on prime-time slots and peer education programmes would provide an accessible and engaging means of promoting awareness‚ particularly among young people. They would convey the message that safe driving is “cool” driving‚ and constantly reinforce that drunken driving‚ using a cell phone on the road and driving without a seatbelt (or helmet) are not only dangerous‚ but “seriously unfashionable.” Celebrities could also actively encourage walking or cycling whenever and wherever possible. Education
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Alluring Alcohol The Deadly Mistake More Women Are Making was an article featured in Cosmopolitan magazine’s October 2011 edition. The typical readers of this magazine are college-aged females and older‚ and as school was just starting back‚ the timing of this article was more than a coincidence. Stephanie Booth‚ a popular blogger and MBA graduate presents her article in a stern‚ yet reflective manner. She uses statistics‚ polls and radical stories to keep the attention
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In today’s society there are many “personal choices” we make that we feel only affect us. But in reality we are hurting our society by the actions we do. One of the ways is driving an SUV. (Sport Utility Vehicle) It might be big‚ can haul a lot of stuff and make you feel safer on the road‚ but in reality‚ it’s bad for the environment‚ bad on the economy‚ and can cause accidents which put others at risk. The American people are so dependent on oil that the supply and demand increases the cost
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during the day and night. A saturation patrol is a method that involves multiple officers placed in specific locations that have high rates of DUI cases. Enforcing more saturation patrols will eventually lessen the possibility of alcohol-impaired driving of a community. Conducting more saturation patrols will result in having more control of stopping multiple drunk drivers. The research method set up four saturation patrol areas in Nashville. These zones were picked because they had a consistently
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Texas texting while driving bill In 2009‚ Alex Brown crashed her car on her way to school because she was distracted by the text messages on her phone. Alex Brown was from Texas and was going to a school in West Texas. Her family founded the Alex Brown foundation. They traveled around the country‚ to educate the drivers about the dangers of texting while driving. This accident got attention from the media and it led to the ban of texting while driving in various states in the United States‚ but ironically
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Protecting the Residents of Bucks County: A Proposal to Improve Traffic Safety on Palton Road Submitted to: The Bensalem Township Municipal Office Submitted by: Serena Abraham Submitted on: December 15‚ 2015 Executive Summary Palton Road is located in the neighborhood of Belmont Ridge‚ across the street from Neshaminy Mall. This street is located on a hill in which drivers travel down daily‚ often times at high speeds. Along this lane there is an intersection connecting Larzelere Road
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road network system i.e the drivers‚ the vehicle and the environmental conditions. Drivers The vehicle driver is one of the key components of the transport network. It largely depends on how one drives and in what condition. Speeding and drink driving was widely acknowledged to be a major cause of these accidents‚ other factors may include underage drivers. Studies have shown that road safety issues can even generate with respect to the behavior of the culture of a particular area. Alcohol is widely
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We often hear of all the negative aspects of drinking and driving‚ but that doesn’t seem to stop people from doing it. Every two minutes‚ a person is injured in a drunk driving crash ( National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). It’s rather scary that so many people die or become injured because of others reckless actions. People will usually focus on the effects of drunk driving and the victim’s family. What we seldom ask is why did they decide to drink and drive‚ Or how the intoxicated drivers
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movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had many experiences relating to drinking and driving through my friends. One thing I’ve noticed is that it is extremely hard for
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your life. Drink while drive cause you to failure to obey road rules. One way to obey the rule is drive through red light and hit a car or not obey the speed limit and cause your car to go out of control. Obey the road rules keep us safe while driving. Driving while intoxicate can form lawsuits against you “the driver” that caused the accidents. You can faced criminal charges; includes jail time‚ license lose‚ and sued by their
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