The Events Factors Caused By Driving And Low Standard Deviation Of Speed And Riskier Behavior

Everyday we drive to work, your house, the store, the gas station, we drive everywhere. When you're driving you probably aren't thinking going over five to ten miles will hurt anybody, but 31% of car accidents happen due to someone is speeding. (www.statisticbrain.com). So are speed limit's really necessary? Of course they are, those speed limits keep that other 69% of the 31% safe from server injuries and death, and if you get caught speeding that could cause you to get tickets.

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How many times have you made it home safely while drinking and driving? Hopefully you have never tried. In 2011, on average someone died every 53 minutes from an alcohol related accident in the US alone (2011 Drunk Driving statistics). It is illegal to drive under the influence in all of North America and Puerto Rico. A car crash is considered “alcohol-related” if at least one driver or pedestrian involved in the crash has a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .08 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or higher (2011 Drunk Driving statistics). There are many solutions to drinking and driving; however there are ways to get around just about every solution.

Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of death. “Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way,” (Hopkins). Even though this is true, people who use a cell phone while driving are not punished as harshly as drunk drivers. A DUI, driving while intoxicated, is a misdemeanor and could result in a few months in jail, as well as a fine. The punishments for a DUI get more severe each time someone is charged. While, the punishment for texting and driving are only monetary fines. So, why is texting and driving considered a less punishable offense? A major reason is because of the length of time both have been a problem. The first law against drinking and driving was in 1910 and cell phones weren 't popular until 80 years after in the 1990s. Because of the long time period of drunk driving being a problem, there is more attention towards the crime. There also wasn’t a long enough time to get the same tangible statistics to compare using a phone to drinking and driving. However, now, cell phones have been around for years and the awareness of using them while driving is high but the awareness of the actual danger is low. People who text while driving should face harsher punishments because texting while driving is just as dangerous as driving intoxicated; this is evident through the number of car crashes and fatalities caused by this issue every year, emotional effects texting has on a driver, and the

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration branch of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s released its Commercial Motor Vehicle Facts report in March 2013; that in 2012, there were 5,700,000 Commercial drivers operating in the United States and a total of 504,093 interstate freight carriers operating. There was also a total of 15,465 intrastate hazardous material carriers on the highway. In 2012 alone, there were 75,542 carriers permitted to drive on the highway and roughly an equal amount in 2011, with 75,519. The importance of all of these statistics is that with the ever-growing number of commercial vehicles on the road, the amount of accidents increase as well. In 2011, 3,757 traffic crash victims were killed in a crash with a large truck and nearly 88,000 were injured. The fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled is .136 for large trucks and busses and the injury rate is 3.8. The estimated costs of commercial motor vehicle crashes totaled $87 billion; with $39 billion from fatal crashes, $32 billion from injury crashes and $16 billion from property damage only crashes. Not all of these accidents and fatalities are commercial carriers fault, because there are other drivers on the road that are distracted or under the influence for instance, but there can be extra precautions taken to decrease the amount of crashes and damage. Decreasing the wait time, also known as detention time, at shipping and receiving facilities, allows the drivers to be driving

A behavior that I would like to do less frequently would definitely be speeding. Almost every day that I drive my car, I constantly drive recklessly, which includes going over the speed limit or going in and out of traffic. California drivers are just too reckless for me and I would rather put the driving into my own hands versus another driver. I even went the route of buying another slower; luxury car and even that didn’t help me.

Shopping for a car, SUV, or truck today is just like putting together the perfect outfit complete with the ideal accessories. When shopping for the perfect “ride,” not only does the buyer have a wide range of choices, but the buyer also has a wide range of accessories or options from which to choose. Yes, price does play the most major role in a vehicle's purchase. The days of the 70s when one could buy a new car for $4,000 plus have vanished just like the days of the cowboy riding off into the sunset on his favorite horse Trigger. But after the physical reactions of the sticker price shock, what does a driver need when rolling down the road? What options or accessories, does her or she need for a safe, comfortable ride?

In the United States, Reckless driving is the number one cause of teenage death in the nation. Reckless driving can be classified as anything from speeding and swerving, to purposely trying to run someone over, or hurt them while driving. In America, there are countless organizations calling to help end the high death rate in teenagers that reckless driving takes. People such as Parents, Drivers Education Instructors and even state legislators have realized the problem and are seeking reform. In 2011 alone 2,650 teens between the ages of 16-19 were killed due to reckless driving. (CDC) Reckless driving is a death that is very preventable, with proper education and warning. As well as problem that is not taken seriously by the juvenile’s committing the act. Most juveniles don’t worry what so ever about dying in a car crash because they think that it won’t happen to them. Under Reckless Driving, in Green Bay, speeding, not paying attention and lack of caring are three of the biggest issues with teen drivers and juveniles.

If you ask anyone, who has lost a loved one to a car accident, 8 out of 10 it's because the driver was distracted. Weather they were reading a text, changing the radio station, or on the phone, those few seconds where their attention was elsewhere cost them their life. Sometimes not only their life, but the life of another driver, damage to property, and even more so the lives of the family and friends of the individuals involved. When such horrific events take place one cannot help, but to think "Why them?" or "If only..." "If only there were precautions that could have been taken, than none of this would have happened." But the truth is there are precautions, such as turning off your phone while driving, and the laws made for the sole purpose

Table 6 shows percent increase and decrease in performance measures for different pairs of lane configurations. Each of the three base scenario lane configurations(1, 2 and 3) was paired with at least one of the nine non base lane configurations(4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12). The pairings were based on the same number of lanes on both the major and minor street approaches. For instance, lane configuration 1 paired with lane configuration 4 and lane configuration 1 paired with lane configuration 7, with lane configuration 1 being a base lane configuration with single lanes on both major and minor streets. While lane configuration 4 is a non-base lane configuration with also single shared lanes on both major and minor streets. Similarly, lane configuration

Whether you are an experienced driver or you have only been driving a short time, being a safe driver is essential. You should always be aware of your surroundings and be cautious of any potentially hazardous conditions. Although car accidents are not always entirely avoidable, when the roads are wet, there are a few things you should do to reduce your chances of getting in a wreck.

In urban environment, drivers must frequently stop or slow down for different forms of regulatory control at intersections such as traffic signal stop sign or yield signs, pedestrian crossings, rail crossing, emergency vehicle way, and reduce travel speed areas near schools and shopping zones. Travel speed also affected by congestion where preceding vehicle prevent the adoption of discretionary free-flow speed. Factors such as these cause large amounts of variance in individual speed even during off peak periods. Lowering average travel speeds in urban and metropolitan area will bring considerable reductions in road trauma especially accident at emergency lane. (Symmons, 2008). Lowering

The HCM (2010) methodology for evaluating the performance of automobile traffic traveling on an urban street segment does not provide an approach for evaluating the performance of urban street segments for pedestrian activity at un-signalized mid-block pedestrian crosswalks. In many urban areas, the movement of platoon vehicles can significantly be impacted by mid-block delays and stops. The HCM (2010) identifies several sources of mid-block delays, including but are not limited to pedestrians crossing at a mid-block crosswalks. One of the performance measures in evaluating automobile performance of urban street segments is the travel speed. The HCM (2010) computes the segment travel speed based on the segment length, segment running time

When a group of teenagers gets together, they often act differently around each other than when around their parents or family. This often includes when teenagers start driving, they drive differently with their parents, but when they get behind the wheel with their friends as passengers, then it is a different story. The percentage of car crashes among teenagers that included their friends as passengers went up due to the risky behavior the driver. This is especially true for male teenage drivers and male passengers.

One of the greatest obstacles a professional traffic engineer faces in applying sound principles of traffic engineering is competing theories from vocal non-traffic engineers who lack expertise. The unfortunate result is the creation of traffic hazards when false theories are put into effect.