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    Escalator Accident Essay

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    understandably weary of years of industrial accidents and empty promises from the government, have taken to extreme measures like riding the rails of escalators, tapping floorboards with their feet or an umbrella before stepping on them, or jumping over the floorboards at the top of escalators. Despite years of protest, years of cover-up, and years of apology, the government has done virtually nothing to tighten safety standards or punish those responsible for accidents. Though it took me a long…

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    In today’s society, a cell phone owner can be found at almost any given time with a phone in their hands. This may seem harmless but behind the steering wheel of a vehicle, it is deadly. In 2011, twenty-three percent of vehicular accidents involved the use of a cell phone (“Texting and Driving Statistics”). Texting and driving is unsafe and wrong. It violates the driver’s responsibilities on the road, impacts more than just one person, and it has endless effects. When a driver receives his or…

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    Car accidents happen everyday for many reasons. Whether it's caused by car malfunctions , bad weather, or distracted driving. Still over 1.6 million wrecks happen a year but, 330,000 are caused by texting and driving. While we can’t prevent bad weather we can prevent phone involved accidents. Texting and driving should be illegal because it is something that distracts, and it is totally preventable. Plus the biggest risk involving distracted driving is death. If you are driving at 55 mph and…

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    Five Questions You Must Ask Personal Injury Solicitors before Appointing We all face tough time in life and become a victim of accident is one of worst moment. Accidents are part of people’s life and usually happen due to negligence of someone else and create worst moment of your life. Whenever you become a victim of accident you should need to file the compensation claim. This claim will helpful for people to demand their money and expenses from liable person of them. Whenever you’re filing…

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    Negligence Research Paper

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    Trucks can cause accidents in a variety of ways. However, one common element in many of them is negligence on the part of the driver. Negligence endangers others when someone fails to act as a prudent person would in a specific set of circumstances. Here are four concrete examples of negligent truck driving: Distracted Driving Texting and cell phone use are just two of many ways that the truck driver and take his mind off his driving or his eyes off the road. While some types of trucker…

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    The motorcyclist's choice of a helmet can mean the difference between surviving an accident or dying. Overlooked details or stylistic choices can contribute to an unsafe decision. Just because a helmet is up for sale doesn't mean it's safe, or that it's safe for you in particular. Here are five tips to follow when getting a helmet: Get a full face helmet. Almost half of all motorcycle injuries involve the face. Horrific and fatal injuries do occur to the face, chin, and jaw. Surviving a serious…

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    According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, motorcyclists have 30 times the chances of dying in a crash than those of a car. More than half of accident concern single-vehicle crashes. You should never let these statistics scare you because riding a motorcycle is a liberating experience, but you do have to be careful when riding a motorcycle. If you are an older rider, you have even worse chances of surviving of crash because of weaker eyesight, brittle bones and a slower reaction…

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    2011 23% of crashes were caused by texting and driving, that is 1.3 million crashes. One in four accidents are caused by phones. Yes that means three out of four crashes are caused by something else but why risk that other one. Everyday in the United States about 9 people are killed by driving while distracted and more than 1,00 are…

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    gotten away with nothing happening plenty of times. A person’s risk of an accident increases dramatically because they don’t focus on the road and the things around them. This puts the driver and others in danger. Strict laws on banning all cellphone usage to all groups of drivers should be made ion all states to decrease the number of accidents. A driver who uses their cell phone has a greater chance of being in a fatal accident because they take their eyes off the road and don’t pay attention…

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    The Dangers Of Having A Broken Windshield Windshield damage typically starts out as something small, such as a rock that hits the glass while driving on the freeway and creating a small divot. If the damage occurred on the passenger’s side, you may think you can get away with ignoring the problem since your view is not affected. Unfortunately, neglecting small damage is the worst thing you can do, because small cracks can easily grow into a much bigger one. These are some dangers of driving with…

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