Essays Tagged: "Automobile pedal"

The Responsibilities of Driving

. If you take your foot off the clutch too soon, you can stall the engine. But, by pressing the gas pedal too soon you can spin the wheels and not have any friction with the street. In an automatic ca ... and not have any friction with the street. In an automatic car all you have to do is press the gas pedal. Secondly, you have to know when to change the gears, ranging from first to fifth. As your RPM ...

(3 pages) 102 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

How To Operate a Stick Shift Transmission. It is a process essay that could use a better thesis statement.

sted, and the car will go faster more easily.A car that has a stick shift transmission has an extra pedal called a clutch, and five different speeds found on the shifter. Driving a five-speed transmis ... mission. In the parking lot with the vehicle's engine turned off, apply the right foot to the brake pedal, and practice getting a feel of the clutch pedal by pushing it in and out with your left foot. ...

(3 pages) 86 2 3.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

I wrote this essay because there is alot of people out there in this world that do not understand how to drive stick shift. "How to Operate a Manual Transmission".

bottom right, used for backing up. These gears must be maneuvered the exact same way each time the automobile is driven.Undoubtedly, figuring out the timing of letting out the clutch and giving the c ...

(2 pages) 56 2 3.9 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Human Factors & Risk Homeostasis Involved in the Design of an Automobile

above, a safer environment is created. The guidelines should have no effect on how the user drives.Automobile Seat Belt Restraint SystemsSeat belts are the primary occupant-protection devices for aut ... s, the most important aspect of the design is not the material used (which is standardized for most automobile manufacturers), but the human factors considered during design. There are five human fact ...

(16 pages) 48 1 4.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Engineering

Go Faster!

my mirrors--all was darkness, no one in sight. Out of sight, out of mind, I pushed down on the gas pedal until my feet can't reach any further. Reaching down to adjust my seat closer, I stepped on it ... 't reach any further. Reaching down to adjust my seat closer, I stepped on it even harder until the pedal was locked to a dead stop. My hands firmly clawing to the progressively vibrating steering whe ...

(4 pages) 989 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Why My Car Sucks

s my passenger seat that does not like to lock into place. Every time I hit either the gas or brake pedal the seat moves, and it moves fast. Thank God for seatbelts. These problems only flatter the ha ...

(2 pages) 4 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

English composition driving

tly with your hand. Close your eyes, relax, concentrate and now, fire the cavalry , step on the gas pedal and enter another universe rocked by the symphony of all the cylinders.The interaction of your ... ould act. Driving is a powerful word, express it to its real meaning. It is not only pressing a gas pedal and turning a steering wheel, it is a science of movement like ballet. The only obstacle you w ...

(3 pages) 7 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy