texting and driving. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that “over eight people are killed and 1,161 injured in crashes that are reported to involve a distracted driver each day” (CDC, 2016). Have you ever been in an automobile accident and quickly realized that a small electronic device was the cause? Millions of Americans see this kind of blatant disregard for human life played out each year with the utilizing of mobile phones while driving. Distractive driving is…
Are Self-Driving Cars Right for Your Business? From Google to Delphi, autonomous cars, or self-driving cars are being tested in record numbers. Once a futuristic idea, it looks like self-driving cars are here to stay. For business owners, the advent of autonomous cars may make you wonder whether investing in a car that drives by itself is a good business idea. On the surface, self-driving cars would help you free up resources. Instead of having your employees drive your company cars to conduct…
The best way to avoid drinking and driving is not to drink at all. It’s illegal since teens are underage. This isn’t the case though, so the best way to avoid hurting yourself or others is to have cab fare on you. The other options are to have a designated driver, or call your parents. It’s better to get home safe and then face the consequences. In addition to this always wear a seatbelt no matter how short the drive is and avoid using cellular devices while driving. Advertising companies…
Buying a used vehicle can be difficult, since you need to know the history of the vehicle before you can make a decision. Luckily this can be achieved by carrying out a vehicle history check which will produce a vehicle history report. This will tell you everything you need to know about the vehicle, such as the make, the model, color, performance at the time of manufacturing, and the time and date of first sale. More importantly, the vehicle history will also tell you about any accidents the…
the humanity behind in most of the processes. These automated cars are proven by the scientists that the failures while driving will be less comparing to human driving. “Every year on American roads, nearly 33,000 people die, almost all because of driver error. (Whitaker 1)” Whitaker sums up everything with this quote, he briefly explains why humanity should shift in to self driving cars. There area couple reasons behind it; firstly its highly time consuming for drivers, secondly it feels more…
Working tiltle As every hot rodder says or even any gear head says if you park it and dont look back at it you havent bought the right car!my favourite type of car is hotrods which emerged in the 30s till now. The first thing that comes up in some peoples mind about hot rods is cars with exotic desighns that go fast but that is not entireley true.according to one of the sources that i went to which is hot- rod network shows that some simple and fast cars like the old american muscle or even a…
Imagine yourself stranded on a by-way in a remote part of the country without any idea why and how your car just suddenly stopped. You probably would be panicking a little especially if it's already eleven in the evening and the only things you see around you are trees and endless patches of land. The second and more practical thing you might think of is getting a tow truck to help you get your car to the nearest garage or gasoline station and probably get yourself a lift home too. Tow trucks…
Designing the hoverboards of the future is not easy, of course nothing good in life is, now is it? Think for a second what is needed. For a teen to ditch his skateboard and go for a new high-tech hoverboard, well it be pretty spectacular and have awesome performance. Consider if you will the barriers the engineers and designers must over come; Air Resistance Gravity Maneuverability Hard Ground Speed Needed to Excite Rider With regards to air-resistance we can excite the…
be banned from driving to and from school if their area provides bus services. The reason for this idea is that doing this would simultaneously relieve traffic congestion and fix morning tardiness issues. However, I submit that such an action would be undesirable for both the students and the school. My reasoning for this statement is as follows: Firstly, banning students from driving to school would deprive them of the numerous benefits of doing so. Not only does driving…
reported text driving for more than 3 years, 13% with 1 to 3 years of texting experience; and the rest with less than 1 year. Moreover, 30% of participant’s vehicles have an integrated hands-free feature for smartphones. Approximately, the half of them admitted using hand-held texting while driving, 40% have used both forms of texting, and the rest have used hands-free texting while driving. It’s worth noting that 90% of the participants agreed that any form of texting while driving has negative…