National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The national state law for legal drinking is age 21. This was determined in 1984 when Congress passed the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. It was stated that if they could not upon the agreement age of 21; all states would have faced a 10 percentage decline to their federal highway funding. According to the National Institution on Alcohol, since that law was passed drunk driving accidents have drastically dropped by a total of 50 percent. Many people believe that the drinking age is fine;…

Secondly, since the drinking age has been risen to 21 in 1984 by congress, drunk driving deaths have been cut in half with the most of the drops being people aged 16 to 20 years old. Around the mid-1970s, alcohol was what caused over 60 percent of traffic accidents. When a person consumes too much alcohol their general vision becomes blurred, the person experiences a loss of depth perception, and peripheral vision becomes extremely blurry. If a person is driving while intoxicated, that person…

of drivers. Even the CAA claims that “Canadians say that texting while driving is the biggest threat to their personal safety on the road, above impaired driving and speeding” (CAA, 2016) and another statistic from the CAA says “80% of collisions and 65% of near crashes have some form of driver inattention as contributing factors”. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2010). If distracted driving is more common than drunk driving and has proven more dangerous, it should have a…

as well as car-to-car communications and the sight of the first completely driverless cars on the market. Finally while it may be hard to make accurate predictions ten years out people can safely assume how common autonomous cars will be, even the highway system will be adjusted to fit the needs of driverless…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has developed four levels to describe the degree of automation in vehicles. “The NHTSA levels reflect the belief that automated systems will progressively assume more and more driving tasks until all are done by automation and none are left in the hands of drivers”(Casner, Hutchins, and Norman 76) The first few levels are ones that many of us have already grown accustomed to. They include anti-lock brakes, cruise control, highway pilot…

means fuel savings, cutting costs. Moreover Sensory technology could potentially perceive the environment better than human senses, seeing farther ahead, better in poor visibility, detecting smaller and more subtle obstacles, more reasons for less traffic accidents. But what about the disadvantages the driverless…

the Chevy Volt, and the Mercedes-Benz CLA250.”(The Tesla Motors Team 1) There are many attributes to the car that reduce drag and lift so the car can go faster and longer distances. The air suspension on the car let it drop lower to the ground on highways to reduce any drag and diminish lift.(The Tesla Motors Team 1) Handles on most cars cause a lot of drag but on any tesla they cause none. When a key is in close proximity, they automatically extend. When no longer in use, they retract into the…

with years of legal experience on your side. We will fight with passion to ensure you receive the full compensation that you are owed. Drunk Drivers are a danger on the road. Let us help you get the justice you deserve. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has found that drunk drivers are one of the biggest risks on the road. It is illegal in the state of Hawaii to drive a vehicle if blood alcohol content is 0.08 percent or higher. Data from their studies has found that around a…

In 1984 the legal drinking age in the United States was raised to 21. The United States should lower the drinking age to 18 because the law may not be protecting teens and others. Although the drinking age was raised to protect teens, “it may have made drinking even more appealing to teens, whose brains naturally seek out risk more than adult brains do without considering what the consequences might be”. Some people argue that teens brain aren't developed enough to handle drinking, but…

roads and highways, report traffic and civil emergencies through the 911 calls. We use cell phones to conduct daily business and enhance client relationships by improving response times to their calls. Our cell phones can even help diminish the tendency to speed by allowing us to call friends, family or colleagues and let them know we’re running late, which reduces the need…