Road accidents

America has the highest motor vehicle accident rates than any other high income country. Nearly 1.3 million people die in car accidents every year and there are about 3,287 die in crashes that happen each day in America, according to asirt.org. Car crashes happen for many reasons; distracted because of texting, on the phone while driving or loud music, intoxicated driving, drowsy, and while this is not as likely, cars have technical difficulties that the driver cannot control. With new…

significant cause of car accidents. Texting in particular is four times more dangerous than talking. It is extremely distracting. It gains the drivers attention, so drivers tend to forget about themselves and other drivers in the road. When using the phone, whether it is taking a selfie, texting or taking a call during driving may cause death to yourself or someone else. Cell phone usage may impair your decision making skills while driving, which can be the cause of a serious car accident. The…

Marshall’s discovery, Loftus and Palmers two-tailed hypotheses was to show ‘an example of the interaction between language and memory’ (Loftus & Palmer, 1974). The first experiment involved a sample of forty-five students viewing footage of road traffic accidents, participants were then asked a series of questions regarding what they had seen in the films. The independent variable of the experiment was the wording of the questions posed to the participants. The dependant variable was the speeds…

percent say they do so fairly often or regularly (AAA). In fact, text messaging increases the risk of a car accident or near car accident 23.2 times when compared to the car accident statistics with a non-distracted driver (Top 25 Causes of Car Accidents). Cell phone use while driving has caused a minimum of 26% of all crashes in 2013 (Ones). Since the number of cellular device provoked accidents has increased, there have been companies reaching out to teens to alert them of the dangers of…

- Speeding: Many drivers ignore the speed limit that is given on the specific road eg. 50, 60 , 40 etc. Speeding is one of the number causes of road and traffic related injuries as it is one of the easiest ways to cause an accident not only does speeding slow reaction timing often fatalities caused by speeding are much worse. - Drink driving: 31% of driving fatalities are caused by drink driving. Safe driving requires the driver to be alert and for the driver to be able to make quick…

kind of harm or damage to the people or the environment. Vehicles are one of the main causes of pollution rates, raising everyday and it can pose health problems (“Controlling…”). Along with that fact, the leading cause of teenage deaths is traffic accidents (“Teen…”). A safer driving system is important and could exist by raising age eligibility, helping prevent deaths, crashes, and injuries, reducing pollution and providing other alternatives, and reducing money problems. The age eligibility…

alone when she veered in front of an oncoming tractor trailer while she sent a text”(“Tragedy” 1). This was stated on the Daily Mall newspaper about a girl named Savannah Nash. Despite being sad and gruesome, accidents like this happen every day. The amount of deaths caused by car accidents in Ga for 2013 was 1,179. That three deaths a day or twenty-two a week. These statistics show that in the course of five years 5,895 people would die. According to Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway…

Here I am, driving down the highway, not a car in sight, all alone on the open road. It was late, so I was having trouble staying awake. To combat the drowsiness, I cranked up the radio to just about full blast. With the melodies painting pictures in my mind, having definitely woken me up I was content. Nearing the end of a song, I decided to skip the last few seconds of music. It was dark, so I looked away from the road for two seconds to ensure I pressed the skip button on the radio rather…

because of choice and appearance of the people used. The image and slogan seems to portray several messages. The first encouraging safe driving practices. The advertisement brings awareness to the viewer that there are other human beings driving on the road, not just anonymous vehicles driving themselves. Therefore, drivers should be courteous of towards others when they…

car accidents. The type of accidents varies form person to person. Rather be something as small as being distracted while driving or trivial like speeding. There is one type of accident that has been occurring a lot lately. Drunk driving or driving under the influence has been a reoccurring issue through out the years and it doesn’t seem to going away anytime soon. Not only has drunk driving been a reoccurring issue but also it is known to be the one of the most dangerous types of accidents to…