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    Disregarding safety and going well over the speed limit leads to a quick lesson what to do after feeling unstoppable doom and then destroying both a car and a guardrail. Because of the massive amount of vehicle experience that I was raised with, being in some form of vehicle nearly every day was normal for the entirety of my memorable life, I believed that driving would be extremely easy and therefore could be executed at any speed in any condition. The everlasting skid marks and dent in the…

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    Causes Of Accidents In Ga

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    alone when she veered in front of an oncoming tractor trailer while she sent a text”(“Tragedy” 1). This was stated on the Daily Mall newspaper about a girl named Savannah Nash. Despite being sad and gruesome, accidents like this happen every day. The amount of deaths caused by car accidents in Ga for 2013 was 1,179. That three deaths a day or twenty-two a week. These statistics show that in the course of five years 5,895 people would die. According to Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway…

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    Understanding, Assessing, and Treating Motor Vehicle Related Trauma Tiffany Tirico Liberty University Abstract Motor vehicle accidents are one of the most significant forces for physiological, social, and spiritual concerns amongst trauma in the United States. On average 90 people per day are killed by a motor vehicle related accident and 2.3 million people are injured in the United States every year. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, traffic fatalities have…

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    could reconstruct their memory of that event. They chose to test that hypothesis by asking 45 students of various sizes questions regarding short clips of automobile accidents they watched. Many questions were asked afterwards, but the question regarding speed stood out the most. Half of the students were asked, “About how fast were the cars going when they hit each other?” The remaining were asked…

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    transportation, commute and travel have become easier and more convenient. However, motorization also resulted in an increase of tragic injuries and deaths due to car accidents involving passengers and pedestrians. They are commonly caused by distractions, intoxication, speeding, poor weather, or design defects. Annually, roughly 1.3 million people die in car crashes, with an average of 3,287 deaths per day. Amongst the estimated 3,287 deaths, 1000 of them are under 25 years old. Additionally,…

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    Driving System In America

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    kind of harm or damage to the people or the environment. Vehicles are one of the main causes of pollution rates, raising everyday and it can pose health problems (“Controlling…”). Along with that fact, the leading cause of teenage deaths is traffic accidents (“Teen…”). A safer driving system is important and could exist by raising age eligibility, helping prevent deaths, crashes, and injuries, reducing pollution and providing other alternatives, and reducing money problems. The age eligibility…

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    place in March of 2017 when I crashed my car into a ditch. Although the experience was far from pleasant, I know I will never forget it or the valuable lessons it seared into my brain. I learned to always be aware while driving, and to make sure to stay focused. I learned the danger in overcorrection. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, I learned the fragility of life, and the fact that I am not invincible. Here I am, driving down the highway, not a car in sight, all alone on the open road.…

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    The advertisement chosen is part of Ecovia: Stop the Violence campaign to promote safe driving with creative imagery and slogans such as “don’t speed”, “don’t drink and drive”, “overtake with care”, and “don’t text and drive”. Their advertisement depicts an individual being uppercut by a lone fist, and vehicles are painted on the punching fist and the victim’s face. It is implied that the vehicles are colliding with each other. The Ecovia “don’t speed” ad features a women being punched by an…

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    Self-Driving Vehicles

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    Advantages: • Due to the use of driverless technology ,human errors can be eliminated due to which there will be less accidents. As you can derive from the figure that ‘17.5’ of the accidents is due to trucks and lorry. This numbers can be significantly brought down by using self driven trucks. • Due to the usage of sensors in trucks, more space can be accommodated in storing goods which helps to carry…

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    Negative Consequences Of Lead/Acid Battery

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    lost, the disposal of the lead within the battery must be dealt with appropriately. An analysis by researchers at Carnegie-Mellon found that the mass production of electric cars using lead/acid battery packs would exponentially increase the public’s exposure to lead pollution (Peters, 1995). According to the study, electric cars would create more than 60 times the amount of lead pollution as compared to vehicles burning leaded gasoline (Peters, 1995). In addition to problems associated with lead…

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