“P” plate drivers and fatal traffic accidents‚ continues to be a serious public health concern with the main age group being between 17-25 (Transport for NSW 2013a). P plate drivers are 33% more likely to have a crash than L plate drivers (Monash University 200). This is due to a number of factors such as: Inexperience Poor decision making Willingness to take risks whilst driving The influence of peer pressure Alcohol and drug use Stress and fatigue. Young drivers are constantly shown
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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 of alertness 100% of the time. Of the self-driving cars already on the road‚ there is a clear track record of safety with the majority of accidents being the result
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the case of a felony‚ it may possible to reduce the charge to a misdemeanor‚ but you are likely to be required to attend some sort of driving school. But none of this is likely to happen without first speaking to a lawyer. Leaving the scene of a accident This can be deceptive to many people because the image that comes to mind is hitting a pedestrian and fleeing the scene‚ but it also includes hitting a parked car and not leaving a note. In a situation where
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In my opinion driving age should not be changed to the minimum of 16 to 18 years old.Right now the minimum of teenagers to get their permit is 15 with some months and to get their license is 16 with some months.Lots of people might think that teenagers will be irresponsible while starting to drive but not all teenagers are the same.The things that support my opinion is that teens have important things to do and another things is starting to drive. First‚what it means about teens having important
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day. Research found that almost 80 percent of drivers experience road rage‚ aggression‚ or anger while driving. This is extremely troubling since aggressive driving is a major factor in traffic accidents in the United States. With more aggressive drivers on the road‚ the risk of being in a traffic accident increases. What is Aggressive Driving? The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as committing “moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons
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is psychological trauma an area within which I have worked over the past seven years. Full details of my qualifications entitling me to give expert opinion and evidence are set out at the end of this report. (1.2) INSTRUCTIONS The case concerns an accident dated 3 November 2002 in which the claimant allegedly suffered personal injury. I have been jointly instructed by Clay More Solicitors and Pailess Insurance to investigate for the court whether the claimant has suffered a formal psychological/psychiatric
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statements of conclusions | Listing of data and superficial statements of conclusions | COMMENT PART A: AIM The purpose of this experiment is to use dynamic trolleys and plasticine dummies to model the effect inertia has on the impact of a car accident. RESULT: TROLLEY A DUMMY | The dummy in trolley A was propelled forward when it collided with trolley B. | TROLLEY B DUMMY | When trolley A hit trolley B the dummy in trolley B was jolted backward when the trolley stopped all of the sudden.
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any staff member helping the children or parents going to school or on about their day. School zones are specifically designed to help protect children and families and to try to prevent any type of accident. Also‚ going over the speed limit makes you more likely to cause or be a victim in an accident. It may seem that going only a couple miles over the speed limit wont have any cause or effect‚ but it has a lot more effect than anyone thinks. Many people have the thought that no damage can really
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wearing a seatbelt to drastically improve their chances of surviving a car accident. Proposition Statement: You should always wear a seatbelt. Introduction: Lying in the morgue or a hospital bed is not the way we would like to see ourselves. Why then do so many drivers refuse to use safety belts when traveling by car? There are thousands of families affected yearly due to the loss of family members in car accidents. It is about time we encourage every driver to be safe and buckle up. CHANGE
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days most teenagers are not capable of the driving precautions nessisary to be on the road with other drivers. The legal driving age of sixteen years old should be highered to eighteen years old. Driving can be dangerous even for safe driver. Car accidents happen everyday. According to the DMV website‚ "the crash rate for 16 year-olds is 3.7 times higher then drivers of all ages". Another source on the DMV website states‚ "the citation rate is 1.8 times higher than drivers of all ages". My last source
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