The drunkards go home‚ throwing beer bottles behind their left shoulders: alcohol stains spell out initials of people they used to love and the name of that casino down the road. This is how mornings begin in the city: knee‚ shoulder‚ and right knuckle skinned in half-hearted fights; fingertips hypothermic blue‚ just for show. The alleyways are filled with tired eyes and clusters of folded yellow flowers in unfeeling hands. Glass shatters like ocean waves‚ like my mind when time stopped ticking forward
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The Importance of Obeying Traffic Laws Traffic laws are designed to protect you and other drivers on the road. If we do not follow them we are not only putting ourselves at risk but also innocent bystanders and drivers. By knowing the rules of the road‚ practicing good driving skills and generally taking care as a road user‚ you help play a vital role in preventing a crash. You will also be making road safety policies more effective. Many factors play a role in road safety including following
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Road accident | Not a single day passes off these days without the news of road accidents claiming lives of the people. No sooner had the Karnali road accident happened in Jajarkot in which several dozen people were killed a fortnight ago‚ a bus accident claimed six lives in Prithvi Highway the other day when the speeding bus skidded off the road to plunge in the Trishuli River. Similar major and minor accidents occur regularly on the highways‚ feeder roads and fair weather tracks killing passengers
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ROAD RAGE Road rage is extreme‚ violent behavior that some drivers exhibit as a way of releasing frustration related to the actions of other drivers or delays on roadways. A person who has road rage shows aggressive driving behavior such as abrupt and dangerous maneuvers‚ rude gestures aimed at other drivers and even physical violence upon people and their vehicles. Road rage is typically provoked by and aimed at another driver‚ though not always. Drivers who experience road rage tend to feel as
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TEAM NAME: The Y’Nots LOGO: Acknowledgement This topic focuses on road safety. The knowledge base covers institutional responsibility of road safety‚ the development of a road safety action plan‚ raising awareness and understanding of road safety problems‚ road safety education and training‚ traffic safety legislation‚ enforcement of traffic laws‚ and monitoring and evaluation of the effectiveness of road safety activities. It also includes examples of Terms of Reference. Transport Scenario
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Road Safety Nowadays‚ the movement of vehicular traffic on road is increasing day by day. Every year thousands of people die in road accidents due to their or others fault. Consequently‚ there is a growing concern for road safety and thrust upon the knowledge of traffic rules in civic life. Ignorance of traffic rules and their non-observance results into accidents‚ fatal injuries or permanent physical disabilities‚ loss of life and damage of properties. To prevent it‚ there is a need to generate
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automobile. The car has revolutionized transportation from the day a company named "Reo" sold its first car‚ the Curved Dashed Oldsmobile in 1901‚ to today. The topic of cars can be broken into many different categories‚ from SUV and sports to European and American. One maker of cars that has branched a lot in past years is Japan. Though we do not realize it‚ most of our cars come from Japan. The top car company as of 2011 is Toyota. Toyota is a Japanese automobile manufacturer that exports its cars all around
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Pollution Caused by Urbanization and Its Solutions There are a large number of people who move to metropolitan areas in search of better job opportunities and living conditions. This process is called urbanization which is featured by a faster increase of urban population and economic development compared with rural areas. In spite of economic growth and improvement of basic facilities‚ cities‚ especially in developing countries‚ suffer from negative consequences of urbanization and postindustrialization
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History The birth of the car as we know it today took several years and the works and developments of many people. It was not until 1885 that the first car rolled down the streets‚ however‚ earlier attempts at steam powered road vehicles were successful‚ giving people the idea that cars as we know them today have existed for a lot longer than they have. In the year 1769‚ a French engineer by namely Nicolas J. Cugnot invented the first automobile to run on the roads. This automobile‚ was a self-powered
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Faith Lowe Oct. 20‚ 2011 Should Cars be Equipped with Breathalyzers? According to information from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ there are approximately 17‚000 people killed by drunk drivers every year. Drunk drivers whose alcohol level is above .08. Most drunk drivers involved in fatality crashes are repeated offenders. In fact nearly half of the fatal crashes were cars driven by drunk drivers with a suspended license. They often slip through the cracks with a slap
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