates Audi, this name meaning “Latin listening”, just like “Horsh” (of German hören). In 1932, the German difficulties bring the regrouping within Auto Union of Wanderer, DKW, Audi and… Horsh, from where four rings

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BMW

During the First World War, Karl Rapp manufactures engines of planes. However the Peace treaty of 1919 interdict in Germany to build some, the firm turns then to the production of trucks, of motor bikes then towards the car. With Franz-Joseph Popp and max Friz, Karl Rapp melts Bayerische Motoren Werke in 1917. The emblem appears a propeller very stylized, symbol of the first activities, and takes again the colors of Bavaria.

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CATERHAM

Caterham Cars is initially a spet and a dealer Lotus, bench with Caterham Hill, in Surrey, since 1959. In 1973, when Lotus puts an end to the production of Seven, Caterham repurchases the exclusive rights of them. From where the logo with large Sept.

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CITROEN

The polytechnician André Citroen founded his mark in 1919. The logo with double rafters is a homage to its first company, created in 1914, which was a factory of double helical gearings, of which he is the inventor.

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TOMASO

Alejandro De Tomaso, Argentinian rich person, political agitator (anti-péroniste), private pilot, tester for Osca, built sports cars, always with central engine, since 1957. The badge of its mark, founded in Modena in 1964, represents the form which the family Of TOMASO used to mark her cattle in Argentina, from where the blue flag and white melt about it (thank you with Mr. For MARINO for this precision).

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FERRARI

Enzo Ferrari, shining pilot of the Twenties, founded in 1929 its racing stable, famous Scuderia. The badge was already Cavallino Crawling, in other words small pulled up horse. It was the emblem of an Italian ace of the fighter force - Francesco Baracca, friend of Commandatore- which during war 14/18 had cut down a German plane whose fuselage carried the weapons of Stuttgart. These weapons are in fact represented by a pulled up horse. The Italian pilot had kept this emblem like trophy. The yellow bottom appears the colors of Modena.

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FIAT

This mark means Fabbrica Italiana Automobili di Torino. It was founded in 1899 by new young people officers with the number of which certain a Giovanni Agnelli (already), the grandfather of current directing.

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JAGUAR

With leaving the Second world war, initials SS are banished. The SS Car Company (SS for Swallow Sport), created by William Lyons, must absolutely change corporate name: it chooses the name of a series of cars left its chains in 1935, Jaguar.

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LAMBORGHINI

Ferruccio Lamborghini, prosperous industrialist, customer of Ferrari, would have aggravated contempt in which Commandatore held. Benefitting from a schism with Maranello, it engages engineer Bizzarrini who, with Dallara and Stanzani, designs a WP effective and sophisticated V12. Its logo represents its astrological sign quite simply, bull. Lamborghini will accèdera besides with notoriety thanks to a model bearing the name of a race of bull, Miura in 1967.

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LANCIA

The ebullient pilot Vincenzo Lancia melts his firm in 1906, very continuously to run for the FIAT. Its emblême is a flag empenné of a lance, pun on its name (Italian lance is translated lancia) on bottom of a wheel with four branches.

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LOTUS

Colin Chapman melts Lotus in 1952, after the success met in the production of prepared Austin Seven. The blazon of this new auto mark take again the initial frays of Sir Chapman: With, C, B, C like Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman. The green is a wink in very famous British Racing Green, while the yellow would be the color of the flower of lotus.

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MAZDA

Within the industrial group Toyo Kogyo, Jyujiro Matsuda melts in 1934 the mark which bears almost its name. Indeed, in Japanese, the sign “tsu” resembles “Z” Western, from where Mazda. This last is also the Persian god of the light. The logo almost in rhombus introduced in 1991 had, at the request of Renault, being changed in 1997 for a M appearing of the wings.

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MERCEDES

Karl Benz in 1886 and Gottlieb Daimler in 1890 melt each one their mark. This last, to honour the girl with her dealer niçois, Emile Jelinek, gave to a model of car its first name, Mercedes. Both mark amalgamate in 1926 pennies the sign of the star which symbolizes the three activities of the mark: ground, air and sea.

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MITSUBISHI

This mark means in Japanese: three diamonds. From where the logo, which represents the three invaluable stones in red.

junaid · 11-01-07, 02:20 PM

Fabulous history of the auto logos (Contd..)

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PEUGEOT

When the Peugeot brothers begin their activities, the factories of Sochaux are not built yet. The workshop was based close to the town of Lyon, from which they took again the emblem

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PORSCHE

This emblem, one of most famous, reflects a patriotic spirit once more. It represents the armorial bearings of the house of Würtenberg, in the medium of which the emblem of Stuttgart is, the famous pulled up horse.

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RENAULT

Why thus a rhombus? It is necessary to go up to the 40 CH of 1925. The assembly of a warning signal required an opening in the cap. Not to leave a large hole right in the middle of the body, this one was equipped with an enormous rhombus of 25cm top. Since it was redrawn more than 9 times until 1992

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ROVER

To decipher the significance of this logo, it is enough to open an English-French dictionary and to refer to “rover” which means “vagadonds seas” or “pirate”. Thus, the drakkar takes all its direction.

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SAAB

In 1937 is born in Trollhättan Svenska Aeroplan Aktie Bolaget, manufacturer aeronautical. It is thus a bomber which is reproduced on the first logo in 1947. It changes several times meanwhile, with the arrival of Scania for example. The last transformation is due at the beginning of this manufacturer of trucks. The crowned lion is the emblem of the Swedish royalty.

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VOLVO

Volvo means quite simply “I roll” in Latin. As for the bored circle of an arrow, it is a symbol of iron. Swedish steel…

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vikaskumar11233 · 08-05-12, 01:30 PM

Nice information.I like the fact about France.

21-09-06, 11:04 AM	#1
prem Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 107	Things You Didn’t Know about Vehicle and Travel Things You Didn’t Know about Vehicle and Travel: The amount of time people spend on Travel has been consistent at 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies. Traffic jams are nothing new. In 45 BC, Rome imposed a daytime ban on all horses and chariots to avoid jams. More than 60 million people visit France-a country with a population of around 60 million people-every year. A quarter of the world still drives on the left side of the road . The countries that do are mostly old British colonies. The fewest aeroplane passengers killed in any one year was one in 1993. The most fatal year was 1977 with 583 dead. The average person will spend two weeks over their lifetime waiting for the Traffic light to the change. The numbers of cars on the planet is increasing three times faster than the population growth. Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport is the worlds busiest. An airplane takes off or lands every 37 seconds. Tokyo has 24 recorded instances of people killed or injured while bowing to each other in the traditional greeting. There is a hotel in Sweden that is built entirely out of ice-and it is rebuilt every tear.

06-12-06, 11:02 AM	#3
junaid Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 96	Mercedes cars are named after an Austrian girl Mercedes cars are named after an Austrian girl In 1897, Austrian businessman Emil Jellinek, travelled from his home in Nice, France to purchase a car from the Daimler factory in Cannstatt, Germany. On his return to the French Riviera, his sporting Daimler Phoenix caused such a sensation that he decided to enter it into a local touring competition, under the name of "Mercedes" after his favourite 9 year old daughter. Realising the business potential for the new car, he not only placed an order for 36 more, but also secured the franchise for selling them in several countries. Gottlieb Daimler also agreed to having them sold under the name of "Mercedes." The Mercedes trade name was registered after Daimler's death in 1900 and the 3-pointed star became the trade mark. Daimler had once drawn the emblem on a postcard to his wife, the star symbolising the growth of the business into transport on land, sea and air. For Karl Benz, a name for his auto was simple: he enclosed his name in a cogwheel to exemplify the solidness of his engineering works at Mannheim. The cogwheel later became a laurel wreath. After the First World War the Daimler and Benz companies worked closer together, generally advertising on the same posters. They amalgamated in 1926, combining the laurel wreath and 3-pointed star as their trade mark. Interestingly, although Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz were two of the major pioneers in the automotive industry, they probably never met, even though they lived only 100km (60 miles) from each other in Germany. Daimler passed away in 1900. Daimler-Benz amalgamated in 1926. Text Source

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