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.
Witness: Man who killed Chris Kyle said he did it because 'they wouldn't talk to me'. A key prosecution witness told a Texas jury Friday that he overheard a former Marine say he shot Chris Kyle after the American Sniper hero ignored him. Kyle and a buddy were gunned down at a rural Texas shooting range. The accused gunman Eddie Ray Routh, 27, claims he was insane at the time of the 2013 shooting. I heard Mr. Routh say, 'I shot them because they wouldn't talk to me,' former Erath County sheriffâs deputy Gene Cole testified.