Abstract Summary: The problem of car accidents in Lebanon is becoming a severe issue since the percentage of car accidents is increasing year after year. There are several causes leading to this situation‚ however they differ in the importance of their implementation. Some of the causes are direct such as: use of seatbelt‚ texting while driving‚ speeding‚ and drinking and driving‚ while others are indirect such as road infrastructure‚ rules forced and implemented‚ and efficiency of driving tests
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everyone was antsy and excited to get home. Cars traveled at 80 miles per hour‚ and some were even traveling faster than that. I could now see why it was ranked the fifth worst highway in North America. Cars were weaving in and out of traffic at over 90 miles per hour. Traffic was getting heavy. Listening to the radio‚ my dad and I sang along to a familiar song we both knew‚ “Yeah” by Usher. “Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!”‚ we both sang while he drove. My dad always loved this song‚ so we had the radio turned almost
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time by 90%‚ and traffic accidents by 90% (Mui‚ Part 1). Driverless cars will save people time and energy mainly on the fact that these cars will communicate with each other. By allowing the cars to communicate with each other they can now go faster speeds tailgating each other and never crashing‚ unlike humans which most of the accidents are‚ tailgating‚ because they were driving too fast and too close to be able to stop in time. Driverless cars will never get stuck in traffic jam like how people
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alert and ready when on the road. Drivers are expected to focus their attention on the road‚ and not allow sleep affect their driving. But this is not always the case in American streets and roads. According to statistics and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ an estimated 1 in every 25 adult drivers have to have fallen asleep while driving their car in the last 30 days. Also‚ roughly 72‚000 crashes and another 44‚000 injuries were reported due to drowsy driving in 2013. Drowsy
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six and a half million people are killed each year by road accidents. With autonomous control technology‚ this can all be prevented. The ability to assess the current situation and act in the best possible way is how accidents can be prevented. Traffic is becoming a big issue in flourishing cities where population is high‚ congestion is slowly crippling our roads making it longer for cars to go from
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to emergency rooms That figure comes from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Peterson). Humans will always make mistakes‚ but computers would take a lot of danger out of the equation entirely. All the computer can do is what you tell it to do. Also there are many people who die because of a car crash and this death can be prevented. Auto accidents have killed more than 32‚000 in the past 5 years (Peterson). Road traffic crashes rank 9th place of cause of death. All those lives should
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driving‚ the major causes of the problems‚ and a plan that will help solve the problems. Body I. There are too many motor vehicle accidents‚ deaths‚ and injuries involving teenage drivers. A. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ while teenagers make up 7 percent of the nation’s licensed drivers‚ they represent 14 percent of all motor vehicle fatalities. B. Last year alone 8‚666 people were killed in automobile accidents involving teenage
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Driving is an activity and privilege that is enjoyed by many worldwide; in 2016‚ there were over 190‚000 licensed drivers in the United States‚ a majority of which were between the ages of 20 and under and 40. Over the past few years‚ however‚ the issue of the age at which one can learn to drive legally in the United States has been under debate; currently‚ at least at the time this paper was written‚ most states allow for drivers who are a minimum 15 years and 6 months of age to apply for a drivers
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First of all‚ according to sleepingresources.com‚ “When teens have an early start time and are driving to school in the morning while being tired‚ they are at a bigger risk for a traffic accident.” This is because when teens are driving and are tired their reaction times are slower. Secondly‚ tired drivers from early start times isn’t just affecting teens but also the parents who drive their teens to school. According to sleeping
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transport or in a car comes with risks for example gaps between the train and platform‚ wearing seatbelts‚ falling whilst finding a seat on the bus. There are many risks that may arise whilst on a journey such as falls‚ slips‚ slips‚ trips and road traffic accidents “run over”. There are ways I can reduce the likeliness of the risks such as walking with service users‚ crossing roads whilst holding hands and keeping service users away from the kerb. There are many types of communication I can use in
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