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With this kind of wiring, Ressler says, it was easier to incorporate Continental's "personalizing" features. With a turn of the ignition key, 24 different features-from seat and steering-wheel positions to interior temperature to choice of CDs-automatically adjust themselves to a motorist's preferences. The driver can even adjust ride suspension (firm, normal, plush) and steering effort (low, normal, high...
...auto-navigation systems being developed by Rockwell, among others. To use the Rockwell system, which is already available on some Oldsmobiles, the motorist types the address of his destination on a dash-mounted keypad and reads his instructions on an adjoining screen. Using a small computer in the trunk to process signals from the military's satellite global positioning system, the navigator will track the vehicle's progress and regularly update instructions, including the name of the street where the next turn should be made. As the motorist nears the intersection, a computer voice directs him to "turn left...
...country murder and robbery spree were nabbed in Santa Fe when they woke up in handcuffs. State police found Lewis Gilbert, 22, and Eric Elliot, 16, sleeping under a culvert -- with two high-powered rifles, a shotgun and a pistol. The cops followed up on a tip from a motorist who had given the two a ride last night. Gilbert and Elliot, both from Newcomerstown, Ohio, are suspected of kidnapping a 79-year-old Ohio woman, burglarizing her farmhouse and stealing her car a week ago, then killing a Missouri couple, then killing an Oklahoma woman...
...panel of three federal judges said two Los Angeles policemen convicted of civil rights violations in the beating of motorist Rodney King should get tougher sentences. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, in Los Angeles, could double the 21/2-year terms given to Sgt. Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell...
Rodney King's civil suit against Los Angeles got under way with the battered motorist seeking $9 million in damages from the city. King rejected the city's offer of a $1.25 million settlement...