All vehicles, including nonroad vehicles, now account for about seventy-five percent of the carbon monoxide emissions nationwide. The total number of miles people drive on the road has increased to one hundred and seventy-eight percent between the years 1970 and 2005, now it still continues to increase each year at the rate of two to three percent each year. Now in the United States, there are over two hundred and ten million cars and light-duty trucks on the road, which means that the pollution will increase. The cars people drive has changed greatly over the years, people have started driving vans, sports utility vehicles, and pickup trucks as personal vehicles. Many of the cars people drive now are big, and bigger vehicles consume a large amount of gasoline per mile. Many of the bigger vehicles pollute three to five times more than cars (“Cars…”). When fuel is burned carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, and hydrocarbons are released into the air through the tailpipe (“Controlling…”). The cause of more people using bigger vehicles that consume for fuel is a cause for …show more content…
In 2013, forty-four billion dollars in medical and work cost from crashes (“State-Specific…”). In North Carolina, there are over 200,000 motor vehicle crashes. To add to that fact, that the cost of crashes to 5the state and its residents is billions each year. That includes the property damage, lost earnings and productivity, medical costs, emergency and safety personnel costs, and much, much more (Tippett). In 2013, in Alabama about 1,200 million dollars were from crashes, and in Alaska seventy-two million dollars were the cost from crashes also. Even in the smallest state in America it had about eighty-four million dollars in costs from crashes, and the bigger the state the more likely that the costs would be bigger. Like, in Texas 4,890 million dollars went to costs in motor vehicle accidents. Along with, California who had a little under that of Texas with about 4,480 million dollars in crash costs. Florida had about 3,20 million dollars in costs, and the other states falling back by a few thousands in costs, but still right up there with concerns. There is an estimate of costs per state depending of the size and population. The smaller states ranges from about thirty-four million dollars to one hundred and seventy-seven million dollars. The small yet bigger states range from about one hundred and eighty million dollars to about four hundred and twenty-six million dollars. The medium size states