Article: MEASURED MILE MARKERS HELP CALIBRATE CAR EQUIPMENT.(LOCAL)(Column)

Article: New for bikes: measured miles and cleaner chains.
Popular Science;  November 1, 1985 ;     457 words ...Did you ever wonder how far an ambitious weekend bicycle ride actually took you? The Cateye Solar Cyclocomputer (top) tells you this and a lot more. Its liquid-crystal display constantly reads out current speed in mph. Pressing the "Mode" button gives your other functions, including pedaling

Article: Improve health by walking.
Lancashire Evening Post (Preston, England);  January 31, 2007 ;     403 words ...A new project called "measured mile" has been launched to get Preston ... organise walks around the various "measured miles" and offer free accredited walk ... For details of your nearest measured mile walk, or the Seven Parks Walk ...

Article: Speed reading.(instruments that measure a boat's speed)(includes ...
Trailer Boats;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... radar gun and a timed run through a measured mile. Needless to say, all three speeds ... by making a two-way run through a measured mile with a stopwatch. Theoretically ... ground (SOG) reading. The timed measured mile is the standard against which other ...

Article: Speed reading. (boat speed)(includes related article on Blue ...
Trailer Boats;  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... radar gun and a timed run through a measured mile. Needless to say, all three speeds ... by making a two-way run through a measured mile with a stopwatch. Theoretically ... ground (SOG) reading. The timed measured mile is the standard against which other ...

Article: Bowyer hits 99mph in an action replay.(News)
The Journal (Newcastle, England);  April 20, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... guilty plea to doing 99mph because a "measured mile" used by police to tests their speeding ... the CPS, said after the case: "The measured mile was 34 yards less. This obviously ... was based on a reading taken over a measured mile." In a third explanation last night ...

Article: REON DRIVE INTERSECTION SOON MAY GET GREEN ARROW.(LOCAL)(Column)
The Virginian Pilot;  March 28, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... William was looking for a ``measured mile,'' an accurately marked one ... Road responded that there is a measured mile on Pitchkettle Road in Suffolk. Hey, Road: There is a measured mile on the eastbound side of Butts Road ...

Article: THE FASTEST MEN ON EARTH; Driven by heroism and glory, they ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  August 19, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... back at an average speed over the measured mile of more than 170mph. The Press ... happened next: 'Just past the measured mile, something shattered in the car ... a gusting headwind. With the measured mile behind him, he