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    Types of Drivers

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    2013 Types of Drivers You are driving down the highway when suddenly a car comes speeding past in a blur and zips from lane to lane like a hot potato. Then there is a car that signals a lane change in order to let the daredevil through and avoids an accident. Then you notice a car timidly veering into another lane continuously looking back and forth with no car in sight. Anyone that has been driving for a while has likely experienced these types of drivers before. Most drivers can fit into three

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    Based on the jeepney drivers and passengers’ survey results‚ most of the height of jeepney drivers and passengers are 1‚524 mm – 1‚651 mm. The height of the service door of conventional jeepneys is much lower than the height of the drivers and passengers while jumbo jeepney door’s height is higher than the height of the drivers and passengers. This means that the height of entrance and exit of conventional jeepney is not sufficient for the drivers and passengers. The drivers perceived that the floor

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    Limiting Distractions This research was carried out as partial fulfillment towards the Research Methods course at: Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to: Safe Driving Limiting Distractions The following study is on the safety of driving and the distractions that interfere with driving safety. There are some certain things that can be done to help limit distractions when driving. Cell phones are one of the highest known distractions that

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    Road Safety - RYDA How does Speed‚ Drugs‚ Distractions‚ Vehicle safety and Fatigue contribute to road accidents? Speed Speed is one of the most fatal contributing factors in road crashes around Australia. Often speeding in the excessive amounts or speeding over the legal limit is recognized as being a major contributor in the severity of a crash as well as the number of crashes. Speeding on the road not only reduces vehicle control but also limits a person’s capability to react and brake if an obstruction

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    Careless Drivers

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    Many of today’s drivers have dangerous habits‚ which include speeding‚ carelessness‚ and cell phone use. A study in May 2001‚ by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety‚ found that the most common distractions were cell phone use‚ eating and drinking‚ and adjusting a CD or 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

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    Driving Distraction Essay

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    many distractions a driver may face while out on the road. According to CDC’s “Distracted Driving‚” there are three main driving distractions: Visual‚ manual‚ and cognitive. “A visual distraction is when the driver takes their eyes off the road. A manual distraction is when the driver takes their hands off the steering wheel. And lastly‚ a cognitive distraction is when the driver takes their mind off of driving.” Some distracted driving activities that tie in with the three main distractions include:

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    Yanxiang Zhu English 015 Alethea Kidd 02/23/15 Comparing and Contrasting Good and Bad Driver In principle‚ technological advances in the transport industry have led to the development of various types of cars. Many people across the world own cars and as a result they require drivers for moving from one place to next. On the other hand‚ those without cars use public means where give their safety to a stranger hoping that he or she would get them to their destinations safely. On the same note‚ despite

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    Pros And Cons Of Speeding

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    There are so many reasons why laws on speeding should be effective in so many communities and countries all over the world. This argument is about why I am for the limitations of speed limits. Have you ever wonder what the world would be like if there were no laws especially on the roadway? There would be mass chaos‚ and death. Did you know that one of the main reasons behind car accidents is from texting and driving or being on social media while driving? I have lost many friends and also been

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    research and published results proving cell phone distraction to be great danger to those driving and other drivers on the road. Arguments of some distractions that are common are eating‚ reading‚ and putting make up on. Banning cell phone usage would make the roads safer‚ lives would be saved‚ and people would be happier. If phones were banned entirely during driving the roads would be a much safer environment. Many people argue that multiple distractions can cause a majority of accidents on the road

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    Research question: driving safety and types of distractions Hypothesis: Driving safe and trying to avoid distractions can prevent thousands of accidents each year. People tend to let things like music‚ phones‚ makeup‚ and other things distract their driving. Acting more safely can prevent alot. The null hypothesis would be that it really doesn ’t matter about the distractions it is up to the person to drive safe. The number of participants that i will use for this research is

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