impairs driving skills. This experiment would take place in a controlled driving range where factors like weather conditions and the type of car driven would be identical. It is important to eliminate outside factors that might skew the results. It is the researchers job to regulate the experiment in all areas so that the only difference between the control test subjects and the dependent test subjects is the use of cell phones. The experiment would take place at a real live course where the…
Driving is not easy. It takes skill, knowledge, and preparation. When learning how to drive, there are three main objectives, the driver must know how to operate the car, must follow the directions and rules of driving, but also must acknowledge that others may not follow these same rules of driving. In a letter, written by Dave Barry, about this topic, it demonstrates how he decided to prepare his daughter for life on the road. Dave Barry’s letter, “A Floriduh driver’s guide for my teen with a…
time? Money? Effort? Well according to statistics and studies, I am here today to tell you, the parents, that it is worth it. There are long term and short term affects to parent taught driving. Driver education courses have their perks and benefits of being the ultimate road safety guideline to your teen’s driving skills. Are you thinking about teaching your teen to drive? Well, in this case, parents may not know best. There is a lot at risk when taking the responsibility of teaching the rules…
Safe driving requires levels of physical and cognitive skills. When these skills are being lacked, it has a negative impact on their ability to control a vehicle. Some mistakes that elders make while driving are associated with high stress levels that increases with the complexity of the road (Cantin, et al., 2009). One major distracting factor is social pressure that comes from other drivers. A few factors like cutting the drivers off when they are driving under the speed limit, honking, and…
Brenneman English 09 4-23-18 Self Driving vehicles Self driving cars are inevitable, the entire world around us is changing. Every aspect in our life is changing and we have no control over it. Every thing people love to do is changing. Many people who love cars and love to drive cars. Because they’re enjoyable. Even things such as running to the store or doing as a family would change. And many people wouldn’t be able to afford the cars because the self driving systems are expensive and i’d…
Louisiana states that Driver’s Ed is a requirement to get a driver’s license for teenagers and new adult drivers in many states. I took my Driver’s Ed course through my high school, Bossier High. The driver’s class helped me practice safe and defensive driving…
driver’s test. I had woken up at 7:30 on a Saturday which is tragic on its own, but riding to the town of Vasser I thought that if I could get the coveted license today, it would be worth it. My mother was driving my dad’s black Buick Lacrosse, the…
thought that I was ready for the driver's test but the words that the license test instructor spoke to me showed me otherwise. I woke up on my birthday ready and excited for my driver's test; however shortly after I began driving, the instructor asked me to turn around, because I needed more practice. When I turned fifteen, I got my permit. I went to the Department of Motor Vehicles right after school one random day because I was tired of my father driving me everywhere I went. I made the…
A problem that has gone nationwide is debating whether the driving age should go up. There are a few people who support it and there are others who are against it. Teens From the ages of 16-18 are legally allowed to drive but opposers say that that's not the best idea due to so many crashes that have happened over the years. One of the supporters that say that it shouldn't be raised is California due to them having a program that educates teens while they are behind the wheel. I think that…
Have you ever felt your life depended on one test? That 's exactly how I felt when I took my Drivers test. It was just a normal day, I woke up for school with a coolness in the morning air, but I felt a certain excitement in my heart. The excitement was followed by nervousness by the thought of sitting behind the wheel while someone judged me. I stopped focusing on that and started getting ready for school. Once I had eaten and was ready to get dropped off at school, I yelled out, “Dad it 's…