SLIDE 1- ROAD ACCIDENTS IN KERALA Traffic accidents are a major cause of death and injuries world wide‚ but while they are declining in many parts of the developed world‚ fatalities are still on the rise in many developing countries including India. In our state more than half of the road accident victims are in the age group of 20 to 55‚ the key wage earning and child raising age group. The loss of the main bread winner and head of household due to death or disability can be catastrophic‚ leading
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cities every day many road accidents take place. Some of these accidents are fatal. Generally the cyclists and the motor cyclists are injured seriously in these accidents. Pedestrains are also killed in these accidents. The main cause of accidents is rash driving and crowded roads. The bus and truck drivers are responsible for a large number of accidents due to their driving. Accidents are also very common in Lahore which is a very crowded city. In Lahore we find heavy traffic on the roads during the
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Three Ways Of Being-with Technology by Carl Mitcham Introduction: Mitcham talks about the relations between technology and humanity. He starts with the chicken-and-egg question “Which is primary-humanity or knowledge?” What exactly is happening? Is it that we influence the technology or is it so happening that the technology is shaping our morals and us? At this point he quotes one of the Winston Churchill quotations that “We shape our buildings and thereafter they shape us “. Then
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Drinking and driving has become the leading cause of deaths in today’s society. Each year the amount of people engaging in drunk driving increases greatly. Young teens to adults as well partake in the consumption of alcohol. Alcohol takes a toll on the human brain to cause people to make immoral decisions. Not only is this affecting yourself but the innocent people around you. Driving drunk can lead to serious penalties. Every day we see and hear terrible tragedies about the loss of loved ones
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CASE STUDY TWO WAYS TO REDUCE THE QUANTITY OF SMOKING DEMANDED Public policymakers often want to reduce the amount that people smoke. There are two ways that policy can attempt to achieve this goal. One way to reduce smoking is to shift the demand curve for cigarettes and other tobacco products. Public service announcements‚ mandatory health warnings on cigarette packages‚ and the prohibition of cigarette advertising on television are all policies aimed at reducing the quantity of cigarettes demanded
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Causes Of Road Accidents In Malaysia Time to time‚ half a million of Malaysians died because of road accidents and the highest cases of road accidents are caused by the drivers’ behaviour‚ equipment failure and the road conditions and infrastructure. Because of the road accidents many people have lose their family member or close friend. Besides‚ the road accidents also may effected to government when they have to repair for the broken infrastructure that caused by the accident like lamp stand
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A car that drives without you having to touch the steering wheel may be safer than a manual car. It would give off signals and receive them as well and would prevent car accidents and stay focus to reach you to your destination A Self Driving Car is smarter than a human because it can do things faster than we can do. When we do repetitive tasks we tend to become easily distracted and the result is that people text‚ eat‚ fall asleep‚ etc. Self-driving cars are able to maintain the same level
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Argumentative Essay The only way to reduce the amount of traffic in cities today is by reducing the need for people to travel from home to work‚ education or shopping. To what extent do you agree or disagree? People went out from their house for personal purposes such as going to workplace‚ school and shopping. Moreover‚ they use their own vehicles as their main transport probably because it is more convenient than public transport. This situation causes traffic during peak hours which sometimes
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The ability to drive is one of the most anticipated moments in any kids mind‚ that is until we get behind the wheel of a car and face the obstacles of driving safely. As time passes on we get too confident in our own ability to drive our cars. We begin to get careless and are not as concerned with keeping our eyes on the road and both hands on the wheel. Florida teen driving statistics stated “Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers”. Many of today’s drivers have dangerous
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Elderly Driving There has been an increase of accidents caused by elderly drivers over the course of many years. With such a dramatic increase‚ should elderly drivers have driving restrictions? I believe that after the age of 75‚ seniors should have to retake their drivers test or have restrictions‚ regardless of their driving record. There is support for some restrictions on elderly drivers based on evidence that older drivers are more involved in traffic accidents than any age group except
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