Road safety is a major issue affecting the road sector. Road accidents remain a serious impediment to sustainable human development in many of the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Road accidents continue to be an important social and economic problem in developing countries like India. Growth in the number of motor vehicles‚ poor enforcement of traffic safety regulations‚ poor quality of roads and vehicles‚ and inadequate public health infrastructures are some
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Electric cars look very different under the hood than a gasoline-powered car. For one thing‚ there is a lot less tubing. For another‚ if you look underneath the hood of an electric car‚ one of the first things you will probably notice is the controller‚ which takes energy from the battery and distributes it to the motor in controlled packets. And that’s pretty much it in a nutshell. Instead of a gas tank‚ the electric car keeps its fuel in a battery and relies on the controller‚ not the distributor
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3. Brainstorm as many causes of accidents as possible in the following categories (include at least 10 examples of each) HUMAN: Speaking on the phone Texting Speaking to the passengers in the back seat No seatbelt Driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol Not being cautious of people crossing the road Distracted driving Ignoring road signs Unsafe lane changes Road rage VEHICLE: - Flat tires - Design defects - Equipment failure - Brakes - Tires ENVIRONMENT - Rain - Hail
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Sociology of Cars No invention has had a greater impact on our culture than the automobile. In the nineteenth century‚ people were generally isolated from one another. The advent of the car gave them freedom‚ allowing people to explore the world beyond their neighborhoods. Many new jobs were created as a result of the automobile industry. In the 1920s‚ declining prices and a new system of "buying on credit" allowed more people than ever before to own a car. When the first automobiles were invented
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Google’s driverless car 1. What is it? The Google Driverless Car is a project by Google that involves developing technology for driverless cars. The innovative technology latest product is a fully automated car that does not require a human driver. The modified cars ’ most noticeable feature is a rotating sensor on the roof that scans 360 degrees for more than 200 feet in diameter‚ creating a 3D map of the car ’s location. A sensor on the left rear wheel measures the car ’s movements in
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Def Jam Records is one of the most supreme and successful record labels in the music industry to this day. They have artists on their roster that have been on the charts for months at a time‚ such as Kanye West‚ Ludacris‚ Iggy Azalea‚ Jeremih‚ Justin Bieber‚ and a lot more. The founders of this powerhouse are Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons. The idea commenced when Rubin‚ a college student at New York University‚ was sitting in his dorm room in Weinstein Hall. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly
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------------------------------------------------- Motorcycles are Safer than Cars Everyone knows that in a crash motorcycle riders usually come off worse than car drivers. Riders avoid some problems‚ like being trapped in a burning or sinking car‚ but in general an accident that dents a car can put a motorcyclist in hospital. However motorcycle fear is often based on rumor or reports‚ not actual experience. It is guilt by association. Guilt by Association A friend once told me she didn’t like
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india has the second largst road network in the world‚ with over 3.314 million kms of roadways spread across the length and breadth of the country. The roads are primarily made of bitumen‚ with some Indian National Highways having concrete roads. The concept of expressway roads is also catching up in India‚ and the Mumbai - Pune expressway and Delhi Gurgaon expressway are the finest examples. These may be divided into : National Highways These are main highways running through the length and
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The 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
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Reasons for not Buying a Car As we all know‚ with the improvement of living standard‚ more and more people could afford to buy a car. But only a small number of them choose to do so. Why? First‚ not buying a car will help us save much money. In China‚ when people talking about buying cars‚ they always say that it’s easier to buy a car than than to maintain one. In other words‚ if we had got a car‚ we would have had to take more things into consideration such as the petrol‚ the requirement
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