Hazards of Texting While Driving Texting while driving is a major problem in the modern world. It is distracting and hazardous‚ not only to the drivers‚ but the individuals around them as well. Because young people are obsessed with technology and social media however‚ they frequently engage in texting while driving far more than their adult counterparts. A Tred Films Production’s video “Cow” by Watkins-Hughes addresses the issue of young people‚ teenagers in particular‚ putting themselves and
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The statistics showing accidents in the United States due to distracted driving is alarming. A 2014 report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration show that distracted driving is the cause for 18 percent of injury crashes‚ and 16 percent of all police-reported motor vehicle traffic crashes. For that same year‚ 3‚179 people killed and an estimated additional 431‚000 people injured in motor vehicle crashes involving distracted drivers. An estimated 660‚000 drivers are using mobile phones
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ABSTRACT INTELLIGENT TRAFFIC LIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM FOR AMBULANCE Many traffic light systems operate on a timing mechanism that changes the lights after a given interval. An intelligent traffic light system senses the presence or absence of vehicles and reacts accordingly. The idea behind intelligent traffic systems is that drivers will not spend unnecessary time waiting for the traffic lights to change. Since the waiting time of the vehicles for the lights to change is optimal‚ the emission
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driving age should be raised to 18 for the safety of everyone. 16 year olds can be reckless and cause crashes. 16 year olds are also proven to get into numerous accidents and they can get distracted at the wheel. 16 year olds get into the most car collisions; they even at times cause deaths. Usually their own life tragically and sometimes their friends or a complete stranger sometimes. These kids are too young they are a bit naive. If a friend asked them to race there is a 50/50 chance that they would
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1. 4–3. Business Torts. Medtronic‚ Inc.‚ is a medical technology company that competes for customers with St. Jude Medical S.C.‚ Inc. James Hughes worked for Medtronic as a sales manager. His contract prohibited him from working for a competitor for one year after leaving Medtronic. Hughes sought a position as a sales director for St. Jude. St. Jude told Hughes that his contract with Medtronic was unenforceable and offered him a job. Hughes accepted. Medtronic filed a suit‚ alleging wrongful interference
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manage road safety challenges in an organisation 10 6. Dealing with ethical and legal issues 13 7. Future implications if issue is not addressed 15 8. Bibliography 17 1. Introduction Last year‚ 1 day before Christmas day‚ the Kenya Traffic police led by the Police Commissioner‚ Mr Mathew Iteere launched yet another National Road Safety Campaign aimed at curbing road accidents during the holidays and cutting the holiday period road accidents rate by 50% from the tradition high of 200-300
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Introduction I have chose this topic due to the serous road accidents that been happening in Australia involving young teens .Teenagers own about 45% of Australia’s road accidents ‚ death rates of young teenagers have increased this is because some teenagers are growing up way to quick why ? As a result of this teenagers have been receiving there licence way too early at the age of 16. Teenagers then start to “think” big of themselves once they get there red Ps suddenly they start speeding ‚ drag
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to Reduce Traffic Congestion in Big Cities?" from Anti Essays‚ your source for free research papers‚ essays‚ and term paper examples. What are some possible solutions to reduce traffic congestion in big cities? Please‚ give specific reasons and examples. Transportation is a function to provide for the movement of people and products from one place to another place safely and efficiently‚ with minimum negative impact on the environment. The main idea for transportation is based on traffic congestion
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Yamaha Motor Objectives In an effort to satisfy its loyal customers‚ Yamaha Motor Philippines‚ Inc. launches its service campaign‚ dubbed as the "Yamaha At Ur Service". Our campaign’s objectives are as follows: 1. To provide periodic and preventive maintenance to Yamaha customers‚ in order to lengthen the motorcycle’s life‚ as well as to make it safer for road use. 2. Promote YAMALUBE to Yamaha motorcycle owners. Changing the motorcycle lifestyle in the Philippines is one
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