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Have you ever wondered how many teens die a year in car crashes? The amount of teen involved crashes is only increasing. Also teens are more likely to be worried about their phone or the radio, causing them to take eyes off of the road and attention off of driving. One of the biggest teen killers is automobile crashes. Raising the driving age would not only make driving safer, but it would also save many lives. The driving age being raised would leave more adults on the road, meaning less teens…

Big Macs and Big Problems Imagine getting into a wreck or losing a loved one because a driver is barreling down the street just to order a Big Mac. Staying in a car to order food or pick up prescriptions is comforting to many people. Still, the U.S. may be hitting the brakes on these services soon to protect the people and the planet. While drive-throughs provide convenience for various amounts of customers, they should be banned to protect civilians and the planet. Furthermore, drive-throughs…

from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1,393—nearly four fatalities every day of the year. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the US and are responsible for more than one in three deaths of American teenagers. Of the teen drivers killed on the road in 2006, 31% had been drinking, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The risk of a driver under the influence of alcohol being killed in a vehicle accident is at least eleven times…

Learn in 10 minutes on how to turn on fog lights Why is it important to understand about fog lights? As the name suggests, Fog lights in a car are for you to get the required visibility while driving through mist or thick fog. You can also use them in other conditions when the visibility is limited. The fog light units are separate units from the headlights. The headlights don't help for visibility in the fog as they reflect off the fog or dust causing glare. A common question the new drivers…

About driving To check that you are travelling four seconds behind the vehicle infront. One thousand and four'instead. Important When you're following anothervehicle and you don't intendto overtake them. You must leave enough space in front of your vehicle forvehicles behind to passyou. Unless you are passing watch for exit signs get into thecorrect exit lane inplenty of time signal for at least three seconds before youchange lanes youmust not stop your vehicle. Two vehicles coming towards…

After being used exclusively for military purposes, global positioning systems (GPS) are now available for civil use. GPS technology has become a part of today's life so it is not regarded as some kind of a miracle any more, but rather as a useful tool for navigation in unknown places and getting from point A to point B with less pain. GPS units are cool navigational tools for private car owners, but when it concerns the owners of entire fleets of cars and trucks, GPS tracking systems can be of…

of a safer driver the people in their states were than the states without those laws. Even when results show exactly how often hands-on distraction is actually occurring during a commute, drivers will still insist that the whole situation was an “accident” once they are involved and held accountable for a collision, fatal or not,…

to view driving in this way then I believe that it could help immensely with car accident occurrences. Being Aware The third thing I could have done to avoid the accident was to be aware of my surroundings. If I had stopped to think for only a moment and actually took in my surroundings, I could have avoided the collision. Being aware of what is going on around oneself when they drive is so important. A lot of accidents happen because people don’t pay attention and are in their own little world.…

I agree with your argument, specifically when it comes to driving. The resource model of attention suggests that people have a restricted capacity for paying attention. Selective attention has been studied by using dichotic arrangements (simultaneous stimulation of both ears with different sounds or messages). In such studies, participants are instructed to focus on the information from a particular hear (attended channel), and has ignored input from the other ear (unattended channel). Results…

important when avoiding an accident in an emergency. Trucks easily jackknife on slippery roads and can get blown over by strong winds. The other major hazard is a road filled with distracted and aggressive drivers who may cut off the truck without giving a thought to the truck's braking and maneuvering limitations. Motorists do all kinds of erratic and dangerous things on the road. An owner operator truck driver can only do his best, and sometimes that isn't enough because accidents will…