National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Is it Fair for Phone Usage to be Illegal While Driving? The use of cell phones, even while driving, help us a ton. Without them, how would we get turn by turn directions and know where to go or how to get somewhere? Also, how would we tell our friends that we are five minutes away and they need to be ready? I mean after all, it’s not that dangerous, is it? There’s plenty of people that are able to multitask and use their phone while driving and they still make it home just fine! Plus, you just…

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Driving is an ordinary entity in millions of individuals lives that allow them to commute to and from work/school/home, but could easily turn into a nightmare that is never woken up from if not taken seriously. There are many diversions that exist while driving, but distracted driving is quickly becoming one of the most prevalent factors for causes of a car accident, and might even be more dangerous than it is reported. The time that it takes to become distracted and be a victim of a fatal…

charges of reckless homicide and criminal negligence that played a part to the death of three teenage girls on August 1978 in Elkhart, Indiana. They were killed in a fiery crash when their Ford Pinto was struck from the rear by a van driver on U.S Highway 33 near Goshen Indiana. Their automobile exploded and burst into flames. The Elkhart County grand Jury argued that Ford Company had previous knowledge that the fuel tank of pinto in which Judy Ulrich, 18; her sister Lynn, 16 and their cousin…

The minimum legal drinking age (MLDA) of 21 was set in 1984 by President Ronald Reagan. The goal of MLDA of 21 was to protect children from the negative effects of alcohol. However, raising the drinking age has created opposite results in teen drinking habits. Making alcohol inaccessible to younger people actually results in more excessive drinking when the opportunity arises. Alcohol related incidents are responsible for an average of 88,000 deaths a year, “account[ing] for 1 in 10 deaths…

formation of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a social group advocating legislation requiring all convicted drunk drivers to install ignition interlock devices that lowers recidivism. With interlock devices on the rise, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported a decrease of “11,773 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes in 2008” (Kanable 28). Along with a high death rate comes a high bill to pay for the thousands of alcohol related accidents each year. This…

If any administrator finds any student drinking without the legal age, the administration will call the police, and the police will give the student a “Minor in Possession Ticket (MIP)”. Even if they had drank three beers, they will get a ticket. This ticket will brings negative aspects to any student life because it goes into its…

Why do people drink? There are many reason why an individual choses to drink. Some drinks alcohol because it supposedly helps them temporarily forget their problem, helps them have a good time, makes them happy, it’s “cool” or to socialized. Why is there law against alcohol? It is to protect us and to create a safer environment. In the situation in which I have to decide a stand point whether or not the Health Committee should support the bill to decriminalize drinking alcohol in public and in…

Tesla Incorporated: Out of this World Designs Tesla Incorporated is a unique company. Initially called Tesla Motors, this design company was founded to equalize the playing field for electric cars. “In 2003, a group of engineers created a car enterprise company which would become Tesla Incorporated” (“Tesla.” 1). At first, the company strived to make a name for itself solely in the car industry. But after releasing so many models of green and energy efficient vehicles, the engineers…

Over the past few years, the number of car wrecks that involve cell phones has greatly increased. There are many new technologies called “hands-free” devices that make using cell phones while driving easier. They do help to keep people from typing but the majority of the time people are still paying more attention to their phones and not the road. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did some research in 2014 and said, “[e]ach day in the United States, more than 9 people are…