How has driving fatigued been affected by mass media? “You shouldn’t drive drunk” is a phrase often repeated by the media‚ between friends sometimes by passers-by‚ and is seen as the be-all end-all of driving safely. But spare a thought for driving while fatigued‚ for all the night owls‚ night shift workers‚ long haul truckers and so on. An issue such as this affects many around the country‚ especially those listed above‚ which are primarily workers. This essay will be broken down into three different
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Teenage Drunk Driving "People need to be aware that what happened to me can happen to you. I had never thought about impaired driving as an issue in my youth‚ it wasn’t a debate. Now I know. Life really is about choices." This quote was from Tom Boyle who killed Brian Colgan in a drunk driving accident in 1995. Tom Boyle states that life is about choices. This brings up the issue with Massachusetts wanting to place a "scarlet letter" (mark of shame) on the licenses of convicted drunk drivers
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the Driving License Introduction The childhood is the stage when all our fantasies start to grow. That was the stage when a fantasy about motor bike grew up into my mind and I got interested in driving bike. As my fantasy supported me I started to fulfill my interest and started to learn driving. At that time my uncle who was experienced in this line; he started to teach me driving. After a few months my fantasies boosted up because I was learning a bit how to drive. After learning driving for
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Memoir Driving a car is no easy task‚ especially when someone is trying to learn it for the first time. For many people driving is a terrifying experience which they hate. For others‚ driving is more of a duty and want to be over with it as soon as they can. For people like us‚ we drive for the sheer heck of it. Ever since I was a youngster‚ I always wanted to learn how to drive. I loved cars-and I still do to this day‚ this is why part of me wants to become a mechanical engineer. At the age of
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Underage Driving and Road Safety Many lives are shattered by underage drivers going for a joyride in the vehicles of their parents or older relatives. We are aware of many unlicensed drivers going for the short drive – but often overlook the nature of the risks and the consequences to these youngsters. Parents are urged to familiarize themselves with the risks associated with underage driving. The facts about underage driving: Teen drivers aged 16-19 years are four times more likely than older
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teen drivers being killed in car accidents‚ forty five percent of the time there is a passenger in the car. Statistics show that 16 and 17-year-old driver death rates increase with each additional passenger. Speeding is a major factor in teenagers driving. Of all injured teenagers in car accidents one third of them were caused by speeding. When teenagers stay up late there is more of a chance for them to get in a car accident due to drowsiness. Single vehicle crashes are most popular in the teenager’s
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forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his life‚ but others lives were lost to. At the time‚ I never grasped how many people drink and drove. I had always
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drive as soon as they can. The driving age should be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws; they are easily distracted by cellphones while driving; and tend to drive intoxicated‚ which commonly results in deadly crashes. First‚ the driving age needs to be raised to 18 because many teens are not yet responsible enough to respect traffic safety laws. To start with‚ it has been found by
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Defensive driving courses should not actually be taken lightly by drivers. It is a life saving training that should be taken seriously. Many have lost their lives on the roads due to fatal road accidents and these numbers are likely to rise if defensive driving training is not taken seriously. Most road carnages are actually situations that could be prevented if good techniques are applied to tackle them. Defensive driving simply means driving to save a life or lives. It can also mean driving to save
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Texting and Driving: Leads to Distraction Imagine driving down the road where the sun is shining and the wind is blowing in your hair‚ you’re having a grand old time driving and then all of a sudden someone rams in the back of your car. This is the behavior of texting while driving is proven to be unsafe. Maryland passed a new law about no cell phones in the hands of the driver while the vehicle is on; to use your cell phone it has to be hands free device. Having this law‚ people still text and
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