this is evident in the ‘Story of Tom Brennan’ by J.C Burke. The story of Tom Brennan displays many scenes of positive and negative experiences that impact on the lives of the individuals. This is also seen in the 60 minutes documentary‚ ‘After the Crash’. Tom Brennan is a teenager who’s life is about rugby‚ mates and family. This is until a night of celebration changes his life forever. Toms world explodes and his brother Daniel has been sent to jail‚ this forces the Brennan’s to move towns causing
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internationally in road accidents‚ over 100 deaths per 10‚000 motor vehicles. Some US government departments campaign in 1997‚ encouraging the removal of the word “accident” from the traffic management vocabulary and suggested replacing it with the word “crash.” Because “Motor vehicle crashes and injuries are predictable‚ preventable events. Continued use of the word “accident”
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enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws‚ Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on the child’s age and weight determines how they should be buckled in. “The lifetime medical cost of crash injuries was estimated to be $18.4 billion: $7.7 billion for treated and released patients and $10.7 for hospitalized patients.” (Bergen 895) The two types of mandatory seat belt laws are primary and secondary. The Primary Seat Belt law is that a
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In January this year‚ 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
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Crash The most powerful scene in this movie is when the Indian man shows up at the end the Spanish mans house still upset his store getting robbed and blaming him for it. The Indian man has a fully loaded revolver. When the Spanish man get out of his work truck‚ the Indian man walks up and pulls out his gun asking him where his money was. The Spanish man not knowing what he was talking about he went in his pocket and told him he could have the fifty dollars that he had. At the same time all this
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cadavers. My first passage from page 87 explains how cadavers have been used in car crash simulations to determine the force of impact during the crash. Most people‚ including myself‚ don’t realize this even though we ride in a car almost everyday. Because of these cadavers‚ we are better-equipped and protected in car accidents. Without them‚ many mysteries would have remained‚ and the chances of surviving a car crash may have been severely low as well. This excerpt relates to my title because it is
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To begin‚ while drinking and driving is common among adults‚ teens are 3 times more likely to die in a car crash from intoxicated driving than more experienced adult drivers ( http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/teendrinkinganddriving/ ). In a study by the CDC‚ it was found that teenagers are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol of 0.8% ( http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/teendrinkinganddriving/ ). Next‚ underage drinkers are also more reckless
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the radio. Everyday we hear about unfortunate teen deaths in car accidents that could have been avoided. The Florida department of transportation reported that sixteen year olds have higher crash rates than drivers of any other age and that they are three times more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than the average of all drivers. Even if you drive reckless and nothing bad happens there will still be consequences‚ there are always consequences. On August 24‚ 2007 Two Port St Lucie teenagers
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Drugs and Driving Injuries‚ especially from motor vehicle collisions‚ are the leading cause of death for individuals under age 44. The presence of alcohol is the factor most frequently associated with fatalities in vehicles‚ drownings‚ falls‚ and fire (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1987). In the first report to Congress on traffic safety and alcohol (U.S. Department of Transportation‚ 1968)‚ it was concluded that more than 50 percent of fatal traffic collisions and 33 percent of
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license I have learned many facts. Facts on why it is unsafe to speed and on the importance of following the speed limits set. For example‚ one quote which I found to be very true is‚ "The faster you go‚ the more likely you are to crash. The faster you crash‚ the more likely you are to die." While auto accidents themselves injure a person in the United States every 10 seconds‚ speeding drivers are the cause of nearly 30% of these collisions. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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