enacted mandatory seat belt law.” (Dissanayake 32) There are two types of mandatory laws‚ Primary Seat Belt Law and Secondary Seat Belt Law. Depending on the child’s age and weight determines how they should be buckled in. “The lifetime medical cost of crash injuries was estimated to be $18.4 billion: $7.7 billion for treated and released patients and $10.7 for hospitalized patients.” (Bergen 895) The two types of mandatory seat belt laws are primary and secondary. The Primary Seat Belt law is that a
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Sadly‚ young people are over-represented in road trauma statistics. Despite making up only 15% of drivers‚ young drivers represent around 36% of annual road fatalities. A 17 year old driver with a P1 license is four times more likely to be in a fatal crash than a driver over 26 years. Strict caution is to be taken from the second you step into a vehicle and get out‚ as there are countless amounts of factors that can create a dangerous and hazardous atmosphere and put the safety of the drivers and the
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In the 1996 film Crash violence has a different role within the underground community of scarred car crash victims who can only get sexually aroused by cars‚ the accidents that take place within them‚ and the story that is told by it all. This film is an indirect representation of the American culture that is obsessed with the thrill of sporadic violence due to the lack of readily experience in this nature. The imagery used in depicting the brutal environment in the dystopia Crash‚ the underground
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about the winter months? That’s an important month because that’s deals with snow and ice factors. A third disadvantage for 16 year olds are accident rates are high. Teenagers are four times more likely than older drivers to be involved in a car crash and three times as likely to die in one‚ according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. In 2008‚ PennDOT released an article on: Reminding Teen Drivers to Avoid
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cruising with your friends to celebrate. However‚ at about ten o’clock‚ your attention isn’t on the road‚ and you crash into another vehicle. Two of your friends die on scene‚ and your other friend is seriously injured. For thousands of teens each year‚ this is a reality. Sixteen year-old drivers are three times more likely to crash than seventeen year old’s‚ five times more likely to crash than eighteen year olds‚ and two times more likely than eighty five year old’s! I think the driving age should
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In January this year‚ I had seen a car accident happen for the first time. The accident HAPPENED on Sydney road. I was being driven to my friends house by my father‚ I had witnessed a car go out of control and crash into the side of the road into the shops. The car was a large and black. Fortunately‚ the shop that the car crashed into was closed so no people were injured. The driver was hurt because the car crashed in speed. The front windo was broken and the car was crushed. Because of the
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1c) Explain the effects of the Wall Street Crash on the USA in the years 1929–32. (8) The effects of the Wall Street Crash were felt all around America as people starved‚ businesses became bankrupt and unemployment rose. This era was known as the Great Depression and would last for another ten to twenty years. The Wall Street crash had a major impact on the USA. It ended the boom years. In October 1929 there was a rush to sell shares as people lost their confidence in the stock market. On Monday
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To begin‚ while drinking and driving is common among adults‚ teens are 3 times more likely to die in a car crash from intoxicated driving than more experienced adult drivers ( http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/teendrinkinganddriving/ ). In a study by the CDC‚ it was found that teenagers are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol of 0.8% ( http://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/teendrinkinganddriving/ ). Next‚ underage drinkers are also more reckless
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Interpersonal Conflict Interpersonal Conflict in Film The movie I chose to watch was Crash. This particular movie was full of a lot of stereotyping. It judged people a lot on their race. I had never seen this movie before so I found it interesting that it was so racist. There were many scenes that had interpersonal conflict in them. The one that stands out the most to me is when Sandra Bullock’s character got into an argument with her husband about wanting the locks changed again the next day;
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Drugs and Driving Injuries‚ especially from motor vehicle collisions‚ are the leading cause of death for individuals under age 44. The presence of alcohol is the factor most frequently associated with fatalities in vehicles‚ drownings‚ falls‚ and fire (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services‚ 1987). In the first report to Congress on traffic safety and alcohol (U.S. Department of Transportation‚ 1968)‚ it was concluded that more than 50 percent of fatal traffic collisions and 33 percent of
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