Traffic congestion

Whether you are a parent, you often baby-sit, or you just live in a neighborhood where small children live, part of your responsibility as a driver is to make sure the children around you are safe in and around your vehicle. To ensure your child’s safety as well as the safety of children around you, be sure to apply the following practices into your driving life. Watch Out for Children Each week, at least 50 children in the United States are involved in a backover accident. While the majority…

that they can do whatever they want. When you drive inexperienced, distracted, under the influence and or rushed, it can be life or death for you and other drivers. First, whenever drivers rush, they either get into an accident or stuck in rush-hour traffic. The effect of rushing is because of an unexpected situation that happens. For instance, the alarm doesn’t go off, lost track of time or the tension of their wife made them leave late. Furthermore, as soon as drivers get into an accident,…

steering wheel. The first step to solving the problem of the problem of unconscientious and distracted drivers, is looking at one’s own driving. Paying attention to how often you use your turn signals, or looking to ensure you're not holding up traffic in a passing lane is critical. It is very easy to only see the fault in others behaviors, but we often commit the same wrongs as the majority population. These positive habits to catch on easily. If someone sees that you have turned on your turn…

local jurisdictions based on local conditions. The intent of residential streets is to provide access to adjacent properties and to maintain low traffic speed. It is common for municipalities to use a narrow pavement sections on residential streets as a speed calming strategy, as wider pavement section may increase speed of through traffic. TAC states that in local residential streets, it is desirable to encourage low operating speeds. This can be accomplished by minimizing roadway…

Railroad crossings may not seem that important to pay attention to you may think. They travelslow and they aren't like cars right? They may be different but they are way more of a danger than youraverage vehicle on the road. If you have seen pictures or videos of cars being torn apart by trains thenyou understand. But just because your in a car doesn’t mean a train isn't dangerous when your on foot.“Every railroad crossing should be taken seriously.”(Lesson 7)1So many people have lost their…

already lived here--a house not far away from the beach for over half a year, and the bus that I take every day would always go through Marine Parade, which is the main road just behind the beach. Fortunately, I never have the chance to experience traffic jam on this road even during peak hours. Marine Parade is a north-south road that is almost parallel with the trend of the beach, intersecting Maroubra Road to the north and Fitzgerald Ave. to the south. Both Maroubra road and Fitzgerald Ave.…

When you first approach a railroad crossing, you must first slow down the speed of your vehicle and take the crossing with caution and seriousness. Even when you can’t see any lights at night, you should follow the same action. You should turn down the radio because trains sound their horn before every crossing. Always first check the lights and the gates before crossing, and if you don’t see anything, you can cautiously proceed. You should never switch gears on the train tracks, as it is a…

The concept of road safety as a public policy issue emerged in the 1990s as a response to the high homicide rates in the city. In this context, violence is considered a public health problem. The mayor and local government officials focused on road safety after realizing that many deaths were caused by road collisions. This is how the Citizenship Culture principle that “Life is sacred” emerged and became the policy framework to address road safety issues through public engagement programs. The…

Maryland reckless driving is a criminal offense If you happen to commit this crime, then you are willfully or maliciously driving in a way that shows that they have no regard for people or property. That is how the state of Maryland defines reckless driving. Since the legal definition can be very difficult for you to understand (especially if you have not gone to law school), a good example of reckless driving is when the speed of your vehicle is too fast for the conditions of the road that…

you aware that if you are on the left lane, that driver behind you might have the right of way, and perhaps your actions are creating problems and stopping the flow of traffic? According to the article “Should You Only Use The Left Lane To Pass? In 29 states, there are laws where any car moving slower than the surrounding traffic should move over to the right lane” (Parsons, Vanderburg, Andrews. 2017, January 25). I want to share some facts…