National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2014, there was eighteen percent of injury crashes and sixteen percent police reported crashes that involved a “distracted” driver (7). Usually the only distraction is a cell-phone, whether a person is talking, texting or just…

An iPhone was placed in the hands of Rylee for the first time. An app (Pokemon Go) was uploaded that every person in her school talks about. The location services were turned on, on Rylee’s phone and she saunters around outside by herself for hours. Rylee accumulated her fiftieth Pokemon as she looks up and notices the pitch black viewpoint, she wondered where she was. Nothing but a whistle of the nippy wind was flying by her ear. Rylee continues to walk a little further and she trusts herself…

There should be laws regarding cell phones and driving. However, there should be a little to no laws regarding hands-free devices. Cell phones and driving is one of the most dangerous things, cell phones while driving puts you and others in danger. A text and or phone call is not worth it, it can wait. Cell phones and driving is so common in our society. This paper will address the dangers of cell phones and driving, and the distraction it causes. Think twice before calling someone, and or…

The recommended following distance is about three seconds, but it would be beneficial for a senior citizen to bump that up to four or even five seconds. Senior citizens can increase their safety and others’ by following these tips (Higgins). On the other hand, senior citizens should consider investing in safety enhancing technology. This technology includes:…

to many states passing laws that ban the use of cell phones while driving. Oregon is no exception. Having laws that ban cell phone use is not enough to deter people from using their cell phones while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration…

in Russia that has around a million residents. Although it was originally aimed to be used in Russia, it became international and was used for many other websites and organizations because traffic-related fatality is a severe problem all over the world. According to the World Health Organization, or WHO, traffic-related deaths in Russia is 27,025 in the year of 2013. The situation gets even worse when…

Statement of Problem According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), all states that wanted to keep U.S. federal funds for their highway systems had to adopt the .08 threshold of drunkenness for driving since 2000 (“Legislative”). To most, the topic of drunk driving is very simple: it should be illegal. However, few people ever hear the counter argument to these mostly agreeable laws. According to a Gallup poll in 2000, 72% of Americans agreed with the lowering of the…

By looking out the window for short periods of time, or looking at cars passing by, can be very dangerous. There are always wrecks in Yellowstone National Park because people like to look at the wild animals and other things in nature that sidetrack them. The biggest way people get distracted while driving, is texting and driving. “26% of all car crashes in 2014 involved cell phone use” according…

systems, or adjusting music while driving can lead to deadly crashes. More than 30,000 people die in auto accidents in the U.S. every year, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Millions more are injured or disabled. Human error contributes to more than 90 percent of crashes” (Barone n.pg). The decrease in traffic collisions will help to save a lot of people. Humans don’t have as quick reflexes as the electronics of a self-driving car. The human body needs about 1.5…

Imagine that you are a newlywed husband. You and your wife are happily married and just came back to Texas from your honeymoon in the Dominican Republic. You are 37 years old and drives a BMW X5. Your wife is 34 years old and she drives a Toyota Camry. Both of you guys cannot last a minute without being around each other. One day, you and your wife you and your wife cannot stop texting each other. You all are texting each other in the house, at work, and even in line at the grocery store…