Soldier 135 said the car stopped at a checkpoint and that he immediately fired a rubber bullet into it to get the driver and the passenger out.

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Katz says his program, which he calls "The PFS Simple Lease" refunds all interest charges to the driver if the driver wants to get out of the lease early.

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Another witness, who was across the street at the time of the collision, came up to me and told me that he had seen the driver pull over, get out his vehicle, and change the license plates.

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And animals still periodically blockade the track, leaving the driver little choice but to stop the train, get out and chase them off with a big stick.

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Regardless of how you choose to track your auto expenses, the knowledge you get from doing so will put you in the driver's seat when it comes to figuring out how much your vehicle is costing you to operate and documenting its value when it's time to get rid of it.

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And so that's real-time information to you, as a driver, and to your car, to the wheels of a car that will get you out of a bad situation.

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Research is being done on autonomous braking technology, which can stop a car when other vehicles or obstacles get too close, and lane-keeping support, which applies a correcting force through the steering if the driver drifts out of their lane.

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