Road safety

1) Can you describe how you typically get around on campus (by foot/bike/car) from the moment you arrive on campus until the moment you leave campus? What do you do when you get to campus? How do you interact with other users of the road (e.g., pedestrians, cyclists, drivers – for example, whether and how you stop for them)? Interviewee #1: I get around campus by foot. I live near campus, so I typically take the bus every so often to and from campus, but if not I just walk. I usually get to…

Tens of thousands 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…

current state of our roadways is incredibly awful for the safety of our drivers, financial costs on our drivers and the hassle our drivers to endure on a daily basis. According to TRIP, a national transportation research organization, in 2014, 49 percent of our major roads and highways are in mediocre condition (Hernandez). In just two years, our city went from having 27 percent, an already significant number, to nearly half of our roads in mediocre condition - ridiculous (Schmitt)! It doesn’t…

One might take for granted, the safety of suburbia. I was led to believe by my parents that in "a neighborhood like this," I would be perfectly safe. In the 7th grade, I had to take the bus that dropped me off quite a ways away from my house, meaning that I had to walk quite the distance to my house. It wasn't a major problem, just a minor inconvenience at best. The main reason I took this specific route was to save some minutes sleeping in the early mornings, but I digress. So around 3 weeks…

human injury, and considerable financial costs resulting from the vehicle damage (Gunson et. al. 2011). Interventions such as increasing driver awareness have had no considerable impact on DVC rates. For the ninth year in a row, the highest-risk roads in the country are in West Virginia, where drivers face a 1 in 44 chance of…

Usually, when one thinks of the future, they think of flying cars and robots, but what most people don’t think of is a damaged earth with the constant threat of losing all it’s life. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road is a thrilling tale that takes readers on a journey of adventure, suspense and survival. The novel, taking place in a post-apocalyptic setting of a deathly winter, includes a father and his son journeying across the United States with the incentive of finding food and shelter to escape…

I took the path I had walked a thousand times. I knew every curve in the road, every sight to be seen surrounding it. I knew everyone who lived even close to the road. So again I strolled. Somehow, I knew today it would be different, I don’t know how I knew, I just did. Crenshaw Amusement Park, Since 1917. This sign wasn’t here before. I had never even seen people come down this road to visit the park. It sounded fun. I shrugged and began to sneak down the driveway, where I assumed I would be…

like to address is car congestion issue in Singapore, which is under transportation, pollution, and even energy 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…

months it is important to stay alert. To do this, it means keeping your eyes on the road and being aware of your surroundings. To make sure one is paying attention while driving, it is important to either turn off your cell phone or use a hands-free device. Also, you should never texting while driving or drink and drive. When driving leave enough space between your vehicle and the other vehicle in front of you on the road. Also make sure your vehicle maintenance is well maintained.…

prosperity. A major and most commonly identifiable infrastructure segment is vehicular transportation. The growing dependency of transportation throughout the 20th century has altered how cities are planned. Many vehicular modes of transportation include road ways, underground subways, bridges, highways, etc. Toronto, Ontario is a busy city of 2.6 million people. Transportation infrastructure is critical to moving large volumes of traffic from point A to point B as quickly and safely as…