Stepping into muddy puddles along the swollen drain‚ my slippers became wet and were making squelching sounds as I treaded carefully down the slippery pavement. The sky was filled with ominous clouds. I was taking a stroll around the neighbourhood. It was then when I saw two boys‚ aged around five to six years old by a flooded canal. I was surprised to see them dropping and picking up empty plastic water bottles in the murky water. The water in the canal was smelly and rubbish drifted in it. The
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Road Safety. Essay On January 19th‚ 2010 in Melbourne. 5 teenagers died after driving home after a party‚ losing control and driving into a tree.Road safety is needed to live everyday life. To know the rules are important to ensure road safety. Being safe on our roads is vital because it affects everyone from cyclists to children walking to school. Every person should get involved in road safety because killing a child is not worth an appointment that you may miss. Every year more and more people
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ESTIMATING EMISSION FACTORS FOR MOTORCYCLES IN REAL-WORLD TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF HANOI TA HUONG THU‚ LE ANH TUAN‚ NGHIEM TRUNG DUNG Hanoi University of Technology I. INTRODUCTION According to National State of Environment 2007 (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment)‚ the traffic activities caused 85% CO and 95% VOCs of total emissions in the whole country. Hanoi‚ with 1.8 millions motorcycles (until June 2007)‚ is now facing with serious air pollution problem [1]. Estimating emission
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distracted. On average in the U.S. alone there over 6 million car accidents per year of which over 1060 accidents per day involve a distracted party. The causes of these distracted drivers are caused by anything for the surroundings of the vehicle‚ the components inside‚ and the condemned cell phone usage. Cars and trucks all have their downsides‚ nevertheless manufacturers have taken a new approach to seek higher standards of safety. The controversy lies in the car maker’s decision to connect the
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Firearms can be used in a positive setting‚ such as target shooting‚ hunting‚ self-defense‚ or recreation. On the other hand‚ a fatal gun accident often makes the front page of a newspaper and even the state and national news‚ especially when a child is involved. In most cases‚ children between the ages of zero to nineteen die due to an accidental gun shooting. Late teens who have committed suicide are the largest group of people who suffer from death of a firearm. In 2003‚ 7‚671 suicides were firearm
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duty operational staff and workers from various departments and maintenance services. In addition to this number‚ there were also 268 builders and assemblers working on the night shift of the constructions of units Nos.5 and 6. The fatal accident sequence was initiated by a decision of the plant ’s management and specialists to make an overnight experiment to test the ability of the turbine generator to power certain of the cooling pumps while the generator was freewheeling to a standstill
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was a success due to the business talent of Mr Hessels. Because of the growing demand for Envy Rides Mr Hessels invested in Envy Rides Inc. in 2008 with an expansion and a new relocated facility. Now as the economical crisis has struck‚ Mr Hessels need to invest again to ensure the existence of Envy Rides. Also expanding with a tattoo shop in the Envy Rides facility is a worthy investment‚ due to the fact that it is not a expensive investment. The economical crisis struck Envy Rides Inc.‚ in the
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Causes of car accidents Car accidents can happen to drivers anytime‚ anywhere. "According to the National Safety Council‚ which stated that more than 2.5 million collisions back every year‚ making it the most common type of car accidents‚ it is also known that the accident rear end as incidents of injury‚ because the nature of the collision leads often in whiplash injury the driver in the car in front and about 20% of people who participated in a rear collision injury symptoms of this kind. "
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Head Prefect of my school‚ wish to give a talk on the reasons why accidents occur and give suggestions to reduce accidents. The rise in the number of road accidents and road fatalities is indeed worrying. Even the road safety campaigns aimed at reducing road accidents have met with little success. Only when there is a change in the mindsets of road users can we expect a decrease in the number of road accidents. The most reason that occur the problem
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Hannah Wilson Can you imagine being on a roller coaster having a great time and then bam the person in front of you go flying out of there cart well that’s something a few people witnessed In an accident in late July a 52 year old women fell over 75ft to her death from the Texas giant in six flags in Dallas this Saturday the ride is going to reopen for the first time sense this incident. Several people have began filing lawsuits against the theme park because they state the ride is still unsafe
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