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First of all, I'm assuming you mean accident as an "incident" and not accident, as an accident technically only lasts as long as the vehicle involved remains moving. Thus, car crashes involving many cars can often involve much more than just one or two accidents. (At least, this is the caste with reports filed in America.) Second, I'm not sure what you mean ...


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I wasn't able to find a definitive proof yet, but most likely it was because of the largest taxicab company (associated with both livery service AND manufacturing of taxicabs) that was called "Checker Taxi". The 'Checker', particularly the 1956-82 A8/Marathon, remains the most famous taxi cab vehicle in the United States. The vehicle is comparable to the ...


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This isn't a complete answer, but may help. An alternate line of attack is to look at the history and etimology of the word 'Valet' itself. I can't vouch for the reliability of the source, but etymonline.com drops these suggestive titbits: Modern sense is usually short for valet de chambre; the general sense of "male household servant of the meaner sort" ...



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