The distances above are based on a reaction time of 0.67 seconds, which assumes the driver is alert, concentrating and not impaired. Driving when tired, distracted or impaired significantly increases reaction times, so the thinking distances above should be regarded as minimums.
Vice-President Aaron Burr killed his political rival Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ, resulting from a published letter that implied Hamilton had made derogatoryâ¦ comments about Burr's character.
Two U.S. vice presidents have resigned from office. John Calhoun resigned in a policy dispute with the president, and Spiro Agnew resigned after it was discovered heâd been taking bribes. Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States, serving under President Richard Nixon.gnew was under investigation by the United States Attorneyâs office on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy in 1973, and he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000. Agnew is the only U.S. Vice President in history to resign because of criminal charges.