I drifted off to sleep for a short moment and jolted back into consciousness. The darkening sky is tranquil and soft‚ and I find it beautiful to watch the last glimpses of mauve and crimson sink below the horizon beyond the soft‚ rolling mountains. In the car beside me is my husband‚ Gerard‚ directly behind me is my baby son‚ Joe. The smooth movement of the car is repetive and adds to my drowsiness. Soon we will arrive and my boredom will end. Until then‚ I will farewell the final light of day and
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An accident I have witnessed Normally‚ it is through the newspapers that we get to know about an accident. It is quite rare that we witness an accident ourselves. About 5 years back‚ I was a witness to a bus accident which is still so fresh in my mind. I was sitting in a restaurant along with my parents. The restaurant was on the first floor and we could see the busy Western Express Highway from the window. I was watching the cars‚ buses‚ and trucks speeding by. Just then I saw a bus trying to
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The world would be a much better place if there were fewer car accidents. Car accidents happen daily and regularly these days. They leave pains behind for the victims’ families. Many people think that they will never get involved in car accidents. They don’t wear their seat belts‚ they drive after drinking‚ and they use their cell phones while driving. They do all these things without even giving a second thought‚ yet all these things are preventable. No one knows what will happen to them in the
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many causes of car accidents. Teenage drivers are involved in numerous crashes because of their immaturity. The radio‚ electronics‚ or other people can distract the driver. Accidents are also associated with bad weather. Even though speeding is against the law‚ individuals do it anyway‚ leading to lose of control over their vehicle. Drinking and driving is a very dangerous cause of car crashes. Traffic accidents can harm or possibly kill someone. People involved in these accidents may have to face
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rolled three times before landing on its roof. She’d run a stop sign and was broadsided by another driver. Metal caved in around her but the roof stayed intact and she survived with just scrapes and bruises” (Tracy). This story of Amanda Clark’s car accident caused by distracted driving is common among people. “In 2014‚ 3‚179 people were killed‚ and 431‚000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers (“Distracted Driving: Facts”).” In Idaho‚ between the years of 2010-2014‚ distracted
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when a person is killed due to the misconduct or negligence of another person. It is often referred to as wrongful death. The family members of the deceased person may opt to file a wrongful death claim. For example‚ if a parent lost a child in a car accident‚ then he or she may be able to file a lawsuit against the responsible party. There are several elements that must be present in a wrongful death case. Those elements include death of a person‚ negligence and the surviving members of the family
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desire to make a difference in the lives of others‚ Ruby Taylor‚ 38‚ learned about how she might help others after a severe car accident in December 2012 gave her a brain injury. She states that in that moment‚ everything changed. Prior to the car accident‚ Ruby did social worker in the Lancaster school district. It was a career that she felt so passionate about. When the accident took place‚ however‚ Ruby said that continual treatment and medication did not help. She could not show emotions or feel
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FILM: Witness Directed by Peter Weir CLASH OF CULTURES Peter Weir’s film Witness explores the clash of cultures by contrasting the Amish culture with a modern Westernised society. Firstly‚ cultural clash is achieved through the contrast of setting. The panning shot of the countryside‚ depicting Amish farmhouses and barns‚ coupled with the free flowing soundtrack‚ depicts a peaceful agrarian community. This contrasts with the busy American city‚ with shops‚ modern style buildings and cars suggesting
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Essay Writing Witness Dynamic characters promise to take a story’s audience on a journey. The key issue to understand is that it is because characters in stories act out to resolution and fulfilment issues of human need that they engage the attention of an audience. Conflict with the plot‚ love/hate relationships‚ common human attributes clenched into a character which accounts for its distinguishing trait. Peter Weir’s Witness offers us with a range of distinctive characters but John Book’s character
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Can you imagine being thrown from a car at 30mph? Well‚ I never thought I could until this happened to me in the summer of 2011. It was a gorgeous June afternoon‚ and summer had just begun. I had just gotten my license‚ and I couldn’t wait to go cruising’ around. I had spent the day at my friend’s house‚ and now I was on my way home. I was almost home‚ I just had to turn onto the gravel road to get to my house. While I was turning‚ I was trying to put in a mix CD I had just made‚ and trying to turn
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