Sustainable transport

I chose the article titled, “To Brake or Accelerate When the Light Turns Yellow?”, which begins to examine how the effects of stress differ between two age groups of younger and older participants. Specifically, how stress alters the decision making while operating a motor vehicle which is something most people do almost every day. These participants were asked to play a driving game in two conditions of either a controlled group setting or the experimental group setting that had to play after a…

Anyone that has ever lost their smartphone knows that it is like walking through Antarctica with no clothes; the amount of chills you get are almost unbearable. You start frantically looking everywhere for it, fearing the worst. Your heart pounds with panic as you race up and down your house. Or in my case, racing through the Serbian woods. It was a peaceful day in Serbia, my home country. I now live in the U.S but my grandparents still live in Serbia. My brother and I, who was 10, had come from…

It was a dark and stormy night, the wind was howling and the rain was torrential. The highway seemed like a never-ending stretch of nothingness and but one pair of lights shone through the treacherous weather. The driver, an 18-year-old-girl with wavy brunette locks and emerald-green eyes, squinted as she forced her white Honda Civic through the weather. 1:21 the clock read, the girl reached to turn on the radio, but all she heard was static. That's when it happened. A sudden loud crash, a…

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…

Imagine this, you’re just a young three year old boy, and you stand staring out the window, hours on end. You continue to wait and eventually nighttime falls. Finally, you start drifting off, oh how closing your eyes feels so wonderful at this time, even though you feel shame and heartbreak. Just then you see headlights take a left and pull into your graveled driveway. The wait is over, hours of staring out the window have ended and a man opens the door gets out one leg at a time, and starts…

So carefully, after waiting until I knew Ma wasn’t going to wake up, I crept outside into the winter air that was as cold yet placid, and began to walk to the harbor. Walking along the main street that lead straight to where the Sons of Liberty, and my Pa, were gathering before going to the harbor. The location was unknown to anyone outside of the Sons of Liberty, but Pa had spoken to a fellow Son of Liberty and I just happened to hear every word, including the location of the meeting. It…

Tips For Replacing Your Vehicle’s Serpentine Belt While many drivers know that they need to do things like change their vehicle’s oil and air filters, some other parts of the car often are ignored. One part in particular that can wear down is the vehicle’s serpentine belt. If this part breaks while you’re driving, your car will be unable to run and you’ll need to have it repaired immediately. Thankfully, it’s easy to replace a serpentine belt when you notice wear to prevent this from happening.…

Throughout the growth of the automobile, the public has also grown to accumulate some dangerous driving habits like driving under the influence, getting easily distracted, and speeding. The first poor habit they have gathered is driving under the influence of any drugs and alcohol. Driving while intoxicated can impair their ability to react thus, making it a danger to be behind the wheel. Their vision is also incapable of functioning as well as when sober. This kind of reckless behavior can be…

doesn’t pay attention for one second he could lose control and wreak havoc. Some might ask the question, What is a commercial vehicle? A commercial vehicle is an industrial vehicle that is designed to carry massive loads of a company's products and transport it to various facilities. This includes semi-trucks, delivery vehicles and vans, ambulances, fire trucks and other employee owned vehicles that are under a company’s name. When is comes to the road and being safe the best thing you could…

It’s late at night; I received a phone call saying it was blocked. I answered the phone call, noticing that I'm home alone, after a long nap. I said “This dude is a loser always prank calling random people.” The person with a deep voice said “he was in front of my house” and it was a rainy day. He was a tall man with an object in his hand looking like a knife, so I started panicking. I called my brother but he was at the movies with his friends. The man started knocking on the door, but when I…