“Distracted drivers?” The thoughts of what appear in my mind when I hear the words “distracted drivers” is not of a good thought but that of a horrible situation to be in. Many drivers in today’s society have caused many road accidents due to their incapability of watching the road before them because they are distracted. There are many different reasons why drivers could be distracted‚ for example: cellphones‚ other accompanied people in the vehicle‚ intoxicated driving‚ or simply being distracted
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STUDY OF ROAD ACCIDENTS IN INDIA Introduction: Civil Engineering Seminar topic on the "Study of Road Accidents in India”. Road accidents are one of the causes of disability‚ injury and death. India has the highest road traffic accident rate worldwide with over 140000 deaths annually‚ beating even China. Every hour nearly 14 lives are lost due to road accidents. Most accidents occur during peak hours considered an ‘unsafe’ or dangerous time due to complex flow pattern of vehicular traffic. Thus
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1. Documentary Analysis The suburban life seems to be pretty split in terms of life style. From the reading‚ I’ve noted that adolescents experience either the relaxing/lazy or hardworking/tiring side of it. Some despise the ’vegetable’ life of it‚ and others loathe the working life of it. Because of the isolation‚ cars became as important to adolescents as it was to adults. There was virtually no way to get around most suburbs without a car‚ and for those who needed public transportation‚ cities
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1. In the article‚ “Young People‚ Dangerous Driving and Car Culture” published in Youth Studies Australia‚ Hannah Graham and Rob White try to dispel the notion that young males driving high-performance vehicles are a major cause of car accidents in Australia. Actually‚ the research paints a different picture amongst the 18 to 25-year-old crowd. Although young people have more car accidents than mature drivers‚ youngsters with high-performance vehicles do not have more crashes. Throughout this article
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Should street racing be legal? It should because for some people who don’t know anything else but cars it’s a way of life. I also think that it should be done at a certain place at a certain time this way people can know to stay out of the area. Street racing is very dangerous when people decide to do it during the day when pedestrians are around. The police should set a certain road aside at a certain time and close it off just for street racers. If police don’t make it legal or help people and
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Being in a car accident is scary! If this happens to you‚ you have certain rights under the law. Talk with an experienced car wreck attorney to find out how he or she can help you. There are 10 reasons why you need to hire a car accident attorney: (1) You may have only a limited time to sue. Find out how a car wreck attorney can help you‚ call today. (2) Another reason why you may need a car accident attorney is to comply with certain rules in order to sue. Hiring a car wreck attorney who is experienced
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Bad Choices This was the scare of my life . I was cruising dirt roads in my jeep with a couple of friends‚ and we weren’t making very good choices that day . we were all drinking beer even though we were only 16‚ and I decided to try and show off for my friends and drift around a corner . Well needless to say that did not turn out very well at all. We made it around the corner and then i saw a truck coming our direction. So i tried to straighten it out before I should have and we slid out of
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When a truck jackknifes‚ the tractor and trailer form a V shape. This resembles the shape that a jackknife makes when folding the blade into its handle. The tractor-trailer rig is very much like a jackknife because it has two rigid parts‚ the tractor and the trailer that are connected by a hinge which is the hitch. Jackknifing only occurs when either the tractor or trailer gets into a skid (except when backing up a rig). Therefore‚ preventing skidding also prevents jackknifing. This sounds simple
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Driving in the winter and driving in the summer are immeasurably different. One has to have specific driving skills in order to safely drive in extreme winter conditions. In my opinion half of winter weather deaths in the United States are caused by icy road accidents. It can be widely agreed that winter is the most difficult season for drivers to travel in‚ while the summer is the most trouble-free. There are many similarities and differences between winter and summer driving. One similarity between
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Causes/Risk Factors Whiplash typically occurs when a person’s head is forcefully and quickly thrown backward and then forward. This motion can injure bones in the spine‚ disks between the bones‚ ligaments‚ muscles‚ nerves and other tissues of the neck. This type of injury may result from: • Auto accidents. Rear-end collisions are the most common cause of whiplash. • Physical abuse or assault. Whiplash may also result from incidents of being punched or shaken. Whiplash is one of the injuries sustained
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