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.
An Everett man was arrested Friday on federal murder-for-hire charges in a plot to kill a New York businessman, the U.S. District Attorneyâs office said. Joseph Burke was allegedly hired by an undercover agent to shoot and kill a businessman in his Manhattan office on Oct. 17, according to an affidavit.