...Car Accident Articles and Statistics Statistics show that 70% of auto accidents are completely preventable. The driver who causes the accident is simply distracted or irresponsible and is not paying enough attention to the road. The truth is anything can cause you to be distracted from the road; reaching for food or drink, changing the radio station, talking to passengers, texting, or even reading a map or GPS. As a driver, one needs to realize that one has a responsibility to one’s passengers and everyone on the road around oneself to be a safe, observant, and careful driver. In one of my articles, a 19-year-old was driving three 15-year-olds in his car. He was drunk and he was involved in a one car accident. Because of this, one of his passengers died. This accident was completely preventable. If the driver had been more responsible, he would have not driven while intoxicated or have even consumed alcohol in the first place. On April 12th, 2011, a 23-year-old was traveling at least 100 mph before he crashed. This driver was on a motorcycle and died from the accident. This could have been prevented if the motorcyclist would have just reduced his speeds to a safer one. The driver could have saved his own life if he had just slowed down a bit. In another article, a man was standing in the street trying to get a good look at a shuttle launch. This man was 70-years-old and died hours after the crash. The man should have not been standing in the street, but drivers were...
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...Causes of Car Accidents For many people, driving a vehicle is an everyday activity. People rely on their cars to get to work, school, and other important places. However, driving can be dangerous, and although weather conditions and car malfunctions can contribute to accidents, the behavior of drivers is most often the cause of accidents. The three main causes of car accidents are poorly trained drivers, distracted drivers, and impaired drivers. One cause of car accidents is poorly trained drivers. Drivers who don’t follow the rules of the road can be putting themselves and others at risk. For example, drivers who exceed the speed limit will have a more difficult time stopping or turning if something, such as an animal, crosses their path. In addition, there are road signs that drivers need to recognize, understand, and obey. Other drivers cannot tell how people who do not obey road signs will drive, and this unpredictability can lead to accidents. Finally, not checking blind spots and not being aware of one’s surroundings can result in a collision. A driver who is not aware of what is around his or her vehicle may crash into other cars or objects, not realizing they are there. For these reasons, poorly trained drivers can cause accidents. Distracted drivers are another cause of car accidents. Driving is a task that requires the driver’s full attention, so performing other tasks while driving can lead to an accident. For example, people who talk on their cell phone while driving...
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...The objective of this paper is to find out why car crashes continue to be the leading cause of deaths and life threatening injuries. Road traffic crashes cause great economic loss to victims, sufferers and their families. These losses range from the cost of treatment, including rehabilitation, to the continued quality of life of the victims in which some cannot work or can work with limited job duties. The desired goal is to find effective prevention methods to circumventthese unnecessary motor vehicle related injuries from occurring. Car Accidents World Health Organization reports every year the lives of almost 1.24 million people that are cut short as a result of road traffic crashes. As a result, it has been proven that there has been a variation in causes of death relating to road traffic crashes. Driving under the influence, distracted drivers, and aggressive driving have been shown as a cause of road traffic crashes that lead to death and life threatening injuries. According to the traffic safety administration the age range that is more likely to result in these offenses are young adults between the ages 15-44 years and male drivers as being more likely to be involved in road traffic crashes than female drivers. This literature review considers whether prevention of thesedeath causing car crashes and life threatening injuries will serve as a solution by responding to theses following questions: 1. Why are car accidents the leading cause of death and life threatening...
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...My Car Accident Like any other Saturday, I was hanging out with my best friend, Lindsey. We had just left the Project Graduation car show, and were headed out Buckeye Road trying to get her home on time. We were playing loud music, laughing, swaying and talking about our boyfriend issues like normal. I hated to see the night end, so we sat in my car in her driveway hashing out our plans for next weekend. We hugged and she made me promise I would buckle up and be safe. Of course, I agreed to both, I put the car in reverse and backed out. As I was driving down twisting country roads thinking about our plans for next weekend, the thought of being in a car accident never crossed my mind. And then it happened. A bright red car came barreling at me head on. I panicked, and jerked my steering wheel. My car wheels dropped off the low shoulder. Suddenly, the car careened out of control, and everything went dark. I couldn’t see, but I could hear the screaming of brakes, smell of burning rubber, feel my body being jolted forward in a lifeless motion. I heard sounds of metal crunching, felt like I was soaring through the sky, and everything ended in a sudden hard stop and complete silence. The next thing I remember is someone cradling me, and talking to me and the sounds of sirens in the distance. I fade in and out of consciousness, but I can still feel the pain shooting through my body, and tears of fear flowing down my cheeks. I woke up with something obscuring my vision and hindering...
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...Could you imagine your car dropping you off at your destination and then parking itself? If not, you should because that is where technology is heading. It is predicted that by the year 2020 transportation as we know it will be flipped upside down by self-driving cars. There are several large companies working on this technology right now, such as Google. However, the question if we should trust this new technology is still up for debate. Even though it is a foreign idea, self-driving cars should replace human drivers because of the lack of human error, the convenience, and the increase of your spare time. Most car accidents are caused by a mistake from the person operating the vehicle. In his article "How Google's Self-Driving Car Will Change Everything," Dallegro quotes Professor Robert W. Peterson saying, "Over 90% of accidents today are caused by driver error." If all drivers were replaced with autonomous vehicles then accidents would happen very little, if any at all. In her article "Along for the Ride", Kristen Weir says, "In 2012, 33,561 people were killed in car crashes in the Unites States and an estimated 2.36 million were injured." Without driver error as a factor, using a car as your form of transportation is a lot safer....
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...3/21 Car Accident Background Morning (6:49 – 9:30) – In the morning I got on to the bus to go to Auto Tech. After Auto Tech I took the bus to YHS for my other classes. I went to American Civilization and English. Afternoon (11:40 – 3:01) – During lunch Samet drop me off at my house. I took the car to school. I parked in the parking lot and when to lunch. After lunch I went to math class. I had a math test that day. Late afternoon (2:10- 3:45) – My friend Seb and I decided to go to Seb’s house after school. Seb and I got into the car. We exited the parking lot and went straight onto N Greenbrier St. After about 100 yards we saw my friends Chris and Danny. I pulled up next to them and Danny said, “Hey, Ethan can I get a ride to my house, you know where I live right?” I said “Yeah sure I can give you a ride to your place.” Danny and Chris then got into the car. We continued on to N Greenbrier St. From “N Greenbrier St.”, I took a right on to 26th Street North. I drove down 26th street until I took a right on to North Trinidad Street. Then I took the next left, onto North Little Falls Road. We were on North Trinidad for a few blocks when at the intersection with N. Van Buren Danny suddenly said “Ethan take a right on to this street so we can back on the main road”. I was already into the intersection but tried to take the turn too quickly and slammed on the brakes. The wheels locked-up and the Saab skidded sideways into the curb which caused it to trip and flip...
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...Chris Gurney Quality Management Project Part 1 Process Selection, Background, and Customer Analysis The process that I am selecting is Residential Home Building. Hypothetically, let’s say that I own a residential construction business and my company just does the rough framing because that is what we specialize in. I sub contract out all the work that is not appealing to me such as the concrete, plumbing, electrical, and the finish plumbing and by just focusing on framing we get more production which means more money and that makes us a successful company wright? WRONG! If in fact I sub contract out all that work, I now have to add that into the price of the home which may deviate customers from buying my homes. To be a successful builder I need to cut the costs from sub-contracting to keep my costs competitive. In order to be competitive in the market my company needs to become whole, to be able to do the job from start to finish which more and more builders are leaning towards these days. I will do this by starting my own separate division within my company such as the plumbing, concrete, electrical, and finish carpentry. I will send those who are willing to learn, as well as myself through the proper training to accommodate for the expansion of the company. With the company expanding, we are now adding more internal customers while the external customers, such as the sub-contractors are virtually eliminated leaving only one valuable customer, the consumer. ...
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...confirmed that the accident happened on 17/08/2015 at about 1150hrs. He was able to relate the circumstances of the accident to the best of his recollection. - According to Mr Chung, the accident occurred when he and his wife were on their way to AMK Hub in Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 from their home in Blk 316 Shunfu Rd via Marymount Rd. The road surface was dry at the time of the accident. He was travelling down the circular ramp to enter the basement car-park of AMK Hub when the accident happened. - As Mr Chung was about to turn left towards the entrance gantry, he realised that the brakes did not seem to work. He lost control of the insured vehicle which continued moving forward towards the opposite...
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...The Self-Driving CarIs a self-driving car a necessity or just a cool toy? Instead of having to spend long hours driving on a road trip or a busy street, a person can just sit back and relax while the car does all the work. If a person gets in the car and attempts to drive, the self-driving car can make them take a breath analyzing test and detect their levels of alcohol are too high to be driving. The car can take control of the wheel and get them home safely without causing any harm to the person or anyone else on the road. Therefore, a self-driving car can be both a cool accessory but also a great thing to have in order to prevent many accidents from occurring. Everyone has heard the many tragic stories about a young teen, or even a family, being inside the car and getting hit by a drunk driver or being the one to hit someone else. A lot of the times these accidents lead to injuries, and sometimes even death. Most people believe that accidents will not occur to them because they live close by and they see themselves as not being drunk. Usually though, a drunk person does not realize how drunk they actually are and do not realize all the injuries that can occur. With a self-driving car, it can detect a person's alcohol leveland drive for them. It could save thousands of lives every day around the world with this type...
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...What is classed as an accident? An accident is an unforeseen incident or circumstance that occurs which may result in a loss, damage or injury. Sometimes what may be seen as an accident can also be because of a negligent act where a duty of care was owed but not received. A reasonable foreseeability must be proven before it can be established if a duty of care existed and whether someone was liable for the damage. Accidents do not occur nearly as much due to more negligent acts occurring where the results are reasonably foreseeable but those involved are not accepting their duty of care to avoid any risks. As can be seen in Vaughan v Menlove (1837) 3 Bing NC 467, where the defendant’s haystack caught fire due to poor ventilation. He was told...
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...Child safety seats are designed to protect children from injury or death during the car accidents. Each year, thousands of children are killed or injured because of the car accidents and safety seats help to protect children (Car Seats); however, the child safety seats did not appear until 1962. There were two inventors who invented the child safety seats: one was Briton Jean Ames, who invented the featured a Y-strap, which was similar than the modern one. The other designer was American Len Rivkin, who invented the seat surrounded by the metal frame (A Graphic History). According to Pennsylvania’s Seat Belt Law: “Under Pennsylvania’s primary child passenger safety law, children under the age of four must be properly restrained in an approved...
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... if you have lots and lots of fear within yourself and tend to do nothing but just stay wherever you are, then you will be the biggest looser anyone will ever see. Accordingly, fear is such a thing that can be explained in different ways. In my life, fear plays an important role. In each and every step, first I feel the fear whether I can succeed this task or not then I move on taking it positive in a safe way as much as possible. For example, I do not know how to drive a vehicle and I am learning this task. But I have a deep fear of the thought of having an accident. Because of the fear of having an accident, I will not stop learning how to drive but I will learn to drive safely so that I avoid accident. I can share you an incident about a recent fear of mine i.e. I had lots and lots of fear about driving or touching the steering of a car so I never had a confidence of touching it. Later on, I managed to come over my fear and attempted to learn driving. Still, I had so much fear that I hit the DPS office pole. After that I learnt few tips for driving...
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...Harlem motorcycle accident lawyer If a car or other vehicle causes an accident while you are riding your motorcycle, there are a few important things you need to know. Motorcycle accidents differ in many significant ways than accidents when only cars are involved. The following are just a few things you should know about them. Minor accidents for a car can be major accidents for a motorcycle What can be a fender bender for a car, can mean serious injury to a bike rider. A simple side swipe can cause a rider to fall off his bike. A driver braking late and rear ending a motorcyclist can cause serious injury, even at slow speeds. Misjudging the speed of a biker making a left turn into oncoming traffic is also a common reason for accidents. On top of that, though it is common for a car driver to be at fault, the motorcycle rider is often blamed. A Harlem attorney with experience in motorcycle accidents will likely understand how the accident occurred and can protect your interests. Your injuries can be more severe than a car driver's injuries Obviously, this is not always going to be true, but the potential is always there. When riding your motorcycle, you are exposed to everything. Hitting the cement can create broken bones not seen by those in a car. You can be injured by the car when it...
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...ENG 111-3 Dangerous Habits of Drivers Drivers with bad driving habits are most likely to have accidents. Accidents could lead to serious injuries or even death. To prevent accidents, drivers need to have a responsible attitude and a level of maturity, when given this privilege. These accidents occur when the driver’s concentrating less on the vehicle and more on the things around them. Driving is a major part of life, but some habits like using cell phones, over speeding, and drinking and driving could be known as abusing the right of driving. Firstly, talking and texting while driving is a major addiction that could lead to accidents. When talking on the phone one could certainly lose the concentration needed for driving. It’s definitely hard to be aware of two things at a time, but some people don’t realize this, because of over confidence. Texting while driving could also lead to loss of control on car. This most likely happens when one is using both hands to text and is also looking down on the phone. If there is no control of the steering wheel by the driver, the consequences could lead to death. Fortunately, the solution for talking on phone has been found! The use of Bluetooth could help save lives. It is considered good because you don’t have to hold the phone, and so it saves many lives. Secondly, another bad habit is when a person drives the car over the speed limit. This is considered a bad habit because there will be less control on the vehicle...
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...probably watched the news sometime in their life noticing there's accidents about everyday. The majority of the accidents happen over texting and driving. A lot of people are familiar with those words but don’t really take in consideration what those words really mean. At any given time throughout the day, approximately 660,000 drivers are attempting to use their phones while behind the wheel of an automobile.People have lost family members and even been in a accident involving with the driver being on his/her phone.People find texting and driving a talent,but in the end texting and driving is an accident ready to happen. Texting and driving should be illegal in every state. One reason texting and driving should be illegal is because the driver is putting not just themselves in danger but everyone else on the road. Texting and driving is six times more likely to get you in an accident than drunk driving. People don’t realize when your eyes leave the road for a few seconds it takes one second for a life changing experience. People think of it as just a little shift off the road but what if there was a person walking in front or anywhere around the car. The National Safety Council reports that cell phone use while driving leads to 1.6 million crashes each year. Crashes that could include one person or even five people. Would you take one action that could risk your life and everyone else in the car or around the car?...
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