...CHAPTER 1: HIGHWAY SAFETY QUIZ 1 Never drive __________, avoid sudden steering and braking, and always signal your intention to turn or change lanes. if you have a mobile phone in the vehicle where you cannot see after inclement weather after rush hour 2 Conduct a mental list related to the condition of each driving element. If your list has unfavorable factors in one or more categories, your _______________. crash probability is at an elevated level fuel economy will be more efficient drive will be predictable collision risk is at its lowest level 3 Driving is a _______society has entrusted to us when we are issued a license. right liberty privilege freedom 4 To help manage risk, it is essential that you ___________ that can increase levels of risk. remain alert to conditions or objects recognize signal backplates avoid overhead signs avoid advance channelization 5 About one out of every ten drivers _________. is driving without a license drives with no distractions is involved in a crash each year drives with a safety belt buckled 6 _________, the roadway, and your vehicle are all categories associated with risk that you should assess before you get behind the wheel. Your speed Velocity The law The driver 7 As a driver, you can lower the level of risk by __________. searching the entire traffic scene for hazards All of these answers are correct. adjusting your speed and space...
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...MultiCraft International Journal of Business, Management and Social Sciences Vol. 3, No. 1, 2012, pp. 19-25 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES www.ijbmss-ng.com © 2012 MultiCraft Limited. All rights reserved Assessment of drivers understanding of road signs in Ghana: A case study along Ho – Afloa Togo route Maxwell Selase Akple*, Robert Biscoff Ho Polytechnic, Mechanical Engineering Dept, P.O.Box Box HP 217, Ho. Volta Region, GHANA Corresponding author’s e-mail : oomaxi@yahoo.com, Tel. +233 244979950 Abstract This paper examines driver’s knowledge concerning road sign usage along an international route in Ghana. There were two stages for the data collection. First, an observational study was conducted to determine the specific road signs along the route. Second, questionnaires were administered to 50 drivers who regularly drove on this route to assess their understanding of those road signs. The study shows that various road signs and markings are along the route. Hump ridge ramps are the dominant road signs observed coupled with pedestrian crossing warning sign posts. Most drivers do not recognize common road signs and markings hence their memorability, remembrance and application during driving is difficult. Main contributing factors are driver’s not professional trained and symbolic nature of the road signs. Challenges encountered during road sign usage include size of road sign indicating situations, visibility, reflectivity and placement...
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...Rayna Williams Dr. S. L. Terrell Managerial Economics and Globalization – ECO 550 November 20, 2011 1. Some games of strategy are cooperative. One example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. It doesn’t matter which side it is as long as everyone chooses the same side. Otherwise, everyone may get hurt. Driver 2 Left Right Driver 1 Left 0, 0 -1000 -1000 Right -1000, -1000 0, 0 a. Does either player have a dominant strategy? Explain. Driver 2’s strategy: If diver 1 turns left, driver 2 has two choices: Left or right. Driver 2 would turn left as payoff (0) is higher there than negative payoff in Right. Then if diver 1 turns right, driver 2 has two choices: Left or right and he also would turn to right due to higher (0) payoff. As a result, driver 2 does not have a dominant strategy because he moves in a same direction of Driver 1 does and the dominant strategy is regardless of what any other players do, the strategy earns a player a larger payoff than any other. Driver 1’s strategy: If diver 2 turns left, driver 1 has two choices: Left or right and driver 1 would turn to left due to higher payoff (0). Then if diver 2 turns right, driver 1 has two choices where he would turn to right as the payoff is higher (0) than left (-1000). Therefore...
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...HINDUSTAN/SAMBHAR SALTS LIMITED JOB PROFILE POST NAME: GM (WORKS) POSITION TITLE REPORT TO: FUNCTION LOCATION JOB SUMMARY: TOUCHPOINTS : : : : GM(WORKS) CMD TECHNICAL SSL EXTERNAL -CLIENTS # 1 REPORTED BY AGM,DGM,CM, SR. MGR, MGR,AM,SUPERVISOR DATE: 11.04.2014 VERSION: 1.0 APPROVED BY: CMD AS BUSINESS HEAD FOR SSL UNIT. INTERNAL GM-W,SSL,DIVISIONAL HEAD AT SSL, GM-COMM.,HO,CMD AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITIES ROLE ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES 2 3 4 5 6 BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES PRODUCTION DRIVER DIRECT AND COORDINATE ACTIVITIES OF BUSINESS OR DEPARTMENT CONCERNED WITH PRODUCTION ,PRICING, SALES, AND /OR DISTRIBUTION OF PRODUCTS. MANAGE STAFF , PREPARING WORK SCHEDULE AND ASSIGNING SPECIFIC DUTIES. ESTABLISH AND IMPLEMENT DEPARTMENTAL POLICIES, GOALS, OBJECTIVE, AND PROCEDURES, CONFERRING ORGANISATION OFFICIALS. PRODUCTION OF SALT AS PER PRODUCTION SCHEDULE, ACHIEVE MAX EFFICIENCY OF THE PLANT, COST OPTIMIZATION, MAINTENANCE OF PLANT EQUIPMENT CO-ORDINATION WITH TECHNICAL TEAM DRIVER CO-ORDINATION WITH TECHNICAL TEAM TO ENSURE MAX. PLANT UTILIZATION RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT DRIVER EFFECTIVE TEAM BUILDING WITH ALL DEPT. COST OPTIMIZATION THINKER ACHIEVE MAX. OUTPUT WITH LEAST RESOURCES TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT DRIVER TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF TEAM BUILDING AND SECOND LINE THINKER & DRIVER DEVELOPMENT LEAD THE TEAM WITH THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS, BY MAINTAINING EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION, WHICH WILL BE MOTIVATING THE CONFIDENCE OF THE TEAM. WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH...
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...among spouses by examining how often the driver of a car sacrifices himself or herself in order to save a spouse. Holding constant the magnitude of a collision, a driver can maneuver the car to distribute the risk from a collision between the driver and a passenger. We quantify spousal altruism by the degree to which drivers riding with their spouse redistribute the risk from a fatal accident to themselves – as measured by ex post mortality – as compared to drivers not traveling with their spouse. We find that drivers with their spouses are at least 37% more likely to sacrifice themselves. This implies that they value the lives of their spouses at least 37% more than the lives of other individuals. A driver’s position in a car provides him with exclusive control over the pedals and steering wheel. At the time of an impending accident, this control enables him to adjust the total amount of risk facing the car’s occupants and how that risk is distributed. In other words, his maneuvers will have allocative and distributive effects on the occupants’ risk. The driver’s distributive choices reveal his relative preferences for himself over his passengers. The manifestation of injuries amongst the occupants allows observation of those relative preferences. A theory of spousal altruism – indeed any romantic notion of marriage – would predict that a husband is more willing to sacrifice himself for his passenger when the passenger is his wife.2 The central purpose of this paper is to test...
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...___________________________________________________________________ Driver Search Program Project Plan 2012 Ian Pimentel Table of Contents 1.0 Business Need…………………………………….…………………….…………………………….3 2.0 Project Preliminary Scope……………………………………………..………………………..4 3.1 Objectives…………………………………………………………………………………………4 3.2 Constraints……………………………………………………………………………………….4 3.3 Assumptions…………………………………………………………………………………….4 3.4 Project Organization…………………………………………………………………………4 3.5 Deliverables……………………………………………………………………………………..5 3.6 Early Risks………………………………………………………………………………………..5 3.7 Authority and Accountability……………………………………………………………5 3.8 Cost Estimates………………………………………………………………………………….5 3.0 The Team………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 4.0 Work Breakdown Structure…………………………..………………………………………..7 5.0 Dependencies………………………………………………………………………………………….8 6.9 Finish to Start…………………………………………………………………………………..8 6.10 Start to Start……………………………………….……………………………………………8 6.11 Finish to Start……………………………………………………………………………………8 6.0 Resources and Cost Estimates……..………………………………………………………….9 7.0 Schedule Milestones…………………………………………………………………….……….10 8.12 Project Charter Approval………………………………………………………………..10 8.13 Preliminary Scope Statement Approval…………………………………………..10 8.14 Project Team Evaluation Meeting…………………………………………………..10 8.15 Driver Selection………………………………………………………………………………10 1.0 Business...
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...Schedule for Implementing a Driver Control Program MKTG6513 Abstract This marketing plan is used on lessening driver turnover by reducing the communication gap between drivers and dispatchers. For each of the three years of the marketing plan, a trucking company starts with$1,000,000. To prevent repeating prior mistakes which cause drivers to leave the company, effective marketing and promotion which highlight the change in hiring style need to be implemented. To be effective in a trucking company, technology plays an imperative role which is utilized very carefully in this plan to remain within the budget while using most of it. In order to retain and minimize the turnover percentage of drivers, their training is vital, so that they represent the company in a more effective manner and help the company to retain the client. Together, the relationship of drivers with dispatchers and technology suggest the company can generate profit with a moderate rate. The prevalent concern confronting the trucking business is not the mounting fuel and insurance expenses, but rather, the aptitude to entice, recruit and preserve excellent drivers. According to Keller and Ozment (1999), “[1] the cost to replace a driver has been reported to range from 3,000 to 12,000 dollars [1]” (p. 99). Where does one start to better retain a quality driver? Chances are you have many worthy drivers in your fleet, and the odds are even...
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...Younger & Older Drivers ------------------------------------------------- 1. Introduction Summer is the best time to travel for many people as the weather gets warmer and children are finishing up the school year. With summer right around the corner, my wife and I have started to plan out the trips that we want to take. Though one of the trips will require a flight, travel for all of the other trips will be by means of our trusty old car, most requiring an overnight stay in the city we are visiting. After planning the logistics of the trips and making the necessary reservations, I was excited at the thought of the upcoming time off and chance to relax and refuel. I then proceeded to speak with my mother and ask if she could watch my dog for a few of the trips. I was surprised, however, to hear that she would not be able to watch my dog because she would be out of town on road trips herself that she had planned with friends. A few days later, I mentioned some of the trips I had planned to some colleagues at the office and some indicated that they, too, had road trips planned this summer. After further discussion with additional colleagues, I observed that many younger people were actually not going to go on many road trips this summer, while many older people actually had quite a few road trips planned. This led me to wonder if older drivers, in general, had a higher likelihood of having road trips planned this summer than did younger drivers. The goal of this...
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...ROAD RULES TEST 1. Passenger car or truck (with a manufacturers rated carrying capacity of not more tan 1500 pounds) which of the following must use safety belts? 1.) Only the driver. 2.) Only the driver and front seat passengers. 3.) All passengers. 4.) Only the front seat passengers. Ans: 2 2. You have an accident in which someone is injured, you should 1.) Carefully help anyone who might be hurt, and send for skilled help as quickly as possible. 2.) Assume that the victim is not injured if he says he is not. 3.) Immediately pick up the victim and take him to the hospital in your car. 4.) Get the name of witnesses before you do anything else. Ans: 1 3. Vehicle skids are most likely to be caused by 1.) Too much ice or snow on the road. 2.) Air pressure in tires too low. 3.) Air pressure in tires too high. 4.) Driving too fast on slipping road. Ans: 4 4. Flashing red traffic light means 1.) Stop until the green light comes on. 2.) Detour. 3.) Slow down. 4.) Stop, look, and yield before proceeding. Ans: 4 5. when you are taking medicine prescribed for you by a doctor you should 1.) ask your doctor if it is safe for you to drive. 2.) Never drive. 3.) Drive only if you feel OK. 4.) Drive short distance only. Ans: 1 ...
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...floor cleaner ------------------------------------------------- (Revenue) ------------------------------------------------- $1,160,000 ------------------------------------------------- Customer Cost of robotic floor cleaner ------------------------------------------------- (Revenue) ------------------------------------------------- $1,160,000 ------------------------------------------------- Cost of sale for Department store 3 ------------------------------------------------- $213,793,10 ------------------------------------------------- Cost of sale for Department store 3 ------------------------------------------------- $213,793,10 ------------------------------------------------- Cost of sale for Department store 2...
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...The Nature of Risk Preferences: Evidence from Insurance Choices Levon Barseghyany Francesca Molinari Cornell University Cornell University Ted O’ Donoghue Joshua C. Teitelbaum Cornell University Georgetown University July 21, 2010 Abstract We use data on households’ deductible choices in auto and home insurance to estimate a structural model of risky choice that incorporates "standard" risk aversion (concave utility over …nal wealth), loss aversion, and nonlinear probability weighting. Our estimates indicate that nonlinear probability weighting plays the most important role in explaining the data. More speci…cally, we …nd that standard risk aversion is small, loss aversion is nonexistent, and nonlinear probability weighting is large. When we estimate restricted models, we …nd that nonlinear probability weighting alone can better explain the data than standard risk aversion alone, loss aversion alone, and standard risk aversion and loss aversion combined. Our main …ndings are robust to a variety of modeling assumptions. JEL classi…cations: D01, D03, D12, D81, G22 Keywords: deductible, loss aversion, probability weighting, risk aversion We are grateful to Darcy Steeg Morris for excellent research assistance. For helpful comments, we thank Matthew Rabin as well as seminar and conference participants at Berkeley, UCLA, the Second Annual Behavioral Economics Conference, the Summer 2010 Workshop on Behavioral/Institutional Research and Financial...
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...An audit of subcutaneous syringe drivers in a non-specialist hospital K Dunne, K Sullivan, A Garvey, G Kernohan, A Diamond, C Duffy, J Hutchinson drug administration can facilitate the management of pain, control of nausea and vomiting, restlessness, confusion and drying secretions in the throat. Abstract T he use of syringe drivers as a method of drug delivery to control symptoms in palliative care is a common and accepted practice, but one which has evolved rather than been subject to close multiprofessional scrutiny and guideline formation. There is evidence that adverse incidents may arise as a result of syringe driver use (Medical Devices Agency (MDA), 1998), for example, errors in drug calculations, drug stability, equipment failure (including disconnection) and the wrong rate of infusion. Inadequate user training, poor servicing of equipment and inadequate documentation and record keeping are all thought to be contributing factors (MDA, 1998). In the hospital where this audit was carried out, syringe drivers are used to administer drugs to patients with cancer during the palliative phase of illness. The purpose of this clinical audit was to establish the standard of current practice in wards where syringe drivers were being used. A retrospective study of 13 cases of syringe driver use is presented. The results highlight many areas of unregulated practice with regard to setting up, monitoring and maintenance of syringe drivers. The choice of drugs and doses prescribed...
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...Game Strategy 1. Some games of strategy are cooperative. One example is deciding which side of the road to drive on. It doesn’t matter which side it is as long as everyone chooses the same side. Otherwise, everyone may get hurt. Driver 2 Left Right Driver 1 Left 0,0 -1000 -1000 Right -1000, -1000 0,0 a.Does either player have a dominant strategy? Explain. There is no dominant strategy in this game. It is not a prisoners dilemma, one of the drivers can not choose a strategy that is best for them regardless of what strategy the other driver chooses. It is in both drivers interest to cooperate and coordinate among themselves to use the same strategy so that they come to the best outcome for both. b.Is there Nash equilibrium in this game? Explain There are two Nash equilibriums in this game: both drivers drive on the left or both drive on the right side of the road. The two drivers have to decide whether to drive on the left or on the right side of the road and avoid any accidents. Nash equilibrium occurs when both driver 1 and driver 2 choose the same strategy, both driving on the left or both driving on the right side of the road. If driver 1 decides to drive on the left and driver 2 coming from the opposite direction decides to drive on his or her left, they pass each other without any incidents, so the cost to each of them is zero. However, if driver 2 decides to drive on his or her right side when driver 1 is driving on the left, the cars...
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...FAKULTAS TEKNIK SIPIL DAN LINGKUNGAN INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI BANDUNG 2015 CASE: Construct a cycle chart, a process chart, and a crew balance chart for a pile-driving operation. Then show the improved productivity and LUF. I. PROJECT Project Resource Step 1 : Pile-driving operation : 3 (three) Time (mins) Rigger 1 00.00 - 02.00 connects pile to the sling Rigger 2 Pile-driver connects pile to the sling waits 02.00 - 04.00 assists pile-driver operator waits 3 04.00 - 05.00 assists in spotting the pile tip waits positions location and angle of pile 4 05.00 - 09.00 waits waits pounds the pile into the ground 5 EXISTING CONDITION 2 swings over to the pile, connects its hoist table to the sling, and hoists the pile into its leads takes continous measurements 09.00 - 10.00 of the pile length remaining counts blows above the grade Project Resource Step pounds the pile into the ground : Pile-driving operation : 3 (three) Time (mins) Rigger 1 Rigger 2 Pile-driver SIKLUS 1 00.00 - 02.00 connects pile to the sling connects pile to the sling waits 2 02.00 - 04.00 assists pile-driver operator waits swings over to the pile, connects its hoist table to the sling, and hoists the pile into its leads 3 POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT 1 04.00 - 05.00 assists in spotting the pile tip waits positions location and angle of pile 4 05.00 - 07.00 waits waits pounds the pile into the ground 5 07.00 - 09.00 connects pile to the sling connects pile to the sling pounds the pile...
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...SAMPLE TEXAS ROAD RULES TEST 1. Passenger car or truck (with a manufacturers rated carrying capacity of not more tan 1500 pounds) which of the following must use safety belts? 1.) Only the driver. 2.) Only the driver and front seat passengers. 3.) All passengers. 4.) Only the front seat passengers. Ans: 2 2. If You have an accident in which someone is injured, you should 5.) Carefully help anyone who might be hurt, and send for skilled help as quickly as possible. 6.) Assume that the victim is not injured if he says he is not. 7.) Immediately pick up the victim and take him to the hospital in your car. 8.) Get the name of witnesses before you do anything else. Ans: 1 3. Vehicle skids are most likely to be caused by 9.) Too much ice or snow on the road. 10.) Air pressure in tires too low. 11.) Air pressure in tires too high. 12.) Driving too fast on slipping road. Ans: 4 4. A Flashing red traffic light means 13.) Stop until the green light comes on. 14.) Detour. 15.) Slow down. 16.) Stop, look, and yield before proceeding. Ans: 4 5. when you are taking medicine prescribed for you by a doctor you should 17.) Ask your doctor if it is safe for you to drive. 18.) Never drive. 19.) Drive only if you feel OK. 20.) Drive short distance only. Ans: 1 6. If you move you should report your change of address within ...
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