Those groups point out that one of the biggest aims of pay-as-you-drive programs is simply to capture actual miles driven.
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And engaging with people online can backfire: the British Government, who set up a Web site where the public could create petitions, were sorely embarrassed when 1.8 million people called for planned pay-as-you-drive road charges to be scrapped.
The companies say that basing your premiums on how and how much you drive a concept known as user-based insurance or "pay-as-you-drive" insurance will allow them to accurately target discounts at careful drivers, and charge more spirited customers an appropriately higher amount.
Now, climbing off that high horse (needed a ladder to get up there, you know), we shorties feel those lanky people's pain, especially since we've had to sit behind you when you drive absurdly small-cabined BMWs.
Models configured with an ultra-fast SSD flash drive give you ultra-speed access to files around ten times faster than a standard hard disk drive.
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As with gasoline-fueled and hybrid cars, how you drive affects real-world mileage.
You may want to test-drive a card before leaving for college, so you can learn how it works with your parents nearby to help.
With the Transition you can just drive there -- and make quite an impression when you arrive.
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Since Drive is essentially a one-upped version of Docs, it shouldn't surprise you that the Drive app isn't even a separate program -- if you've been using Docs on your Android device already, a simple update is all you need in order to start using the new service.
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You can create a boot disk in Windows 95 using the same procedure, but the disk won't give you access to your CD-ROM drive, which is necessary if you have to reinstall Windows.
You need all-wheel drive and decent ground clearance in addition to the other commuting virtues.
The number of cars that leave, for instance, when you drive off -- there are a lot more.
You should also consider specifically how much driving you plan to do in deep snow before deciding whether you need all-wheel drive.
To get there, you take a drive-on ferry, which crosses an absurdly narrow channel of water and seems to arrive before it has even set sail.
The trust carefully controls the number of visitors arriving by car, by insisting they book ahead at least a couple of days in advance - if you drive in without a booking you are likely to be turned away.
Nowhere else can you browse a selection of more than 82, 000 paper books, walk over to Area-e, our new digital hub, where you test drive a variety of e-Reading devices, and then search for your next favorite book in our e-Bookstore.
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While the most common advice is to shelter in place, some experts say it may sometimes be smart to do what Miller did -- get into a car and drive -- especially if you have enough warning.
"What this research found is really little cracks in Android -- not great big security holes you could drive a truck through, " said Kevin Mahaffey, co-founder and chief technical officer of Lookout Mobile Security, a leading provider of security apps and services for Android devices.
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Here's how to create a boot disk that does let you access the CD-ROM drive.
"It amazes me that people still think they can have a drink then drive - you just can't, " he said.
There have been some small elements of violence, you know, some drive-by shootings, a few bombs - but nothing on a scale of this.
If you are following another vehicle at night, using their lights to see ahead can cause you to drive dangerously close - keep well back from other traffic.
One of them is so large it looms in the distance from the highway exit, and as you drive from Wal-Mart to the outlet mall, the landfill hulks along in the background, a constant companion.
What's left is an official-as-you'll-get-right-now transcript of Google Drive's features, but contrary to the hype, it all feels way more enterprise-centric than consumers may have wanted.
Long flights are certainly boring and stressful but they can't drive you that crazy - can they?
For just 30 hours of video at the lowest quality setting, you need a 30-gigabyte hard drive at least.
Sure, you get a rear-wheel-drive setup with those German cars, and that means something far closer to true sports car handling, at least as traditionalists would have it.
It had a four-speed transmission and fully working transfer case, so you could switch from two- to four-wheel drive.
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The next time you're on your journey home - be it from work or from holidays - and you're bemoaning the long motorway drive, just think how much worse it would be without the 50-year-old stretch of highway.
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