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Quarterly Update to AAA's ``Media Map to aaa.com''.


The "Media Map to aaa.com" on the AAA NewsRoom - http://www.aaa.com/news - has been updated with information about new features and enhancements to aaa.com.

Updated information includes:

--Internet TripTik TripTik is a hand-marked map from American Automobile Association (AAA) and Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) available on request. Online map applications like Google Maps and Mapquest have been responsible for the decline in the volume of TripTik requests that AAA and CAA receive. (R). Historic congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load.

congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity.
 information has been added to assist motorists as they travel to popular vacation destinations. Based on decades of information, this important addition alerts drivers when to expect delays due to traffic volume, security inspections or other issues.

--State Driving Laws. Various state laws on a variety of issues can be found on AAA Exchange including distracted dis·tract·ed  
adj.
1. Having the attention diverted.

2. Suffering conflicting emotions; distraught.



dis·tract
 driving, child passenger safety, drunk driving, teen drivers and senior drivers.

--Fuel Efficiency Truth-In-Advertising Act. Responding to motorists' increasing concerns about incorrect gasoline mileage Noun 1. gasoline mileage - the ratio of the number of miles traveled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned
fuel consumption rate, gas mileage, mileage

ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
 information for new cars, AAA is supporting a provision in the Senate transportation bill which requires federal regulators to provide more accurate miles per gallon Noun 1. miles per gallon - the distance traveled in a vehicle powered by one gallon of gasoline or diesel fuel
unit, unit of measurement - any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange; "the dollar is the United States unit of
 (mpg) estimates.

"Media Map to aaa.com" can be found on the AAA NewsRoom at http://www.aaa.com/news. This special section of the AAA NewsRoom was created with media in mind, to help you get more information from AAA's online resources, and to provide you with additional tools to find a wide variety of travel, automotive, financial and safety information.

"Media Map to aaa.com" demonstrates how you (and your readers, viewers VIEWERS. Persons appointed by the courts to see and examine certain matters, and make a report of the facts together with their opinion to the court. In practice they are usually appointed to lay out roads and the like. Vide Experts.  or listeners) can use AAA.com, AAA Exchange, AAA NewsRoom, and AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to find more information, get a better deal or just learn more about issues concerning driving or traveling in the U.S. and abroad.
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