Persuasive Essay On Road Safety

According to the CDC, motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of teen deaths. This is primarily explained by their immaturity and lack of driving experience. Driver education by itself is not enough to prepare the teen for the dangers of driving.

Not only are grownups in danger, but also children. On Austin, Texas, parents and students walk in mid traffic to attend school. Having no sidewalks, students are at risk of getting injured while crossing the street. Mike Brode, a parent said that “when you throw cars going both ways with pedestrians, it’s just a recipe for disaster” (Hammons). This shows that even children are at expose to danger.

Car Crashes are the leading cause of deaths for human beings between the ages of 5 and 34;, however this could be different if more people wore seatbelts (Hurst). Studies prove, that wearing a seatbelt reduces death and serious injuries by 50% in the event of a car crash (Hurst). If 90% of people made the choice to wear a safety belt than 5,000 deaths would be avoided as well as 130,000 injuries (Contributor). If people would just wear seatbelts than there wouldn’t be 5,000 people

Have you ever been in a serious car accident? The answer ‘yes’ is becoming more and more common. In the United States more than 37,000 people die in car accidents each year not only that but 2.35 million are injured or disabled. These numbers are continuing to increase and most don’t care, that’s why it is more important than ever before to inform people about this growing problem. Making them aware could help them focus on the road and stay away from any potential distractions.

Many people do not realize the kind of danger kids have to deal with. Everyday kids go to school and have to wonder if they are going to get hit by a car, or if someone is going to pay attention and realize that they are crossing the street. Kids today should not have to worry about thing like this at their age.

Did you know, that sixty-six thousand people are using cell phones a day while they are driving (“Distracted…”)? Driving safely is important because, parents, guardians, friends and other family members, dread the call from someone saying that their kid. Safe driving save people's lives. If there is a person who does not follow the rules of the road while driving, maybe someone should tell them to do all of their distractions before starting the car or just wait till you arrive at the destination you are going. The rules of the road need to be enforced, especially when it comes to seat belts, drinking and driving, cell phones, and other various distracting aspects.

Because most traffic accidents and corresponding fatalities can be reduced through effective program development, monitoring, and evaluation, a comprehensive public policy can save lives. The difference in fatalities between developing nations and wealthy nations is the clearest indicator that road safety measures and programs do reduce traffic fatalities. Although expensive to implement initially, road safety improvements go a long way toward reducing the burden on the medical care system, which is overburdened by dealing with traffic-related accidents and deaths. Through simply assessing local problems such as unsafe roads; implementing laws related to bicycle and pedestrian safety or driver education; and providing ongoing program evaluation, it will be possible to reduce traffic accidents and fatalities in communities around the world.

Safety is defined as the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk or injury from others or themselves. The word law is defined as the system of rules that regulate local, state and Federal governments. Safety and the law, at times, influence each other. Laws are created to help and shield people, whereas safety is defined to protect. As teenagers, we feel that we are invincible and there is nothing that we can’t do. As adults, we learn to be more cautious and become more responsible. As parents, teachers and law enforcement, we try to remind our children the importance of safety. Having laws for helmets, cell phones and rear view cameras are just some of the safety measures that are created to protect ourselves while on the driving on the road. As time has change, so has laws and the regards to safety. There are many young and inexperienced drivers, more vehicles and motorcycles and more distractions with the use of cell phones. In most instances, safety comes in numbers and decreasing the number of deaths and harm is just one main source of legislatives and that of the community. Motor vehicles are the leading cause of death in the United States according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. These deaths occur through riding motorcycles without helmets, distracted driving, like not being handsfree when using a cell phone and also people involved in back up accidents. Reviewing statics with states to find ways to reduce

The number of death from the accident keep increasing. As you can see this graph, from website ThaiRSC.com that shows daily death from accidents on the road. You will notice this is very large number, especially this day. As you can see this graph, from website ThaiRSC.com that shows daily death from accidents on the road. You will notice this is very large number, especially this day. First, accident make everyone that witness be more depressed, nobody would like to see one of their family injured or gone. Second, time is important resource so no one wants to waste their time stuck in the traffic just because there is

A part of growing up is getting a car and a driver’s license. Most likely someone will obtain their license through a series of test that help tell whether or not they are qualified to be safe while driving. Most driving test are not even on the actual road, but in a parking lot with cones, also many test are only 10 to 15 minutes long. As a result there are millions of dangerous, unprepared people that should not be driving, out there on the road. A direct result of this is overcrowding leading to heaps of traffic, many irresponsible drivers, and thousands of injuries and deaths. Although many people can't wait to obtain their license, There should be harder qualifications for people to be able to acquire a driver's license.

When kids are finally out for summer break, the season kicks in with children enjoying outdoor activities. However, kids’ playing in the street is a problem in Horizon, because kids’ hearing is not as well developed as adults, parents do not take care of their kids who are playing outside and children do not notice things at the corner of their eyes as an adult does. Children are easily distracted and tend to focus on one task at a time, ignoring other thing happening around them. To solve this problem, I will buy a sign that says "Slow, children playing". This will help drivers be aware that children are playing and that they need to drive slow, which will prevent accidents from happening (Elliot). My proposal is to meet with all my neighbors and see if they would be able to help me by taking turns doing something that is similar to what a cross guard does. Instead of crossing the kids like cross guards do, using a stop sign, we will stop approaching cars until all kids playing in the street are out of the way and in a safe place. Once I have spoken to my neighbors I will put together a list on how long they want to stay in charge of this position.

Every day many people become involved in road accidents. Some get killed, some just become injured where they have no use of a body part anymore. What really is the problem with the cause of these road accidents? Do people think that teenagers shouldn’t drive till they are older than sixteen? Do people think that as an elderly person they shouldn’t drive if they have certain health conditions? All of these questions can be answered but, they haven’t because this is an everyday problem they we deal with and might just have the answer of people just need to be safer on the road. What really is the problem with road safety and can there actually be a solution to it rather than careless driving and age excuses? Are the prevention campaigns and advertisement actually working on the prevention of people being unsafe?

The lives of our dear ones are not something one would want to play with especially when the "dear ones" include our small children, our parents, or spouses. Road accidents are one of the main causes of deaths in the United States and the authorities need to be more vigilant in trying to reduce them through every means possible. At the same time, it is also a civic responsibility of the community to make constant pressures on the public authorities to ensure that measures are taken to keep the roads safe through every means possible.

Road traffic accidents is a global issue which needs urgent attention. About 1.24 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes. If this issue is not addressed the number of deaths is expected to increase to around 1.9 million. In addition to that tens of millions are injured. The topic of road safety is neglected in third world countries although road accidents is the leading cause of death among young people, children, pedestrians, and cyclists.

Accidents are very common in big cities as there are many modes of transport and roads are narrow and crowded. Every day we come across news about such accidents that claim lives and cause casualties. Sadly, driver error remains the most common cause of road accidents; such as Speeding, Drink Driving, Seat Belt Wearing, Careless Driving, At-work, Inexperience, Failed to Look Properly, Loss of Control, Failed to Judge Other Person 's Path/Speed.  I was a witness to one.