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.
Jon Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre. He shot him in the head with a .44 caliber pistol. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth(an actor at the Ford Theatre) and died April 15, 1865 in the Petersen House.