Time Crash

carjacked in front of a video store; The car belonged to Paul Haggis. This incident became the inspiration for his film. Crash is a 2004 film, filled with drama and crime. This movie has won a great amount of awards, such as Best Motion Picture of the Year. It was directed by Paul Haggis, making this his “first directorial project,” according to Mark Deming. In the film Crash, Haggis (director), does an outstanding job of presenting a realistic insight into the issue of racism. This ongoing…

in your body slamming against the interior of the vehicle. They are most effective in preventing ejection from the vehicle, and, according to the NHTSA, “ejection from the vehicle is one of the most injurious events that can happen to a person in a crash. In fatal crashes in 2006, 75 percent of passenger vehicle occupants who were totally ejected from the vehicle were…

hour, now the person who was texting is in the hospital, possibly in a coma because he or she couldn’t wait to answer that text. That is what can go wrong with driving and texting. According to the numbers, drivers who text are 25% more likely to crash…

accident. He had to endure over a year of recovery after the crash. The man who hit my grandpa’s semi was trying to commit suicide because he had just found out that…

1 in 3 drivers (32 percent) admit to typing or sending a text or email over the past month, while eight percent say they do so fairly often or regularly (AAA). In fact, text messaging increases the risk of a car accident or near car accident 23.2 times when compared to the car accident statistics with a non-distracted driver (Top 25 Causes of Car Accidents). Cell phone use while driving has caused a minimum of 26% of all crashes in 2013 (Ones). Since the number of cellular device provoked…

In Atom Egoyan’s Sweet Hereafter, he explores various themes throughout the film which apply to the real world and today’s society. The most powerful and important themes in the movie is the way relationships are affected through substantial and critical events. Following the school bus accident, the relationships of Nicole and Sam, Billy and Risa, Zoe and Mitchell all change due to the enormous impact it has on their lives and relationships. Nicole and Sam, a father and daughter with a taboo…

This was the first time I had the chance the ride with Detective Morgan and get a glimpse of what he does on a day to day basis. Morgan, let me know immediately that his policy, was that I could get out of the car and be with him during anything he did that he did not view…

Resilience can be defined in several ways. My personal definition of resilience is that it’s an individual’s ability to overcome life events in a positive way. I have had to demonstrate resilience many times in my life. One example of my resilience was during a time where my life was changing drastically. As a recent college graduate, I was moving forward with life beyond the college campus and embarking on a new journey to graduate school. However, an unexpected event threatened to change that…

The movie Crash is directed by Paul Haggis. This movie has won an Oscar and many other successes in the past 12 years. Great actors such as Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle and Thandie Newton have worked in this film exceptionally. They have presented their characters audaciously. This movie depicted a very strong meaning through the intertwining of many lives over a period of thirty six hours. The Several connected stories are about race, class, family and gender in Los Angeles in the aftermath of…

driving: 31% of driving fatalities are caused by drink driving. Safe driving requires the driver to be alert and for the driver to be able to make quick decisions whereas alcohol does the opposite to the body as it makes the body slow the reaction time slows down , images become blurry, concentration and coordination levels go down and etc. all of these Factors combined can cause a major accident. Distracted…