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    According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, there were 499 pedestrian fatalities in 2011, and in 2015 that number had increased to 632, an approximately 27% increase in fatalities. With that being said, traffic regulation should be a priority. Traffic laws are great advocates for road safety, but a law cannot enforce

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    California Vehicle Code Section 22500 (f) — Application in the City of Los Angeles The City of Los Angeles is notorious for its space congestion: in most neighborhoods, simply finding an open parking spot is considered a luxury. To make matters worse, California vehicle code section 22500 (f) exacerbates Los Angeles congestion as it precludes vehicles from extending over any portion of a sidewalk or onto a street. This paper will draw attention to the fact that 22500 requires amendment, doing so

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    ignored threatening the pedestrian experience in streets and sidewalks. But not all pedestrians can manage to overcome the challenges of the bad street experience. People on wheel chair, kids and older adults are another type of pedestrians that are being forced to stay home and drop out of the social life for they are considered to be the weak and dependent kind of people. Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, is one of the Lebanese cities that are facing a significant decline in pedestrian access due to the

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    Accessible Personal Movement in Central Auckland Setting The Scene: Identifying the how accessible the central urban environment in Auckland is during daylight hours and how it affects people, and also what people are most disadvantaged. There are many ways people are affected by this either it is done by how auto-dominant the area is or how people are affected by this problem. The route that was taken for this assignment was Silo Park to Aotea Square. The way people use vehicles and are

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    distinct way of writing, but he always discovers a way to make his stories similar in some way. Bradbury is an American author who has won many awards. There are three stories in particular he has written, “A Sound Of Thunder”, “The Veldt”, and “The Pedestrian”. He puts the same writing technique in all of his stories, imagery. Bradbury uses imagery to grab the reader's attention by giving amazing detail and explanation on certain parts of his stories, to create an amazing picture which makes it easier

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    I think it is important to follow directions because if people didn’t follow directions we would have a lot of CHAOS in our world!!! The reason why we would have chaos is because kids would do drugs, have kids at REALLY young ages and there would probably be more homeless people. I think it is important to follow directions because for instance you could be walking across the street (say there’s no speed limit, red lights/stop signs or anything like that) you would obviously get hit by a car and

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    Most people believe that technologies is the master mind in this world. Without technology humans cannot be able to master things through businesses and schools. Technology is destroying humanity and it has been a major thing in people lives. Humans realized that technology can cause many problems throughout their lives and can lead to be humiliation. Yet, humans using technology has been noticed in articles, movies, play, and books. Technologies has a big impact in today’s society with businesses

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    For instance, in the short story,“There Will Come Soft Rains”, an atomic bomb wipes out everything in Allendale, California except for one house, and one day, a fire hits and burns the house to the ground. Another one of his short stories is “The Pedestrian”, which takes place in a dystopian future where the main character, Leonard Mead, takes a long walk one evening and then gets arrested. Lastly, the short story “All Summer In a Day”,

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    While learning to drive is a similar action globally, there are some quirks and characteristics of how countries impose their rules to confirm that someone is able to drive. Although there is no standard to evaluate the person who wishes to obtain a license to drive, many countries use the same rules. Brazil and the United States; however, have some differences in formulation the rules for someone to get a drive license, the rules laid down in traffic , also when comparing the two countries , is

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    An Analysis Of Gymnasts

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    Things aren’t always what they seem Gymnasts are known to be strong and have good coordination. I was a gymnast for eight years, and never once had gotten injured, or even gotten hurt the slightest inside the gym. Although outside the gym, that wasn’t the case. My coaches had always told my teammates and me to be careful outside the gym because that’s where we would get hurt the most. Boy were they right. That is why I have come to the conclusion and stand by the statement of, things aren’t

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