Road accidents

drinking age down to 18, 19, and 20 before a research revealed evidence that traffic accidents increased among the youth after lowering the legal drinking age. In result, US citizens advocated to return the legal age back to 21 (Wagenaar and Toomey 1). If this event recurs, the trend for more accidents among newly-legal drinkers, 18 in this case, will most likely veer back to the younger ages and from this, more car accidents and fatalities will occur. Leaving the legal age at 21, on the other…

Car accidents happen everyday for many reasons. Whether it's caused by car malfunctions , bad weather, or distracted driving. Still over 1.6 million wrecks happen a year but, 330,000 are caused by texting and driving. While we can’t prevent bad weather we can prevent phone involved accidents. Texting and driving should be illegal because it is something that distracts, and it is totally preventable. Plus the biggest risk involving distracted driving is death. If you are driving at 55 mph and…

danger by Rhode Island’s poor road conditions. Rhode Island is one of the states with the worst road conditions. Forty-one percent of the state’s roads are damaged and has no maintenance. Rhode Island needs to invest more money into road repair to prevent future damage. The condition of the roads has gradually worsen throughout the state of Rhodes Island. “A new report released from the white house ranks RI as one of the worst states in the country when it comes to road conditions.”(Smart Growth…

happening plenty of times. A person’s risk of an accident increases dramatically because they don’t focus on the road and the things around them. This puts the driver and others in danger. Strict laws on banning all cellphone usage to all groups of drivers should be made ion all states to decrease the number of accidents. A driver who uses their cell phone has a greater chance of being in a fatal accident because they take their eyes off the road and don’t pay attention to their surroundings.…

Many accidents today are blamed on texting and driving. Careless people who text while being behind the wheel commit murder everyday, killing whoever is behind the other car involved in the accident. Being able to attain a license and drive may be a dream to many young teenagers, but it could as easily become a nightmare. The use of technology has steadily grown over these past couple of years and it is only increasing as time passes, distracting us from much more important things. Texting while…

the ultimate expressions of personal freedom. You can drive wherever you want, as long as nobody else gets in your way. Accordingly, therein lies the problem with driving, the age of distracted and entitled drivers is upon us. Few drivers on the road properly prepare themselves for the dangers of operating a 2-ton guided missile on public roadways with hundreds of other people. Getting yourself physically, mentally and emotionally prepared to drive is a simple process that too many of…

speaker views an “accident” as situations that seem to occur without a concise cause and effect relationship. In life, we usually see a clear relationship between what happens in our lives. However, when that order eventuates in chaos, we tend become guilty of seeing ourselves as victims of these situations. Thus, despite the uncertainty of the horrors of being alive, no one is innocent because we are guilty of not preventing these “accidents” in life and taking action after these “accidents”…

while driving tend to stray from their lanes into other lanes, other cars, and even off the road altogether: thus creating a danger to all who drive. Think about how often you see vehicles driving really slow on the freeways as you pass them, you see them looking at their phone not paying attention to the road. For example, a drunk driver has better reaction time than someone not paying attention to the road. Laws are not enough to stop people from texting while driving. In fact, California had…

routine. Personal injuries include car accidents, animal attacks, assault, medical malpractice and After experiencing personal injury, there are a few things a person needs to get back on the road to recovery depending on the severity of the injury. Physical Recovery In a personal injury, there is always going to be an element of physical recovery that needs to take place. A hospital visit and evaluation are not uncommon. If the injury involved a car accident or a really intense assault, a…

Texting while driving is dangerous because it puts yourself in danger and is can cause death. Many car accidents have been caused this way and have killed millions of innocent people. When someone is texting while driving, they immediately lose focus, making it easy for them to get distracted. They do not see the other factors that may harm them. This is how accidents are caused. Our brain is not built to multitask and is something humans greatly over estimate. Due to these reasons, texting…