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Runaway Car!! Background: Driving a stick shift and learning how to clutch on steeps hills is somewhat of a trial of passage for teenage drivers in San Francisco. Parallel parking on steep streets is just as challenging -- many streets in the City are so steep, parking can only be perpendicular to the curb to prevent runaways. nevertheless, owing to lack of correct parking techniques or just plain forgetfulness in setting the parking brake, runaways still do occur. Car owners who live on precipitous hills *may* incur a supplimental insurance fee due to their location. Your engineering team has been tasked to design an automatic car-stopping device. It will activate if the car is rolling down an incline and the car's computer senses to driver or front passenger. It will automatically detect obstacles in its path and stop before impact. However, before you design the full-featured device, you have been asked to construct a working prototype....
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