English 211 Rabbit, Run Is There Help? “Mr. and Mrs. Garcia, I am Officer Rodriguez, I am very sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but there has been an accident. Your daughter was killed in a motor vehicle accident last night. As far as we can tell, there was alcohol involved”. Imagine getting a knock on your door at 2:00 in the morning, opening it up to find two police officers standing there. It is every parent’s worst nightmare. Unfortunately, this is exactly the news my
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skills needed that only time and practice can perfect. Yet, with an inattentive 16 year old who recently received their license behind the wheel, the lives of all four teenagers become more at risk with every inch traveled down the pavement by that car. Statistics have shown one of every five 16-year-olds will be in a severe motor vehicle crash within two years of getting their license- and that number is only rising- yet only for drivers 17 years old and younger. At 18, the rate of crashes drastically
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be known as the Fairport Five, died in a head on collision with a tractor trailer, and texting is suspected to be the cause of the accident. “Cell phone records show a text message was sent from the phone belonging to the driver, Bailey Goodman, at 10:05:52. A reply was sent to her phone at 10:06:29. Thirty-eight seconds later, someone called 911 to report the accident that killed Bailey and her friends” (“Texting May”) What if she had not been texting? Could these five girls still be alive today
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Page |1 Traffic Risk Analysis of Tamil Nadu district Using RADM System and Index Creation for safety estimate Submitted by Namit Jain (2011CE10371) A report of CED 412 - Project Part II submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Technology Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi May, 2015 Page |2 Declaration “I do certify that this report explains the work carried out by me in the Course CED 412 Project
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On the road The driver, vehicles and accident Number of drivers and vehicles continue to increase… Malaysia became one of automobile manufacturing countries since 1985 with the launching of the first national car. Production of the national cars increased from 80,000 to 240,000 units a year. Among the models are Wira, Waja, Exora, Kancil, MyVi, Viva and Alza. This scenario indirectly contributes to the increase in the number of registered vehicles and the number of registered drivers. Based
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their surroundings. It causes them to lose focus and alters their driving. On the other hand, It has been established that majority of these incidents are brought upon by our younger generation of drivers. “This recklessness has caused numerous car accidents and death related incidents in the driving age group of 16-20, the largest texting demographic” (Divine). It has also been shown that according to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5,870 people died due to texting while driving
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Unit 4: Understanding how a retail business maintains health and safety on its premises Task 3 Understand the employee’s responsibilities in reporting hazards and accidents that typically occur on the premises of a retail business The most common types of risks, hazards and accidents to staff and customers are: * Lifting and pushing - eg. Handling heavy or awkward sized objects * Slips/trips and falls - eg. Slipping on a wet surface or falling from a ladder * Machinery - eg. Using
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Feedforward control would have been the most useful type of control in this situation. The Deepwater Horizon accident had massive implications for the health of workers and nearby residents, the economy, and the environment. BP had a responsibility to take the potential dangers of their drilling operation seriously and plan for potential problems. There should have been backup protections to prevent accidents like the one that occurred. At the very least they should have practiced concurrent control. At the
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seatbelt, then got into a devastating accident which either left him or her severely injured or even worse, dead. Think of this, what if vehicle manufacturing companies implemented a device where drivers couldn’t start the car unless they have their seatbelt fastened. According to the CDC 33,000 people died in 2009 from motor vehicle accidents, half of those people weren’t wearing their seatbelts. If manufacturing companies did install these systems in their cars, think of all the lives that can be
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I. Introduction A. Topic 1) Research question: How effective are devices that disable in-car cellphone messaging in preventing deaths and accidents that are caused by texting and driving? 2) Working thesis: Although devices that disable in-car cellphone messaging can help curb texting and driving incidents, they are still not as effective in preventing accidents and deaths from texting and driving compared to the stricter implementation of rules and regulations that ban texting and driving. 3) Angle:
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