Road traffic safety

Driving at night is a high risk activity. It's dark and the artificial light from road lamps and the headlights of traffic are no substitute for sunlight. People are driving on the road in a fatigued and drowsy state. You as a trucker must be alert, both to your own driving mistakes and to those of others on the road. As trucking accident attorneys, we want your night driving to be as safe as possible. To that end, here are three tips for safer truck driving at night: Guard against Your…

popcenter.org/problems/school_traffic/2 “Center for Problem-Oriented Policing.” Center for Problem-Oriented Policing. Problem Guides Traffic Congestion Around Schools, www.popcenter.org/problems/school_traffic/2. It is important to know who your audience is when talking about your proposal. Parents, students, and school staff have the greatest impact on traffic problems. They are the starting point of the solution. The school bus companies are an important partner in helping the problem.…

that is a comfortable and interesting place to live and walk. Therefore, in means of maintaining and protecting the unique and distinctive appearance along Fruitville Road, we are striving to protect existing trees in lieu of the required façade along the stated roadway. As the development pattern for this section of Fruitville Road has been established it would be in the community’s interest to promote beautification due to subject site being within the gateway entry of downtown. b. The…

Introduction: To much time is getting wasted, speed limits need to change The average driver spends 101 minutes on the road each day think of the time that could be saved if the speed limits got raised. Driving on the road for 100 miles at 70 instead of 55 would save you about 25 minutes. Acording to The U.S Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration the average person drives 13,476 miles in a year so traveling at 70 instead of 55 would save you 53 hours in a year In 1974 the…

Driving on the road poses all kinds of dangers, hence motorists requires other motorists to trust one another. One of these mentioned dangers is aggressive driving. In a collaboration article, written by C.M. Wickens, R.E. Maan and D.L. Wiesenthal, titled “Addressing Driver Aggression” illustrates that forms of aggressive driving are an incorporation of personal and situational related variables and by analyzing and figuring out how to utilize these variables to develop and establish proper…

Signs Of Brake Trouble Your Mechanic Should Check Out Brake problems can be very serious. If it feels like your brakes aren't working properly, don't drive your car. Instead, have it towed to an auto shop for an inspection and repairs. If you pay close attention to your car and your driving, you can often pick up on brake trouble before the condition gets so bad you have to have your car towed. Here are some of the signs to watch for. Squealing And Grinding When you Hit The Brakes Your brakes…

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…

Engineering Building, bridges have been used for thousands of years to connect people with places. As people began building bridges, they have to consider not only the structural integrity of the bridge for the safety of the passengers crossing the bridge. With the invention of cars, even more safety precautions must be enacted to keep everyone safe. A car is being driven on a windy day has a higher chance of turning over or spinning out of control than when the weather is calm. This is…

the James River. As your car veers with the road to the right, the trees disappear and the dark, flat water rests beneath you. The bridge’s concrete and rubber expanders jump your car’s suspension up and down as you slow to enter the city. Along each side, the green trees envelope the shoreline and reach out their bright branches, enshrouded with leaves, to you in welcoming. Once back onto the mainland, a petite mustard yellow sign to the right of the road reads Welcome to the City of Hopewell.…

people in our region but it also means more car on the roads. (Mac Churchill) The population rate is higher than the roads, which means more cars, more congestion and traffic on the highways and alternative roads. The population in Texas keeps growing and growing. This is due to a lot of job opportunities that the states offers. But this also brings the issue that most of the jobs are in the urban area, downtowns. This causes the congestion for traffic on the main freeways for instance 59, I10,…