Traffic Losses
0. Understand the social as well as the personal losses due to traffic crashes. 0. Become better acquainted with certain crash prevention techniques. 0. Gain better understanding of our Florida Traffic Laws in respect to speed, signs, school buses and the consequences. 0. Learn the importance of safety equipment. 0. Learn what the affects of alcohol have on our driving capabilities.
Course Outline
Introduction(this module) - 5 minutes * PART 1 - TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS * Module 1: TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS (10 minutes) * Subject 1 - Societal And Personal Losses From Traffic Crashes (quantified) * Subject 2 - Contribution Of DUI And …show more content…
However, there is no such thing as a free lunch. We pay for these advantages with our lives, property and the increasing costs in all categories of our existence for the motor vehicle.
Resources: NHTSA, Traffic Safety Overview, 1995, Washington, D.C., number 3, 4, 5.NHTSA, Traffic Safety Overview, 1999, Washington, DC, number 1, 2, 6, 8.DHSMV, Traffic Crash Facts, 2000, Tallahassee, Florida, number 7, 9.
TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS TOPIC 1: TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS
SUBJECT 2: Contribution Of DUI And Other Hazardous Acts
As if driving is not dangerous enough, there is a significant portion of our driving population that drives under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. Driving requires a high degree of awareness of the driving environment and consists of a decision making process that is used hundreds of times per mile of travel. When you introduce alcohol and other drugs into this decision making process, the process is slowed down, sometimes fatally. It is or at least should be intuitively obvious that you are not going to proceed safely in a fast paced decision making process with your ability to make those decisions slowed …show more content…
What impact does alcohol and other drugs have on traffic collisions?
In 1999, there were 15,786 fatalities in alcohol related crashes. This is a 6% decrease compared to 1996, and it represents an average of one alcohol-related fatality every 33 minutes. NHTSA estimates that alcohol was involved in 38% of fatal crashes and in 7% of all crashes in 1999. NHTSA also estimated that 30.1% of all traffic fatalities occurred in crashes in which at least one driver or non-occupant had a blood alcohol concentration of .10 grams per deciliter or greater3.
Approximately 1.4 million drivers were arrested in 1998 for driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. This is an arrest rate of one in every 132 licensed drivers in the United States. About three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related crash at some time or another in their life4.
In Florida, in 2000, there were 23,578 alcohol-related crashes, which injured 19,775 people and killed 9795. 32.6% of traffic fatalities and 9.5% of traffic crashes were alcohol related6. Approximately three people died and 60 were injured every day due to alcohol related collisions in
Course Outline
Introduction(this module) - 5 minutes * PART 1 - TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS * Module 1: TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS (10 minutes) * Subject 1 - Societal And Personal Losses From Traffic Crashes (quantified) * Subject 2 - Contribution Of DUI And …show more content…
However, there is no such thing as a free lunch. We pay for these advantages with our lives, property and the increasing costs in all categories of our existence for the motor vehicle.
Resources: NHTSA, Traffic Safety Overview, 1995, Washington, D.C., number 3, 4, 5.NHTSA, Traffic Safety Overview, 1999, Washington, DC, number 1, 2, 6, 8.DHSMV, Traffic Crash Facts, 2000, Tallahassee, Florida, number 7, 9.
TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS TOPIC 1: TRAFFIC CRASH PROBLEM - MAGNITUDE AND FACTORS
SUBJECT 2: Contribution Of DUI And Other Hazardous Acts
As if driving is not dangerous enough, there is a significant portion of our driving population that drives under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. Driving requires a high degree of awareness of the driving environment and consists of a decision making process that is used hundreds of times per mile of travel. When you introduce alcohol and other drugs into this decision making process, the process is slowed down, sometimes fatally. It is or at least should be intuitively obvious that you are not going to proceed safely in a fast paced decision making process with your ability to make those decisions slowed …show more content…
What impact does alcohol and other drugs have on traffic collisions?
In 1999, there were 15,786 fatalities in alcohol related crashes. This is a 6% decrease compared to 1996, and it represents an average of one alcohol-related fatality every 33 minutes. NHTSA estimates that alcohol was involved in 38% of fatal crashes and in 7% of all crashes in 1999. NHTSA also estimated that 30.1% of all traffic fatalities occurred in crashes in which at least one driver or non-occupant had a blood alcohol concentration of .10 grams per deciliter or greater3.
Approximately 1.4 million drivers were arrested in 1998 for driving under the influence of alcohol and other drugs. This is an arrest rate of one in every 132 licensed drivers in the United States. About three in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol related crash at some time or another in their life4.
In Florida, in 2000, there were 23,578 alcohol-related crashes, which injured 19,775 people and killed 9795. 32.6% of traffic fatalities and 9.5% of traffic crashes were alcohol related6. Approximately three people died and 60 were injured every day due to alcohol related collisions in