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How a record-breaking drive on a frozen Lake St. Clair helped create Ford Motor Company
The current fastest speed achieved by a vehicle on land was set in 1997.
Andy Green, a former Wing Commander with the British Royal Air Force, drove the ThrustSSC through the Black Rock Desert in Nevada, where he reached a speed of more than 763 mph -- roughly four football fields a second. To this day, the ThrustSSC remains the first and only land vehicle to break the sound barrier.
Henry Ford’s first automobile, 1896′s Quadricycle, had two gears -- one for speeds up to 10 mph, and one for speeds of up to 20 mph.
At the time, the land speed record was roughly 35 mph. Within 10 years, Henry Ford designed and drove a vehicle that nearly tripled that speed.
Oakland County deputy killed on the job: Funeral, reward info here
Funeral services have been scheduled this week for an Oakland County deputy who was killed in the line of duty last weekend.
Semi truck fishtails, trailer strikes pickup in construction zone outside Lansing
Michigan State Police cited a semi truck driver who lost control of the rig and fishtailed in a construction zone this week.
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