...Many car drivers find out the hard way that the posted speed limit is meant for optimum road surface and driving conditions. The same is true for commercial or owner operator truck drivers except that there are many more circumstances for them to watch for. Driving too fast for the road conditions or in situations that are adverse to trucks can lead to an accident. Here are three of them: Slippery Pavement This category includes wet pavement as well as snow and ice conditions. Although wet pavement doesn't cause slipping and sliding when walking on it, you will find it slippery when braking to avoid an accident and during swerve maneuvers. Your weight and your trailer increase your braking distance, and if you aren't careful, a jackknife...
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...Yep, We weren't even on the road yet. Fast forwarding fifteen minutes i’m finally on the road. I can't even begin to describe how scattered my brain and anxiety was. I was dying of lack of breathe not only due to the fact that I was scared but that the driving examiner was smoking a cig in the corner the whole time during the parking portion. Fast forwarding another fifteen minutes, the instructor goes, “at the next road sign make a right, we will be approaching the highway.” This is the part I was scared stiff for. I begin to see the bright yellow road sign with the two arrows merging into each other. Checked my rearview mirror, my side mirror, and blind spot and over to the next lane I headed. I was actually about to pee myself at this point of terror just when the instructor goes, “when safe murge”. I nearly shit myself this time. “When safe merge back over and exit the highway.” Words can't describe how thankful I am for the youtube channel DMVguideonline for teaching me how to properly get...
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...Growing up, everyone was taught that driving while drunk was just about the worst thing one could do. While drunk driving is not as much of an issue as it used to be, driving while under the influence of marijuana is much less talked about. Recreational marijuana has been made legal in California as of January 1st. This means it is completely legal to purchase marijuana and drive it back to one’s home. Going anywhere other than directly home after purchasing marijuana is a felony. Consumption is only legal in one’s private residence. With its recent legalization, driving after smoking pot has become much more common. Similarly to alcohol, while consumption is legal, driving while under the influence is not. According to ibtimes.com, “A recent...
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...consumption is becoming blurred. We all know driving under the influence of alcohol is illegal, however, the rules with marijuana are not as black and white. This article will briefly outline the laws and police powers regarding operating a motor vehicle under the influence of marijuana. Firstly, driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs are subject to the same penalties. However, driving under the influence of marijuana is not as easy to define. Unlike alcohol, which can be easily measured by a breathalyzer, people metabolize THC (tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in marijuana) at different rates, therefore impairment can vary widely from person to person making it hard to determine if a person is impaired. Due to the inability to...
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...A SEMINAR REPORT ON Mobile Phone Based Drunk Driving Detection System SUBMITTED BY Adesh Raut Roll No : 3152102 UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF Prof. Shiv H. Sutar Department Of Computer Engineering MAEER’s MAEER’s MIT College of Engineering Kothrud, Pune 411 038 2017-2018 Department of Computer Engineering MIT College of Engineering PUNE C E R T I F I C A T E This is to certify that Raut Adesh Bapurao from Third Year Computer Engineering has successfully completed his seminar work titled ’Mobile Phone Based Drunk Driving Detection System’ at MIT College of Engineering, Pune in the partial fulfillment of the Bachelors Degree in Engineering. Prof. Shiv H. Sutar Prof. Bharti Dixit Prof. Anil Hiwale (Seminar Guide) (Head of Department) (Principal) Place:...
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...Driving under the Influence Abstract Driving Under the Influence (DUI) has been and is increasingly becoming more of a problem on the leading cause of vehicular deaths. This research paper will cover multiple areas of this issue such as National Statistics on DUI’s, The second most cause of DUI’s aside alcohol, How big the problem is getting, Who is most at risk, Particularly how it effects individuals in the military, both criminally and long term and last, The program M.A.D.D. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) and how this programs helps the community. As I mentioned before, the issue of DUI’s is becoming more of an issue every day and it is not getting any better. There is this misconception that individuals can only be considered driving under the influence when consuming alcohol but this is not the case no more. The second most inhibitor of driving under the influence is Marijuana. It seems like the more time goes by, the more states make it legal to smoke. This drug can be obtained easier then alcohol as when that time comes when there is, as long as the money is right, it can be brought by pretty much anyone. National Statistics on DUI’s The annual numbers of DUI’s is pretty hard to swallow and the following numbers are just with alcohol, not marijuana. * The average number of people arrested annually for drunk driving are 1,500,000 * The average number of people who die annually in drunk driving accidents are 10,075 DUI’s Arrest by age group...
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...Driving While Distracted: Examining the Impact of Cell Phone Use on Driving Janine Graves Argosy University, Seattle Abstract This study examines the role of cell phones on driver's vision and attention. By including studies which use hand held, hands free and/or texting, this paper emphasizes that all forms of cell phone communication impairs drivers. Furthermore, research hi-lights how cell phone distraction can equal or exceed impairment caused by drunk driving. Driving While Distracted: Examining the Impact of Cell Phone Use on Driving Over the last several years, many states around the country have enacted laws aimed at limiting cell phone use while driving. Such laws are typically drafted...
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...drive, and are not only endangering themselves but all other drivers on the road as well. Alcohol is a depressant which means it does not allow a human to function at full capacity. Things like hand-eye coordination are affected as well as cognitive functions. Even one drink can slow a driver’s reaction time and thought process, which could lead to a severe and even sometimes fatal accident. “Driving While Impaired - Alcohol and Drugs.” NCADD, 26 June 2015, www.ncadd.org/about-addiction/driving-while-impaired-alcohol-and-drugs....
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...lower age lowers motor vehicle crash numbers, but this is purely based off observational data. Current studies on the effect of the minimum drinking age law and motor vehicle collisions are problematic in that there has not been a significant amount of research. This topic opened up more recently with the enactment of the Minimum Drinking Age Act. New studies started up and the current studies use observational data to make conclusions on data trends. However, many of these papers note that the spike in motor vehicle collisions...
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...The social issue I picked to write on is drunk driving, which in today’s society has become a huge issue. Back when I started driving, drunk driving was not looked upon the same as it does today. People who were involved in an alcohol related crash or accident were usually not punished like they are today. Along with that driving under the influence carried a well less penalty then it does today. Driving under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a mass of information out there on how alcohol affects your body pertaining to driving. Excessive drinking has become a bigger problem in today’s world not only with college kids but with older people to. For example according to Tara Parker Pope (2012) “New research shows that four times a month, one in six Americans goes on a drinking binge, knocking back an average of eight alcoholic beverages within a few hours.” Society’s views on drunk driving have changed a lot due to awareness of it and the effects it has on people and families. It affects society in a huge way with the fact that a lot of people die every year from being hit or hitting someone else in a drunk driving accident. Every year thousands of people are involved in an alcohol related accident, which effects many people from their family and friends to the people they got in an accident with. Drunk driving as a whole effects the whole society, at some point in your life you will of known someone who either was seriously hurt...
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...Research Paper: Sleep Deprivation vs Alcohol and Driving Theodore S Mikelonis Colorado Christian University SLEEP DEPRIVATION VS ALCOHOL AND DRIVING 2 Sleep deprivation vs alcohol and driving We all can relate to a lack of sleep sometime in our life. But, how many of us risk getting behind the wheel of a car? Though driving drunk is often considered worse than driving sleep deprived; they both share deadly consequences. In, this paper I hope to show that sleep deprivation is more dangerous behind the wheel of a car then being drunk. A few things will address are drunk driving, the legal limit, sleep deprivation and excessive daytime sleepiness or (EDS). Lastly, the reason for this topic of study is I usually work a swing shift job...
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...The Affects In this paper the author is going to discuss why there should be stricter laws on using mobile hand held devises such as cell phones while driving. Whether it is talking, texting or looking for applications using hand held devises such as cell phones are very dangerous and stronger laws need to be put into place to detour the use of such devises. The Affects Law makers need to look at the stats regarding the accidents and accidental deaths that happen because of distracted driver. There needs to be changes made to the use of cell phone usage while driving to help keep people alive. Distracted drivers cause over half of the nations accidents. According to Gabrielle Kartsas (2014. Para, 6) of the USA Today the National Safety Council's annual injury and fatality report, "Injury Facts," found that the use of cell phones causes 26% of the nation's car accidents which is over 25% of all accidents. So the government needs to put stronger regulations on driving while using a cell phone. Some states have put regulations in to stop cell phone usage while driving. The GHSA (Governs Highway Safety Association) (2014, para, 4) says No state bans all cell phone use for all drivers, but 37 states and D.C. ban all cell phone use by novice drivers, and 20 states and D.C. prohibit it for school bus drivers. In the authors opinion a federal regulation needs to be put into place to stop drivers from using hand held devises while driving. If a driver must us their cell phone...
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...Internet Sources Jonathan R. Stanifer Professor Kunze Gen 499: General Education Capstone 16 June 2014 When determining what Internet sources are a viable means of communication. Society has adopted means to distribute and exchange information to the masses via the Internet. As society evolved so did the means to communicate through new technology with the emergence of the internet and various social media outputs. Along with new mobile devices that were able to record and broadcast such communication. Some examples are Facebook, Twitter, podcast, blog, video blog, and even emails. These means can be accessed from mobile devices like smart phones, tablets and lap top computers. When such communications are developed they are often free and are unregulated for their content. Since being free and unregulated you can virtually express any opinions. The opinions of others may stretch the truth of the topic or may even be false. Having such information in front of us as students we must filter was is scholarly or not. There several steps we can use when assessing a web source. One component to consider is the site itself. An alternate system would be to concentrate on its creator, and in conclusion, examine the really data being displayed. By making these little strides, you could make sure to figure out whether the data is insightful or simply mainstream news. The initial phase in assessing a web asset, is investigating the real site where the data is placed. The site itself...
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...Learning Team Debate Paper Business Communication and Critical Thinking/BCOM 275 University of Phoenix Learning Team Debate Paper A topic with considerable debate is the legal age to consume alcoholic beverages. “Most cultures where alcohol consumption is legal have a mandated threshold age at which buying and/or consuming alcohol becomes permitted” (International Center for Alcohol Policies, 2011, para. 5). Currently, the United States has set the legal age to drink at 21. The age was once 18; however, society has changed its views concerning this issue. Because the legal drinking age changed to 21 there was an increase in mortality rate at age 21, increase in motor vehicle accidents, and increase in suicides. Even though 18 is considered an adult and a person should be able to make his or her own decisions, the drinking age should not be lowered because teens lack the maturity to handle alcohol and teens are at a higher risk of alcohol-related deaths. This debate has two sides as some people are for lowering the age to 18 again and some against. Many will argue that the average drinking age around the world is 18. According to International Center for Alcohol Policies (2011), “Minimum drinking and purchase ages in countries around the world range from 16 to 25 years of age, with 18 being the most common age limit” (para. 6). Others say that if a person age 18 is old enough to serve and die for his or her country, he or she should be permitted...
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...awareness of a topic and to change public attitudes (rather than sell a product), often advocating better health practices or safety (Jess Dudley, 2013). The purpose of this study is to introduce two advertisements, one is smoking and another one is dunk drive. The paper is structured as follows: the first section will present the background which shows the perniciousness of smoking and dunk drive. The second part will show the content of the smoking advertisement, and the third part will introduce the target audiences and influence to people by AIDA. After that, the dunk drive advertisement will be presented. The first part of this advertisement will present the content. And then, this essay will introduce the adverting media of this advertisement and advantages. Finally, this essay will introduce the marketing ethics and segmentation. There are many reasons cause health hazards in recent years, such as smoking and drunk driving. Smoking is the main element of preventable deaths. Accounting to the research shows that about 80,000 people death in England in 2011 and nearly 9,500 children illness because of secondhand smoke (Jane Ellison, 2013). Additionally, excessive drinking is another threat, especially dunk driving. In 2012, there are 290 people dead cause by drinking, which occupied with 17 percent in all the road traffic accidents (Ray Massey, 2013). Thus, those two social advertisements were made. The first advertisement is about smoking. The advertisement use exaggeration...
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