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their cell phone. This is more commonly observed in cars with automatic transmissions that lend to the driver having one hand off of the steering wheel. The first step to solving the problem of the problem of unconscientious and distracted drivers, is looking at one’s own driving. Paying attention to how often you use your turn signals, or looking to ensure you're not holding up traffic in a passing lane is critical. It is very easy to only see the fault in others behaviors, but we often…

Inexperience can cause one to have a collision because they are not used to the driving environment. Inexperienced drivers may feel uncomfortable on the road and could make mistakes when driving that lead to collisions. With experience, one also learns to respond to anticipated problems. This is why it is important to practice driving to ensure the driver is experienced and ready to drive collision-free. Inattention, which can be the result of fatigue, distractions or passengers, can cause one…

by speeding or drunk driving. One of the best ways to avoid an auto accident is to remain informed and know what to look for when you are driving. The following are a few facts that can help you avoid an accident or guide you once you are involved in an accident. Fact #1. Someone died every day in an accident in Texas 2015. Although the number of fatal accidents decreased by 2.05% in Texas during 2015, someone died each day along Texas highways. One of the best ways to avoid a car accident is…

different skills, behaviors and moods. In fact, many young drivers do not care about other people on the road and do not realize the real danger of their bad habits. For example, cars are switching from one lane to the other lane, and then back again without signaling, or they are weaving in and out of traffic. There are many similar examples which tell about the effects of dangerous habits of today’s drivers. It is very important to understand that on today’s dangerous highways, inexperience…

Over the course of one week, over 70 cars in the city of Weston could be observed in a school zone during the morning. During this week, observation will take place in two different locations in the morning: an area where a police officer is present and a location where there is no police officer present. Additionally, cars that pass other vehicles will be considered speeding and cars whose brake lights come on when approaching the police officer vehicle will be regarded as speeding as well.…

In today's American society, there is an abundance of laws put in place to protect each and every citizen. The speed limit being one of the most important law when it comes to road safety. Even with the multiple variations of the law all throughout the country, it is mostly the same everywhere you go. In places where the area is semi popular the speed limit is somewhere around 25-35 MPH, in city streets it is usually 45-55 MPH, on highways it is around 55-65 MPH, and on interstates it is 65-70…

“granny” driver, who literally drives too slow behind the speed limit? Or the one who is always on their phone and thinks they can drive drunk or even intoxicated because they are just “so good”. Almost everybody knows some drivers who are like this. All of these examples of drivers (slow, too good, and road rage) would classify themselves as either safe or unsafe. The first significant group of types of drivers is the one who thinks he/she is a “great driver”. I would describe this as…

difference in only about 5% of the cases. Is there an association between the use of lights and sirens, and motor vehicle crashes? One paper estimated that there were over 12,000 motor vehicle collisions involving responding or transporting EMS vehicles in the United States in the 1980s, and 4 times that many incidents involving non-EMS vehicles that reacted in some way to an EMS responder vehicle (Clawson 1987, Clawson 1997). Clear cause and effect data is difficult to derive, as each crash is…

gestures, and sometimes even violence are reported frequently on the road and have come up with the name: road rage. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration defines road rage as when a driver "commits moving traffic offenses so as to endanger other persons or property; an assault with a motor vehicle or other dangerous weapon by the operator or passenger of one motor vehicle on the operator or passengers of another motor vehicle". If you find that you have agitated another driver,…

indicators. With limited land supply, and a huge number of cars on the roads, Singapore faces this challenge of frequent traffic jams on our roads. Singapore has always faced congestion issues on the roads, although not as severe as compared to Beijing or Los Angeles. Nevertheless, Singapore ranked 55 out of 189 cities in the world in terms of congestion, based on TOMTOM Traffic Index in 2016. 34% extra travel time is needed on average to travel from point A to point B (Figure 1). This is…