Road accidents are increasing every day and especially in Christmas‚ summer holidays or weekends. Lots of people lose their lives on the roads and it is very difficult to resolve this problem which affects almost to the whole world. Not only the people can die‚ they can be injury and don´t get to recover of their wounds in all their lives. There are several causes of road accidents and I´m going to mention some of them that I think they are the main causes: don’t respect the speed limit‚ drive drunk
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Relative Risk of Drivers Fatalities and Driver Involvement in Fatal Crashes in Relation to Driver Age and Gender. JORNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL.387-395 Problems that motivated the researchers to do this study: * The number of deadly car accidents in the U.S. caused by drivers under the influence of alcohol has increased in the past decades making alcohol one of the main factors of fatal crashes. * The legal level of BAC (blood alcohol concentration) in the U.S. has changed. 31 states
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CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT Cerebrovascular accident‚ termed as “brain attack‚” is also referred to as Stroke. Stroke is a sudden loss of function resulting from a disruption of the blood supply to a localized part of the brain. The mortality and morbidity of CVA in the Philippines is relatively low. There are two types of stroke: 1. Ischemic Stroke is a disruption of the blood supply due to an obstruction‚ usually thrombus or embolism that causes infarction of brain tissue. 2.
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Traumatic events come in many different ways at many different times of ones life. Mine came on the school bus while I was on my way home from school. The bus had stopped to let a couple kids off and I stood up to throw some trash away. I stood up we were rear ended by a young lady who had been trying to get a bee out of the car and not realized the bus had stopped. I was standing up and the impact caused me to bang into the seat in front of me and the one behind me. I didn’t realize what had happened
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Arturo Morales Mrs. Brown English 11B 13 September 2010 A Tragic Accident “Yeah! Let’s go‚ let’s go!” I said when they asked if I wanted to go watch the first race of the night. My heart was pounding and my adrenaline was pumping. Screech! They took off‚ the Mustang in front of the Srt-4. My heart started pumping faster hearing the blow off valve from the Srt-4 and the loud roar of the Mustang. “Who is going to win?”I thought to myself. It was close the Mustang won by about a half
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3. Brainstorm as many causes of accidents as possible in the following categories (include at least 10 examples of each) HUMAN: Speaking on the phone Texting Speaking to the passengers in the back seat No seatbelt Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol Not being cautious of people crossing the road Distracted driving Ignoring road signs Unsafe lane changes Road rage VEHICLE: - Flat tires - Design defects - Equipment failure - Brakes - Tires ENVIRONMENT - Rain - Hail
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The film Falling Down is about a man named Bill that loses control of his anger and frustration when confronted with typical everyday stress. He has reached his breaking point and loses his cool as well as his sense of self. The movie demonstrates examples of both cultural and social issues. Cultural issues explored by this movie are the existence of subcultures and countercultures in city life. The movie takes place in Los Angeles‚ California that is largely populated by Mexicans and Oriental migrants
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passed by motor vehicle accidents as the leading cause of death. More teenagers die from suicide than from Aids‚ birth defects‚ cancer‚ heat disease‚ stroke‚ pneumonia‚ influenza and chronic lung disease combined. Teens who have combated suicide gave clear warning signs only to go unnoticed by their family and friends. Society is not good at providing the required resources for teens to use when they feel they need to no longer live. The reading I have chosen is “Falling in Place” by Eugene McNamara
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Essay A “One stair up” by Campbell Nairne The fragment describes how two youngsters‚ representatives of the working class‚ - Rosa and Andrew‚ went to the cinema. We see them in the hall of the cinema‚ after that observe them in the showing room. There is relatively little action in this story. The author’s attention is mainly focused on the details‚ so that we could see‚ smell and feel everything that surrounds the main characters. The text can be described as partially narrative
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I used to be the kind of person who thought nothing could ever hurt me‚ until a usual morning turned into a disaster‚ which made me realize that life can be taken abruptly. My event is my car accident. After waving goodbye to my parents‚ I was off to work on a beautiful evening. It was August 2‚ 2002 I worked at Burger Kind which was in Perrysburg‚ Ohio. I remember listening that day to Alanis Morisette‚ looking at the beautiful wild daisies freshly blossoming on the side of the road. Then
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