Road accidents

Crash! A mother is on the road, and her kids are in the backseat of her van fighting; the music is playing on the radio and she 's talking to her father on the phone. All these distractions led to a flood of medical bills and insurance fees. Humans are unreliable when it comes to tasks that require focus; they are distracted easily and pay little attention to what they do on a daily basis. Driverless cars introduce a safe way that humans can be on the road and multitask. They are reliable and…

speed was increase the same average speed remained unchanged. Moreover, it seem that drivers have tendencies and tend to feel safe driving at a speed that they are accustomed to. c) Studies have shown that the speed is a big factor in preventing accidents as a good example is the German autobahn which has stretches that have no speed limit allowing the drivers to dictate speeds and have a good understanding on the proper use of the left lane which they only use for…

The Problem of Uninsured Motorists I was recently involved in a car accident which made my car spin 180 degrees that resulted in facing the opposite side of the street. The only injuries that I had from the accident were minor injuries. The law needs to be more strictly enforced for drivers that don’t have insurance. Thousands of drivers today on the road are uninsured motorists and think that they are better than the law. Driving is not a right but is an earned privilege. Colorado was a no…

Social media has negatively affected the safety of driving for a variety of reasons. The ways that this has occurred is through an increase of teenage drivers on the road, an increase in the number of social media sites, and general distraction. As the years have gone on, more teenagers and young people have been owning cars and driving places, instead of having parents or public transportation get them there. Additionally, smartphone usage has increased over the past couple years as well.…

charges, take your driving privileges from you, or give you points on your record (legalmatch). However, cars have gotten safer and more advanced to aid us in the road. They can detect when a person is close to the car and stop if they fell the object is to close but they don’t do this all the time. They are not enough to make the road safer. Car can stop when they detect someone, but do we really want to trust a car, what if it doesn’t work. People should just follow the laws and stop…

As mentioned, teens are the ones that are involved in most car accidents caused by using cell phones. For example, in a injury case study by “Judge Anthony P. Calisi”, he investigated a car accident where a sixteen year old girl named Emily, who had just gotten her license, was on her way to a high school football game with her five girl friends, and Emily was just driving for 5 minutes, until her boyfriend send her a text message saying he wanted to breakup their relationship. Instead of…

As the name implies, a wheel-off trucking accident occurs when a large truck loses one or more wheels while on the road. When a wheel separates from a semi-truck, it can strike a pedestrian, crash into the ground-floor room of a building through a window or glass door, or strike other motor vehicle traffic. Some of the worst accidents occur when a wheel crosses into the lane of oncoming traffic and collides head-on with a vehicle. Wheel-off accidents are usually caused by improper tightening of…

large commercial vehicles travel hundreds of thousands of miles across Alabama, and all of the U.S., each year. Despite safety standards and protocols, auto accidents involving large trucks occur all too often. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 95,000 people across the U.S. were injured in truck accidents in 2013. Nearly 4,000 people were killed in such collisions that same year. While there are a number of factors, which contribute to trucking…

Painted Lines in Parking Lots and On Highways Road and parking lot line markings are important aspects of safe and efficient roadway as well as parking lot usage respectively. Road markings convey information to roadway users, indicating which part of the road to use, where passing is allowed and warn motorists about any potential danger ahead. Parking lot line markings ensure safe and efficient parking as well as traffic flow around the parking area. Road and parking lot markings undergo…

while driving. Using a cell phone while driving can cause many problems for you and the other drivers on the road. Just by sending a quick text could end with someone being hurt. Therefore cell phone use while driving should be stopped. Using a cell phone while driving may cause someone to get distracted. If they are calling or texting someone that might distract the driver and cause an accident. Officials said that distractions are when the driver takes their eyes off the wheel. (Neely 9).…