Why Do Emergency Vehicles Have The Right Of Way

When people enter the car they don’t think about getting into an accident. Nobody expects to be hit from distractive driving but it does happen. The state of Florida is doing everything in

Officers back each other up and protect one another from dangerous situations. While the code can help protect officers for safety reasons, it can also protect the officers who violate the laws (Skolnick, 2008). Police discretion is the power given to an officer in which allows them to make a judgement call as to whether they will follow police procedures or dismiss the action (Myhill & Johnson, 2016). As with the “code of silence” police use their discretion or what they would call “professional curtsey” by no enforcing the laws against fellow officers (Wetendorf & Davis,

An easy way to deal with this sort of driving is to use defensive driving tactics and thinking about others or for authorities to make more strict rules when it comes to being inconsiderate on public roadways.

Imagine someone swinging by a rope as they’re mountain climbing. Will anyone help? More and more people are climbing Mt. Everest so, the risk involved and increasing death tolls are very dangerous. And the helicopters are very expensive, almost $2 million. It’s dangerous for the helicopters to go up to the height of Everest or even just really high because if there is more than one person, it would have to go back and forth because it can one person. People do not have the right to rescue services when they put themselves at risk because we cannot afford it.

You are impacting others lives while on the road.We also need more police officers to be present.

Once the car has come to a complete stop, turn on the emergency lights to notify the other drives that there is an emergency, so they can be aware of the situation. Get out of the car carefully just in case an oncoming driver didn’t notice the emergency lights or if they weren’t paying attention

With roads in such substandard conditions and with no signs of repairs coming in the near future, Baton Rouge drivers have to be careful on the roads. One cannot always take the freeway to get to places and there might be heavy traffic if everyone tries to use it. Along with the fact that sometime a route cannot be planned around a terrible road as it is the only way to the destination. With these factors in mind, one must be prepared to drive for the safety of oneself and others. Whenever coming to a pothole or any other danger that may come with an inadequate road, it is important to drive slowly and cautiously. This is most important due to the fact that driving carefully on even the safest of roads in order to avoid a vehicular

It is interesting to see that more attention is placed on violent deaths from shooting than other accidental deaths. On the contrary, traffic mortalities continue to be one of the most important causes of death in the United States, for example, in 2010, there was an estimation of 32,788 deaths (Ferdinand et al., 2014). Death from motor accidents is therefore a serious public safety issue that should be addressed. Recently, in the city of Laredo, two people lost their lives and one was left in critical condition after being hit by someone who was texting and driving (Gallardo, 2015). Texting while driving is increasing at an alarming rate and the devastating effect on public health and safety warrants a thorough study. Policy makers and all interested parties must come together to do a thorough study that will lead to laws designed to curb such preventable

Dying is a very sad part of life and no one likes it. It's even sadder when it's a death that can be easily avoided. Injury-related are almost always of the highly preventable type with much of it being due to carelessness or not being conscious of the things that a person ingests or their surroundings.One of the top non-disease killers is death from automotive accidents. In a statistical gathering by the CDC, deaths from automotive accidents were the leading non-disease killers from ages 5-24 and the second one in ages 25-65+. Georgia has had an increasing rate of injury-related deaths, with traffic deaths being the most prominent. A big indicator to me was the signs where they post information on traffic and accidents ahead. The signs

This just goes to show us that even with the good intentions of keeping our citizens safe, accidents happen, and we cannot control

In hopes to cut down on the speeding, speeding enforcement programs are put into place. With these programs they help cut down on the speeding a little in some of the areas, but not all areas can be monitored by police due to the limited space in most areas. Even with these programs there are the drivers who just don’t want to slow down when in the construction zones. When drivers are speeding through these zones, they also switch lanes quickly which is very dangerous in the tighter areas of the construction zones and can lead to accidents. The residents that drive cars aren’t the only ones speeding in these zones, but semi-trucks speed through them as well. When these big trucks are barreling through the already tight two lanes it can make for a nerve wrecking drive. One way to try to avoid these crazy drivers is to always pay attention. Make sure to checking all surroundings and keeping one’s eyes on the road. They lanes are very confined and the more attention that is paid it lessens the chance of getting into an accident with a speeding

I am outraged by the increasing statistics of death caused by the number of violations to the law. I want to make the roads safer for emergency personnel because there is no reason that that many lives are being taken. I have seen first hand the accidents and deaths caused by reckless driving and it sickens me. Roll over semis are common on the interstate and when the contents that are being transported spill out, I occasionally help with the clean up. The interstate gets many travelers, so when the road can have one lane open, it tends to be open. I have stood a couple feet away from cars moving at 40 mph and not even paying attention to the car in front of them, but the crash next to them. People don’t understand the possible consequences to their actions until it actually happens. The summer of 2013 fog covered I-65 and created a 20 car pile up. I was there; I was helping clean up the extensive amount of destruction. As I watched the cars on the southbound lane drive by with their windows down and their cameras nearly falling out of the windows making sure they could

Imagine while watching the news the reporter says a teen has been killed in a horrible accident. The news reporter says the teen was killed, because of being distracted by texting while driving. According to Florida Department of Motor Vehicle (2016), In the state of Florida it is legal to talk on the phone while driving as long as the driver doesn't break any road rules. The accident could have been prevented if operating phones while driving were against the law in the state of Florida. The driver's death is a prime example that the State of Florida does not do enough to prevent distracted driving. Distracted driving should be a first offense with stiffer penalties. Traffic laws protect the general safety of vehicle drivers and passages

I’d like to start this speech today with a question. How many people have been in a vehicle whether being the driver or a passenger and drove by a stationary emergency vehicle sitting alongside the road? I can attest to driving by as well as being on the side of the road. My father, my grandfather, my uncle, and some of my ideals are alongside the road every single day. My grandfather owns a towing company, I have spent my entire life around emergency responders. So, the Move Over Slow Down Law hits very close to home. An article published by Matt Gray states, “Five firefighters per year, and one law enforcement officer per month are killed due to the violation of the Move Over Law. One tow truck driver is killed every six days due to Move Over violations,” (Gray). I am here today to persuade the audience to move over and slow down for emergency responders alongside the road as well as stranded motorists. People need to be aware of the Move Over Slow Down Law.

Just three days prior I encountered the similar misfortune of a driver unaware of the surrounding traffic. The rain had been steadily downpouring by the time I had reached the Expressway on my way home from Philadelphia: although it wasn’t the kind of rain that eliminates visibility, it had caused two cars to collide already. The police car’s lights attracted the center and right lanes to slow in an attempt to see what had happened, but the lights also contributed to the sea of headlights and streetlights refracting through the rain, debilitating any driver’s vision. Driving in the center lane, both the car in front of me and I slowed almost to a stop because of the drivers ahead: unfortunately the left lane’s traffic prevented me from passing this car, which I then remained behind as she changed to the left lane. Continuing for about one hundred yards, she suddenly stopped, and, abandoning my practice of pumping the brakes in the rain, I slammed on them in an attempt to miss the small sedan, causing my car to fishtail, skid, then collide with the center barrier, killing me instantly. My three passengers were quite alarmed by this, and I apologized several times over the duration of the ride, noting each time I gradually slowed instead of stopping