The reason they made the stoplight was and is too show who has the right-of-way. They either were getting tired of which car goes first or when the pedestrians can…
Every day we get into our car and go on with our lives. Little do we know that driving can be a dangerous activity if fail to perform properly. Nearly 1.3 million people die in road crashes each year, an average of 3,287 deaths a day. So the importance of driving safely are high, even though we do not notice how important this is, taking a few precautions could lower the percentage of people dying because of car accidents.…
Final Paper Assignment Many drivers risk lives daily, whether it is their own lives or others. Drivers should be more acquainted to what they are doing, and need to become more cautious to their surroundings. The risk that drivers can obtain can be very detrimental and lead to severe injuries or even death. Importantly, the drivers that are violating the rules of the road can cause consequences for drivers that are doing the right things.…
Easterbrook suggests that thousands of traffic deaths each year could be avoided by drivers putting down their phones and focusing on the road. He acknowledges that people use their phones while driving because they know they can get away with it. Therefore, he feels that the consequences for using a phone while driving have to be tough enough to convince people it isn’t worth the risk. Without adequate consequences, he doesn’t think that people will stop using their phones while driving. He then talks about the high amount of horsepower in vehicles, which also contributes to the rising number of traffic deaths (A-3).…
Is getting to your destination on time worth the carelessness of driving fast and running red lights and taking lives? Each year many die from careless commuters rushing to get to a destination on time and decide to run a red light. However, this number can be reduced drastically, which could be done if the red light violators were enforced. Unfortunately, there are not enough police to enforce this. Red light cameras should be used to ticket American drivers.…
Instantly, a driver’s life can lose their lives or seriously injured due to their negligent including nearby drivers. The death toll for distracted driving is 3,477 people killed on America’s roads in 2015 (Berger, 2010). With today’s…
One advantage is that the traffic light alerted drivers when it is safe to proceed and stop. Before the traffic light, there wasn’t an efficient way or signal to control traffic. Also, Morgan’s invention helped reduced accidents at intersections. But, Morgan’s invention came with disadvantages. One disadvantage is that the traffic light wasn’t designed to be placed above traffic.…
Case Study 1: A car company offers as an option a system that will detect a pedestrian in the path of the car, warn the driver, and brake the car if the driver does not respond. The option cost $2000. If someone buys the car, does the person have an ethical obligation to buy the optional system to protect pedestrians? Although this is a great idea, I believe an individual should not be ethically obligated to purchase an optional system to protect pedestrians from being hit.…
Is know that in the big cities is very complicated to drive by the number of pedestrians that are on the street every day, things get complicated when driver and pedestrian are distracted by phone, in that moment…
Distracted driving is a problem that continues to grow—and take lives. As it continues to take a bit out of insurance company’s profits, there should be even greater motivation to find ways to solve the…
The apprehending of speeding on neighborhood streets are probably the most endless problem facing residents and traffic official. Although residential streets have the lowest traffic volume and suffer the fewest traffic crashes, they are the single largest consumer of a traffic engineer’s time and energy. As a resident and motorist, do you have what it takes to control and fight against motorist that speeding in our neighborhood or are you one of those speeders/neighborhood that does not even care? Drivers should be aware of speed limit in different areas/places and what consequences of crossing the constraints areas, because it puts our citizens’ fear for children, pedestrian and bicyclist safety. Here are some issues that need to look…
I would like to visit Iowa because Matthew Gooi inspired me to do so. Although in the beginning of the essay he narrated Iowa as a complicated place due to the difference of culture where he came from, at the end he seems to be grateful for having the opportunity to live the experience. I have to admit that there are two things that I couldn´t agree more with him. First, I’m impressed about the animals too.…
Reasonable care is referred by people recent year, and that means to avoid hurt others. Furthermore I will analysis three example and to explore the “reasonable care” which related to the law. Example 1: 1. First of all, from the perspective of the case.…
Causes and effects of Distracted Driving How many times do drivers take their eyes off of the road while driving? Whether it’s from using your cell phone, music or passengers. Every day, over 16 Americans are killed and over 1,300 are injured in car accidents that involve a distracted driver (Simon). The major distractions are taking their eyes off the road, mind off driving and hands off the wheel. When doing one or more of these distractions, it makes drivers more likely to have an accident.…
Driving is a continual function in most of our lives. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, many Americans now spend more than 100 hours a year just commuting to work. When operating our vehicles, it should be done as safely as possible because it is essential to everyone’s safety, but more often drivers become preoccupied with everything from loud music, applying makeup, eating food, and most commonly utilizing their cell phones. These distractions coupled with poor driving techniques are producing many of the accidents that happen every day. Studies show drivers who text while driving are more likely to become involved in a crash and most acknowledge human error as the most common cause of roadway fatalities.…