Minnesota Road Safety

Death among U.S. teens is led by vehicle crashes. In the year of 2013, around 2,163 teens were killed between the ages of 16-10 in the United States. Around 243,243 were treated in emergency departments for injuries that they suffered in motor vehicle accidents. Around 75% of teen drivers suffer in these accidents due to 3 major mistakes. Those major mistakes include a lack of scanning the road, distractions in the vehicle, and also going to fast for the conditions of the road.

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.

Road trauma touches us all at one point in time. Severe or not it tears apart families, friends, loved ones, and our economy. Throughout the past years we have become much more adventurous with our driving. Letting out irresponsible teens and adults behind the wheel is life threatening to all, whether they are in a car or not. I think that we as citizens of Mississauga should start to take the amount of car accidents under precaution and make driving a privilege, not a right. Instead of weeping over our losses we should pick each other up and bring all our ideas together to make our roads safe and happy. That is why I am speaking today to make a change and bring forward my ideas for road safety.

Dangerous driving habits result in the death of thousands of people each year; however, by taking steps to educate young drivers on dangerous habits behind the wheel; countless lives could be saved.

June is a special month for my family for two reasons: (1) It is the month my oldest brother was born and (2) it is the month he almost died. Early June, after a morning of fun my brother, his fiancée, and a friend were on the road headed to my father’s house. All seemed well—they were alive, they were young, they were happy—what could go wrong? While driving down a country road, Edward, my brother, miscalculated the turn, and at that moment three lives were at stake. An overturned car, broken bodies and glass, and a great deal of blood was the scene as help finally arrived. Thankfully they walked away from the accident—hurt, but alive. However, not everyone can say the same as they can. For this reason, the change and enforcement of new and old laws is vital to making our roads and highways better and safer. Strictly enforcing laws already in place, redesigning highways, and enacting laws to enforce hands-free policies are just a few ways in which this goal can be accomplished.

The data analysis will illustrate Minnesota highway transportation department statistics on rural and urban fatal car crashes. To compare the cause and effect of rural and urban fatal car collisions. This research will also analyze the potential and past planning that on rural road hazard mitigation. The extensive investigation will identify the potential challenges in the field of emergency management that will relate to rural car crashes, compare rural and urban car crashes and road mitigation in rural communities.

The Saving Lives Program in six communities in Massusettsach was designed to reduce drinking and driving and to promote safe driving practices. Saving Lives involved the media, businesses, schools and colleges, citizens' advocacy groups, and the police in activities such as high school peer-led education, college prevention programs, increased liquor-outlet surveillance, and other efforts. Participating communities reduced fatal crashes by 25 percent during the program years compared with the rest of Massachusetts. The decline in alcohol-related fatal crashes was 42 percent greater in Saving Lives communities than in comparison cities during the program years. The proportion of drivers under 21 who reported driving after drinking in the month

Texas traffic accidents leads the nation in car deaths. In some ways, the large number of crashes is to be expected; Texas is a very large state. However, the Texas death rate of 1.44 deaths per hundred million miles travelled also exceeds the national average of 1.28 deaths per hundred million miles travelled. In this proposal, I will provide accurate statistics of last year’s records and then provide a possible solution to reduce fatalities.

In the recent years, the United States government has been enforcing stricter mandates on auto manufacturers to create safer vehicles, and on construction companies to create safer roadways. Matthew Jensen wrote a dissertation for the Graduate School of Clemson University titled, A Methodology for the Analysis of In-vehicle Operating Data and Design of Intelligent Vehicle Systems for Improved Automotive Safety. In his abstract, Jensen evaluated the future of vehicle manufacturing and traffic-related incidents. Of course, every year more vehicles are manufactured, which in theory means the number of miles driven in vehicles increases. He points out how the World Health Organization (WHO) found that automobile crashes was the ninth

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), approximately 342,000 large trucks were involved in traffic collisions in the United States during 2013. From the data collected by the NHTSA, seventy-one percent of truck accident fatalities were people in other vehicles and seventy-two percent of the injuries were sustained by occupants of other vehicles. This disparity between truck drivers and occupants of other vehicles is likely caused by the difference in weight and size between commercial trucks and passenger vehicles.

The Minnesota Department of Public Safety states, "The Minnesota Law says it is illegal for drivers to read/compose/send text messages and emails, or access the internet while driving." This law is even in affect while you are at stoplights. In Minnesota if you get caught once, you face a fine of $135. If you are caught twice, you are faced with a $225 ticket. Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Mona Dohman states, "The higher penalty is designed to make motorists think twice about looking at emails, texts, and online activity on their phones and risk being ticketed, or far worse, causing a crash". Each year in Minnesota, distracted driving is a factor in one of four cases, resulting in at least 70 deaths and 350 serious injuries (Minnesota DPS). In 2013, in Minnesota alone, 2189 drivers

In 2014, "32,675 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roadways." "An additional 2.3 million people were injured in crashes in 2014." (2014 Crash Data Key Findings (DOT HS 812 219), (http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCSA). The data in 2015 through the first 9 months shows an increase.

The resulting pursuit driver training programs will lead to an exchange of information, an increase in knowledge and the development of skills necessary for law enforcement officers to successfully conduct vehicular pursuits. They are making many different programs for people, including the guide: Strengthening the Citizen and Police Partnership at the Traffic Stop: Professionalism is a Two-Way Street This guide is for law enforcement agencies to assist them in conduct traffic stops in a professional manner, to enhance public relations and image of the law enforcement agency, maintain the credibility of the law enforcement agency and to minimize the number of complaints. 1999 Crime-Clock this graphic was developed to compares the incidences of traffic crashes that injure and kill motorists to the assaults and deaths associated with crime in a "snapshot" format. You Drink & Drive, You Lose. America's New Impaired Driving Campaign A new and comprehensive impaired driving prevention program for states and communities to use in reach the national goal of reducing alcohol-related deaths to no more than 11,000 by the year 2005. The campaign targets high-risk populations such as 21- to 34-year-olds, high blood alcohol and repeat offenders, and underage drinkers by increasing public education, expanding public-private partnerships, enacting strong

The number of vehicles has been increasing day by day. With this increase in the vehicles, the number of accidents associated with these also keep on increasing. For the year 2015, the total number of crashes were 116,609. Out of these, 811 crashes led to loss of lives, i.e.

Road safety inspections are important. The material explicitly describes the importance of safety inspections. Without road inspections, the streets and highways would be a chaos for commuters (Ward, Otto & Linkenbach, 2014). Just imagined if the overgrown shrubs and trees hid the traffic road signs and directional signs pointing in the wrong way. This would be a recipe for disaster. Additional lives would be at-risk by this potential roadway hazards. Identifying potential roadway hazards timely may reduce the mortality rate (Ward, Otto & Linkenbach, 2014).