The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines aggressive driving as "the operation of a motor vehicle in a manner that endangers or is likely to endanger persons or property"a traffic and not a criminal offense like road rage. Examples include speeding or driving too fast for conditions‚ improper lane changing‚ tailgating and improper passing. Approximately 6‚800‚000 crashes occur in the United States each year; a substantial number are estimated to be caused by aggressive driving
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local decrease in blood supply Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2. What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply. The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)
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Airline Accident Investigation Prcedure "Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea‚ it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness‚ incapacity or neglect." -- Capt A. G. Lamplugh‚ British Aviation Insurance Group According to the Air Transport Association‚ a person could fly every day for 3‚859 years without being involved in an aircraft accident. That’s an accident rate of one accident for every 1.4 million flights‚ according to a CNN report‚ based
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CRC MoI MoH MPWT HIB Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System Annual Report 2004 Executive summary Photo: Jean Van Wetter @ HIB Developed with the support of: French Cooperation Belgian Cooperation World Health Organization Notice: This report may be freely reviewed‚ abstracted‚ reproduced or translated in part or in whole‚ but not for the purposes of sale. Any reproduction or use of the information in this report should be attributed to Handicap International
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Occupational Health and Safety Questions 1. (15 marks) The TLV for carbon monoxide is 35ppm. Define the terms TLV and ppm and calculate them for the following example: Answer: TVL = Term for airborne concentration of a substance‚ below which all workers are believed to be protected while exposed to it day after day for 8-hour periods. PPM = Concentration by volume of one part of a gas‚ or by weight of a liquid or solid‚ per million parts of air or liquid. A mechanic in
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of the RaspberryPi as a PLC training tool have not conducted any professional‚ electrical and electronic engineering research into the design criteria required for an educational PLC or are prepared to acknowledge the legally required European Union safety compliance to IEC61508 and IEC 611313. A PLC’s functional criterion is an industrial control device used to automate electrically driven machinery. The objective of any real world PLC design and training criterion is to write and test PLC programs compliant to IEC 61508 and IEC 611313
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school has become a cradle for nurturing and spreading ideas‚ thoughts‚ campaigns and knowledge on road safety to educate the general public and drivers with the objective of reducing mishaps on the Roads of Kolkata. Various studies conducted over the years by the WHO revealed that‚ in most of the developing countries of the world and especially in India‚ pedestrians are most vulnerable to road accidents‚ accounting to almost half‚ of the recorded fatalities every year. It has thus become imperative to
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Safety Concerns in the Laboratory Safety goggles must be warn at all times during a lab session. This is very important because they protect your eyes from harmful matter such as chemicals‚ glass‚ and fumes. It is very important to note that they must be goggles and not glasses. Safety glasses may protect the eyes from flying debris and splashes but may not protect the eyes from gas fumes or splashes from underneath. Also‚ wearing contact lenses in a chemical laboratory without proper coverage
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concerns or issues in the workplace. However safety is one of the most common concern. Safety is simply the quality of not causing injury‚ danger‚ or loss. Safety in the work place has been one of the most likely "talk abouts" in many companies today. As someone anonymous once said‚ "Working without safety is a dead-end job." No matter what job you pick‚ safety is one of the primary expectations that you seek while you are at work. Workplace safety is a concept that involves creating a safe working
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Question 1: What are the key differences between these two accounts of Honda’s entry into the US motorcycle market? The Boston Consulting (BCG) Report suggested that Honda entered the US motorcycle market with the plan approach. Advanced planning which was tailor-made for the US market was prepared before entering the country. On the other hand‚ Richard Pascale’s report‚ which consists of an interview with the top management of Honda at that time‚ showed that Honda entered the US market successfully
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