The unit driver taking us to the peak overlooking Faslane nuclear naval base (home of the Trident submarines) warns us to hang on as the Land Rover goes vertical on the final climb.
To create great sound quality for the sound that can be heard, the GHP-04NC uses a 40mm unit driver.
If FedEx, which earned $1.4 billion in fiscal 2005, has to classify all 14,000 ground-unit drivers as employees, the pretax hit could be in the neighborhood of $1.4 billion, taken over several periods, figures Brian Hamilton, chief executive of ProfitCents, a financial research company.
In recent years there has been a convergence between cellphones and the GPS units that drivers put on their car's dashboard or suction-cup to the windshield.
In a piece called "Action at Your Fingertips," a 1977 issue of Popular Mechanics encouraged hobbyists to "peek into the worlds" of police and fire units, taxicab drivers, forest rangers, ship-to-shore conversations, weather forecasters, rescue workers and "newsmen calling in stories".
Unit Minibus Driver: John Targgart.
Sometimes, while shuttling visitors to housing units, the driver will announce a surprise inspection.
Insp Richard Mallett, head of the force's roads policing unit, said sober drivers were forced to weave around potholes, masking the erratic behaviour typical of drink-drivers.
BMW aficionados are enamoured of the brand's smooth six-cylinder power plants, so the company went to great lengths to civilise the turbocharged four-cylinder unit so that drivers rarely feel they are being punished for their choice.
His vehicles were meant to be paired with a home refilling unit, which the driver would use every night.
GPS units recorded test drivers' driving behaviors.
