(2000) XXVIX No 3 INSAF 35 DIFFICULTIES SUFFERED BY ACCIDENT VICTIMS ETICAN RAMASAMY* This article highlights the sufferings of victims of motor vehicle accidents due to the amendments to Civil Law Act 1956 by Amendment Act A602 in the year 1984. INTRODUCTION 1. It has been often said that about 50 to 60 per cent of the litigation work handled by lawyers somehow arises due to road accident claims commonly called running down cases. The main claims would be either loss of dependancy
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of others.”- This is the slogan for Defensive Driving. Vehicle accidents are most common if the driving is inadequate. These happen on most factors if the driver is drowsy or if he is alcoholic. Driver drowsiness is recognized as an important factor in the vehicle accidents. It was demonstrated that driving performance deteriorates with increased drowsiness with resulting crashes constituting more than 20% of all vehicle accidents. But the life lost once cannot be re-winded. Advanced technology
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Traffic accident in Cambodia In Cambodia‚ there are many problems that happen in society such as health like HIV‚ Hypertension‚ Diabetes Mellitus‚ Diarrhea diseases‚ Lung Disease. But all of these problems are now better than before. Yet traffic accident is the serious problems that occurred in Cambodia. Most people died on traffic accident than on diseases. According to WHO (World Health Organization) has shown that people Road Traffic Accidents Deaths in Cambodia reached 2‚226 or 2.15% of total
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Genting bus crash case‚ there are several recommendations that we want to point out in preventing or reducing the frequency and severity of bus accidents at Genting Highlands in the future. The government should upgrade the safety of Genting Highlands road. Including signboard‚ lighten up the side of the road‚ adding up the road yellow bar especially at accidents area‚ improving the safety area beside only using the rubber wall and guard rails and reconstruct the widen of the road. The drivers must
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” This is a phrase that has been used carelessly over the years. Gun accidents are continuously increasing‚ and innocent children are the ones who are suffering from this carelessness. What happens when those guns lie in the hands of our children? Parents lose children‚ grandparents lose grandchildren‚ and siblings lose a brother or a sister. Every nine hours a child‚ under the age of fifteen‚ dies from a firearm accident. What could be done to ensure that tragedies like this do not happen
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independent truck driver contracted to a company‚ then you should remember that when you are involved in a truck accident‚ the costs are on you. They include the lawyer fees and insurance fees. When you have a good truck accident lawyer behind you‚ then you can enjoy the same kind of benefits as you would with insurance coverage. There are so many reasons why you should consider having a truck accident lawyer when the need arises and some of the reasons are highlighted below. · A lawyer will help you resolve
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The Boston Massacre was not an accident.The reason that I say that it was not an accident is because some British troops just thought that they were going to show them about the townshend act to keep order and then end up killing five colonists in the process‚ which provoked an outrage from the colonist. Later after the Massacre still on March 5‚ 1770 a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. Well I know that
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I had seen a car accident happen for the first time. The accident HAPPENED on Sydney road. I was being driven to my friends house by my father‚ I had witnessed a car go out of control and crash into the side of the road into the shops. The car was a large and black. Fortunately‚ the shop that the car crashed into was closed so no people were injured. The driver was hurt because the car crashed in speed. The front windo was broken and the car was crushed. Because of the accident‚ there was a
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have happened in the same accident under the same conditions if the person would have had a helmet or not. There is no guaranty of safety even with wearing a helmet while riding a motorcycle. If you are concerned with safety and comfort than riding in a car is an excellent way to go. Cars have been evolving for thousands of years with safety‚ comfort and style in mind. Given the information above alone makes riding in a car better than riding a motorcycle because a car is safer‚ quieter‚ and more
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will be discussing a patient who at 49 years of age became incapacitated by a left sided cerebrovascular accident (CVA) following a motor vehicle accident. To keep her identity completely confidential‚ I will be referring to her as Mary. I will not refer to any medical staff or buildings by name for this same reason. Mary had two seizures while in hospital recovering from the motor vehicle accident (MVA). Mary ’s recovery was progressing normally but was compromised by a CVA following the seizures which
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