Deborah Salerno November 20‚ 2007 SLEEP DEPRIVATION & DRIVING Nothing could prepare me for the news I received six years ago about the unexpected death of my close friend Joey. I will never forget the night he died. How I had been with him just minutes before‚ and how his death was totally unnecessary and preventable. A few weeks before Christmas in 2001‚ Joey‚ myself and a few of my other co-workers were closing down the local restaurant we worked at while attending Umass Lowell. It had
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groups that have really been pushing their use. Tough these cars do not share the same performance qualities of some gas-powered cars; the current technology has been rapidly catching up. Hybrid vehicles have offered in some ways the best of both worlds. The cars are environmentally friendly yet offer the power and distance capabilities of other cars on the market. Furthermore‚ there have been many ways of supplying electricity to the cars including home-rechargeable batteries and hydrogen power. Electric
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Driverless cars and how they would change motoring? Introduction: This article was written by Daniel Nasaw form BBC news magazine. The main purpose of this article is to inform and persuade the motoring community to buy into the idea of cars that drive them self’s. Main ideas : The main idea of this self driving car is basically to reduce road traffic accidents from a number of different factors e.g. drink driving‚ speeding and using technology such as mobile phones ect whilst driving. Daniel
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phone is killing people. Imagine for a moment you are on your way to your place of work. Traffic is terrible‚ so you grab your cell phone to text your co-worker or boss to let them know that you will be late for work. All you can remember later is the brief glimpse down to your cell phone while using your other hand to steer the car blindly. The trip to the hospital was short; you had your seat belt on and walked away with only minor injuries. The vehicle you ran into‚ on the other hand‚ fared much worse
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You never drive under the influence of alcohol and use a designated driver on social occasions. However‚ this does not guaranty that you won’t get involved in an alcohol related accident with another driver who is intoxicated. In spite of law enforcement efforts‚ driving under the influence is still an ongoing problem. The problem is especially acute at night which is one of the most difficult and dangerous times to drive. If an intoxicated driver injured you in an accident‚ you have a right to
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and analysing the family‚ however different types of sociologists share different views over the functions performed for individuals and society. Functionalist see society as an interrelated whole. To functionalists every institution in society performs one or more important functions or jobs and the sociologist has to determine what these functions are. Many functionalists look at the good things in family life‚ the two functionalists I am focusing on are Murdock and parsons‚ both of these share
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that there are more and more distracted drivers on the road. These drivers may be distracted by their radio‚ an in depth conversation with a passenger‚ children laughing or screaming in the backseat or even reading or sending text messages while driving. All of which can be potentially dangerous to the operator‚ their passengers‚ an unsuspecting pedestrian or other vehicle operators on the road. As a potential victim to an accident caused by distracted drivers‚ I am very concerned as we all should
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driverless cars‚ and they are being tested in California. Out of all the test drives‚ the driverless car has done‚ it only crashed once and that was when a human was driving it. Driverless cars will outgrow regular cars‚ but are people willing to their freedom taken away? Google’s robo-car initializes the end of driving and a new stage of technology. The big problem is if people are ready for this change. There are many controversial factors that make people doubt about the new car. This will
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Comparing Distracted Driving and Drunk Driving As smartphones have become more commonplace and accessible to people in recent years‚ distracted driving has emerged as a huge threat in our society. From arguing teens in the back seat to a child that dropped his sippy cup‚ there are a multitude of reasons we become distracted in our vehicles. For decades‚ drunk driving was one of the primary concerns when it came to vehicle collisions on U.S. roads. Choosing to drive after having only one or two
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TASK ANALYSIS 4. Care for Self 4.1. Dressing frame 4.1.1. Small Button frame Nature of Activity: Table Activity Materials Used: Cloth Mat‚ Dressing frame with small buttons Presentation: Teacher greets the child “Good morning Mary. How are you today?” The child responds to the teacher in a similar manner. Teacher says “Today we are going to do a very interesting activity. We are going to work with small button frame‚ would you like to learn this activity? The child
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