Collisions On The Road

Inexperience: Inexperience can cause accidents because people don’t know what they are doing and therefore can panic and cause collisions or can drive too fast for their skill level and cause collisions in that way. The worst thing people can do is drive to slow for example if someone is driving to slow they could merge into a roadway driving to slow and be rear ended. There have been many occurrences of people driving with inexperience and causing collision due to it. The easiest way to reduce collisions caused by inexperienced drivers is to have them start on a private road and a parking lot until they are comfortable in the vehicle then having them start driving in different conditions until they are

Background and Audience Relevance: According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2015, about thirty-five hundred people were killed, and four hundred thousand were injured in car crashes.

There are many causes of crashes and fatalities on the road. One cause of death on

Driving under the influence and Distracted driving are the biggest ones, however reporting distracted driving is difficult in fatal crashes is difficult to determine since “information pointing to distraction is gathered through self-reporting, witness testimony, and evidence indicating distraction” (GHOS). Those two make up roughly 400 of the fatalities in 2015. Speeding is another huge cause for many crashes whether it’s from being reckless to just being distracted and not noticing. Speed plays a part in both of the other causes, and it played a part in 19% of crashes in 2015. A huge amount of these fatalities not only come between drivers, but also with a singular driver hitting and killing a pedestrian. Many things have been tried to reduce these major causes of the crashes such as stricter enforcement of speed and driving under the influence. Campaigns have been launched to reduce distracted driving, targeting those heavy phone users and even car manufacturers joining in.

1.6 million crashes per year; nearly 333,000 injuries caused by these crashes (Snyder & Associates, 2015). The NTSB reported that, in 2008, driver distraction caused 16 percent of all fatal crashes, and 21 percent of crashes resulting in an injury (Genachowski, 2009). This totals 5,800 deaths and 515,000 injuries in the year 2008 (McLaughlin, 2013). What causes these horrific events? Texting and driving. Texting and driving has become a major issue in society today. Teens, as well as adults have become hazardous behind the wheel because of the distractions produced by using a cell phone while driving. Texting and driving can be catastrophic in causing yourself and others to become injured, harming oneself because

I responded to a call of 901A-vehicle collision with injuies at 2119 hours. I responded from 8471 Enterprise Way and arrived on scene at 2140 hours. All times, speeds and measurements in this investigation are approximate. Measurements were taken by my foot-steps (One foot step is approximately 3ft).

In “Travelling through the Dark,” the collision represents the brutality of technology towards nature. A man finds a dead deer lying in the road while he is driving. He starts to push the body into the river, but she turns out to be pregnant, and he has second thoughts because there is still life inside the deer in the form of her fawn. However, leaving her “might make more dead” (39) if other people drive along the road and swerve to avoid the deer, other accidents could occur. The technology of the car is what killed the deer, and the carelessness of the person who hit her showed when they didn’t even stop to move the body off the road. The river symbolizes cleansing and rebirth, so returning the deer to nature is an act of good conscience.

Vehicle two was parked facing north legally on Lakeshore Drive and not occupied at the time of the collision. Vehicle one was travelling north on Lakeshore Drive from West Cuthbert Boulevard at the time of the collision. Driver one related that he was not watching the roadway when he was glancing to the left. While doing so, driver one related that his vehicle drifted to the right, out of its lane of travel causing him to rear end parked vehicle two. Vehicle two was then pushed in to utility pole # 61725, which is owned by PSE&G Utility Company.

Car crashes are one of the leading causes for death in many countries all around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), “About 1.24 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes.” This number is increasing rapidly and the WHO predicts it will reach 1.9 million deaths annually by 2020. To put that into perspective, that is almost like the entire population of Latvia dieing out over the course of a year because of car crashes. Speeding and driving under the influence (DUI) are two other prominent reasons for road traffic collisions. It would be close to impossible to stop all crashes, so the best thing we can do now is to do what we can in order to protect the people facing these tragic occurrences.

With inclement weather, poor road conditions, and young, drunk or reckless drivers out there, surprisingly, the top cause for car accidents and biggest threat to drivers is the drivers themselves. Distracted driving accounts for as much roughly 25% of car accidents, according to the National

Have you ever wondered what’s safer big cars or small cars? IIHS performed a test that included mini cars and midsized cars they ran collision test and the results came back that the midsized always took damage better than the mini car. Heavier vehicles are better protected than lighter vehicles .the longer the car the more advantage it has in frontal collisions.

There is viable information on motor vehicle collisions. Most of the information based on past fatalities and injuries rated to fatal car crashes, contributing factors, trend analysis, the comparison of collisions in the State of Minnesota urban and rural roads and highways, the roads and highways safety inspection and mitigation plans. The literature points out the potential challenges in the field of emergency management on the motor vehicle collisions in the United States. Incorporate

The primary research method for this study is qualitative. First, this study will focus on the common causes of fatal motor vehicle collisions and corrective actions in interviews with state and local highway transportation department (Zwerling et al, 2009). Second, the study will indicate the number of fatal accidents occurred with the last two year (Vock, 2013). There will be questionnaire with a choice of answers, data comparable to rural vs urban collisions, how the past occurrences were addressed and future planning to mitigate car accidents in their community. The questionnaire will also include the projects in process. The questionnaire is based on the fatality analysis reporting system statistics from the National Highway Transportation

In summary, it cannot be said that exact cause of most severe traffic accidents are known with certainty but it is believed that speeding and drinking, jointly or separately, play some role in the events that lead up to those accidents. Also to blame, in many instances, are the design of the highway, the condition of the weather, the maintenance of the vehicle, the time of the day (many severe accidents occur at dusk, with poor lighting and tired drivers), and the presence of radar detectors. A study by the Ohio State Police found that radar detectors were present in at least one of the vehicles involved in 69% of all severe traffic accidents on the highways of that state in 2005. Studies in other states have confirmed that finding, with some estimates of the relationship running as high as 75%.

Third reason of accidents on the road is teenage drivers. “2,739 teenagers died in car accidents in the United States during 2008 ", (drivesteady.com). Some teenagers cause fatal accidents, because of immaturity and lack of experience. Teenagers are very impulsive. Although not intending to hurt anyone, they sometimes drive very aggressively. It is not difficult to find teenagers driving with one hand on the steering wheel, seat pushed back, and with loud music playing. In traffic they go wild, trying to seek attention. They underestimate the risk of what they are doing. All these acts result in serious consequences on the road. Many accidents of young drivers result from their own mistakes.