Speeding Trends

Sports car are viewed as loud and fast cars. Those who drives them are seen as ruthless driver because of the speed they're going on a 35 or 40 mph road. Cause of this, people in the roads are in danger and their safety is very low. People who sees these drivers with fast car driving around town sees them as them speedster and they don't follow the rule of the road. They assume if the minority is doing it then the majority are doing the same. Economical cars are viewed as quiet and slow cars. Those who drives these cars are seen as nice gently people driving around town because they follow the speed limit in the

(Greg Monforton, Statistics). People between the ages of 19-24 account for the majority of impaired driving accidents. In fact, more 19 year olds are killed or suffer from impaired driving accidents than any other age group. It is clear that skill and their level of maturity. Now you have to wonder, who exactly is causing these accidents? Being a male is already a major problem, in fact 87% of fatally injured impaired drivers are male. Also, summer time is considered the “peak” season for impaired driving, summertime accounts for 40%. Another factor is the time of week, as one can assume, the weekend hold the majority of impaired driving cases. Similarly, the majority of these accidents happen at night. The statistics say enough, one who is over .10% BAC is 51% likely to get into a collision. (Greg Monforton, Statistics). Motor vehicle collisions are the major cause of death for 15-25 year olds. Many of these statics are based on the use of alcohol, but there is also marijuana and distracted driving that plays a major role in car collisions. Canadians that are between the ages of 15-25 have the largest cannabis use in the

Furthermore, 21 year olds create less traffic accidents and fatalities than 18 year olds. For example, 21 years olds are more mature and responsible for their own actions than 18 years olds. As a fact, “Excessive alcohol consumption contributes to more than 4,700 deaths among underage youth, that is, persons less than 21 years of age, in the United States each year.” (CDC). Throughout each year, 21 year old drivers tend to be safer on the road than 18 year olds. To prove this, 18 year olds get carried away with drinking while driving and force them to cause trouble with others.

First of all men and women drive differently because they show different amounts of aggression. Aggressive drivers are best known for putting someone else in danger or harm’s way while driving. This type of behavior is found more in men than women while driving. For example, “When it comes to aggressive driving, however, the majority (54 percent) of drivers cite men as the most likely culprits of aggressive driving. Compared

Driving State Data and Maps”). “The risk of motor vehicle crashes is higher among 16-19-year-

Men have been stereotyped as dominant, strong, brave and aggressive. Also there is an image of men being portrayed as harder workers than women and supposedly the more intelligent gender.

Accidents at higher speeds, increases the chance of more serious injury or death. Hitting an animal on the road at 75mph, will more then double the chances of death to the driver and passengers, and causes more damage to the vehicle, then driving 60. Something as simple and common as a tire blowout, will severely reduce the drivers ability to maintain control.

In general, men are much more likely to commit crimes than females. According to a 2007 study by the UK Ministry of Justice, 79% of known

Another difference in their behavior is that lane change duration decreases significantly with increasing the speed for man, but this time is constant for women in different speeds.(Figure 6)

In America, a country comprised of free citizens, one may want to drive a sports car at extreme speeds. Consequently, in an effort to keep the public safe, state legislatures pass laws that are intended for protecting the public. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) (2015) “higher speeds also contribute to the severity of crashes. There is a greater chance of death and disabling injuries when speed increases” (para. 20). While laws such as speed limits may reduce the absolute freedom of a citizen, society as a whole has accepted this as acceptable in the national interest of safety. The NHTSA went on to state that a driver with a change of speed going 50 m.p.h. was twice as likely to be killed as one with a change in speed going 40

“It's essentially a nature vs. nurture argument, saying gender stereotypes dominate driving behavior: In other words, men do most of the driving, and women, who ride along as passengers, are less experienced or confident -- thus prone to wrecks” (Urken, 2011). Urken goes on to say, “Intersections are more troublesome for women. Women are shorter than men and have a harder time seeing out the windows than men, and men are able to perceive time and speed better than women. This helps in determining how much time a driver has to pull or turn from a stop. Women are also most likely to have children as passengers which are a distraction.”

2. Males are more likely to speed. They are 2 times likely to commit a minor offence and 4 times likely to commit a major offence.

Men commit 85% of murders, 90% acts of assault are by men and 99.8% of people convicted for rape in prison are men. Society has made the male species feel that in order to be a real man; they have to be and act a certain way and this is all done through social construction.

Firstly, men stereotypical behaviors have been portrayed as sovereign or self-independent creatures. They are shown as people who can do better at anything. The society today also has grown to defend this because men are put in charge of everything for example they are running

When looking at the groups of highest risk, males are found to be involved in more motor vehicle accidents than females in every age group.2 Of these age groups, individuals between the ages of 15 and 24 are killed in more motor vehicle accidents than any other category in both New Mexico and the United States as a whole.2 Among groups categorized by race and ethnicity, Native Americans/Alaskan Natives have the highest motor vehicle death rate in New Mexico.3 Native Americans/Alaskan Natives also have the highest motor vehicle death rate across the United States, higher than Caucasians, Asians, African Americans, and Hispanics.4 These points conclude that the group at the highest risk of being killed in a motor vehicle accident are Native American males that are between the ages of 15 and 24.5