Percentages show that elderly drivers are responsible for 5% of all people injured in traffic crashes‚ 13% of all vehicle occupants’ fatalities and 18% of all pedestrian fatalities. Cutting down on collisions caused by elders‚ the NH driving safety rate would rise. When a crash involved an older and younger driver 30% of the time it was the elders fault. Elderly drivers have the highest accident rate per mile driven. Elders have lost their skills due to age‚ and should not be on the road. The state
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shaking in their boots. Having an older brother I’ve been through the ‘learning how to drive’ situation. You could say I’m immune to it‚ or so I thought. Here I am‚ going into my sophomore year with open arms. Well‚ everything but starting drivers ed. Walking in after school was like hell‚ a sweaty portable with kids who I hardly knew‚ definitely not something I wanted to be wasting my time with. Mr. Cowin‚ a cute‚ bald‚ little
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I just turned 16 years old. My parents both decided that it was an appropriate age to go and try to acquire my driver’s license. First‚ I needed to get my permit. When I did research online‚ I learned that I would need to take two tests. One would be on sign recognition‚ and the other on driving rules‚ regulations‚ and laws. I was truly nervous‚ and I knew that I needed to be studying dutifully. About two months prior to the test‚ I started to become very sluggish. I thought to myself‚ “How hard
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The driver is the most commonly reported factor responsible to death and injury on the roads (Sabey and Taylor‚ 1980; Department for Transport‚ 2008). Most people would drive at speeds and within the legal limit allowing them to cope with the challenge of the driving task. Although drivers speed and their capability can be diminished through tiredness‚ drink and drugs‚ which may impact on their ability to negotiate road safety and sometimes result in collisions. Attitude can be a subject to change
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DRUNK DRIVING Drinking and drinving is a very serious issue in the "driving world" Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens.In 2010‚ 1 to every seven teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Per mile driven‚ teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash. All of this preventable! In 2010 about 2‚700 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 282‚000 were treated and
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You just turned 16 and can’t wait to drive a car by yourself.Why should you have to wait even longer. You already have to take courses before you get your permit‚ and you have drive a year with a parent/guardian supervision before you can get your drivers licence. To persuade you that 16 year olds are mature enough to drive a car I will give you two reasons why. My first reason that 16 year old are mature enough to drive a car is you take courses to before you can start driving. This means
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diet pill or exercise equipment. Many people want to lose weight and be healthy. In some cultures‚ being big is a symbol of wealth‚ whereas being thin is a symbol of poverty. When you want to lose weight‚ you will need to burn off more calories than you take in. There are several ways to lose weight. Quick ways and a little long drawn out ways‚ healthy and unhealthy ways. Losing weight has a lot of benefits to our health; there are many ways to lose weight which are illustrated through healthy dieting
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Should children get ribbons‚ medals‚ trophies whether they win or lose? When you grow up you most likely have seen changes in sports. A lot of us participate in extracurricular sports. Such as basketball‚ football‚ softball‚ volleyball‚ etc. Playing we realized how much it hurt to lose‚ while we watched the other team celebrate their win. Everyone learns how to cope with winning and losing at points in their life. At this time it really seems like a lot of kids that play a sport will win a medal
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Please be careful!" Henry replied‚ "What do you mean one? You’ve got to be kidding me. I see at least a hundred!" Elderly drivers are one of the rising issues in our society nowadays and it’s no joke. Little attention has been given to it despite the increasing number of accident caused by such. Tests for elderly drivers should be made mandatory and restrictions should be placed on some of them to add more safety and reduce accidents to our roads. Aging is a part of life‚ it is inevitable and
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Lose the Love Handles I have been working on a routine that incorporates exercises that will help you work your love handles (the oblique region of the torso) over time and effort. Personally‚ I like to work my "obliques" on days I work my legs‚ so I created the Legs and Love Handles workout seen below. As with any abdominal fat loss goal‚ you need to concentrate on three areas to help firm your mid-section. Here are the three areas of concentration: 1) Healthy Diet (to build energy and burn
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