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Vehicle Safety: Features/Effectiveness, Role of Traffic Psychologists, and Motor Vehicle Injury Control Vehicle safety is a growing concern of many U.S. citizens each year. As a society, it is expected to have a safe environment that people can be in without the stress and anxiety that they might have regarding safety in or around motor vehicles. Fortunately, vehicles have increased the amount of safety features over the years, allowing people to be more comfortable with their surroundings. Vehicle

Driver Distraction campaign: ‘Blind’ by TAC (Transport Accident Commission) Driver Fatigue campaign: ‘Don’t trust your tired self’ by NSW Centre for Road Safety A. Describe the various strategies used to communicate the message of both campaigns (include the slogans, graphics, statistics, media used). (10 marks) 1½ page There has been numerous campaigns to raise awareness and reduce accidents and fatalities including ‘Blind’ by TAC (Transport Accident Commission), ‘Get Your Hand Off It’ by NSW

solo-vehicle collision in South California. At the time of the crash they were travelling in a 2005 Porsche Carrera GT when the car swerved off of the road and came in contact with a power pole and several trees before fire engulfed the car. Both Walker and Rodas perished due to injuries received in the crash.         The plaintiff’s cause of action in this case would be the failure of Porsche to properly supply the 2005 Carrera GT with proper crash preventative measures and passenger safety features to

TO: Olo Dictum and Areta Obiter, Senior partners FROM: Kate Thompson RE: Damage from Contamination This opinion assesses Fancy Fertiliser’s liability under the rule in Ryland’s and Fletcher. Was the hydrofluorosilicic acid likely to cause mischief? The rule established in Ryland’s and fletcher is that anything likely to cause mischief, if it escapes refers to “beasts, or water, or filth, or stenches.” In the case of Cambridge Water Co and Eastern Counties Leather, the chemical perchloroethene (for

Road Safety Campaigns: How safe are you? Everyday 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 their 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

Co-operative Collision Warning by using Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) Communication Ankita Khapekar Electronics and Telecommunications RMDSSOE Pune, India ankitakhapekar@gmail.com Rajesh Shekokar Electronics and Telecommunications RMDSSOE Pune, India rajesh.shekokar@sinhgad.edu Abstract— Road accidents cause a severe threat to human lives from both an injury as well as a financial perspective. Given that vehicles are designed to provide a smooth means of transportation, manufacturers have long

Autonomous Vehicles Frank Flagello ECPI University ENG120 Ms. Catherine Gorman Abstract Technology has always found a way to push humanity forward. The next big leap is Artificial Intelligence, and robots taking over certain tasks from humans. More specifically, autonomous motor vehicles taking over for human drivers. Are self-driving cars the future, or a pipe dream? There are some concerns with the idea of self-driving cars, such as the loss of work for professional drivers or the complete

Being a distracted driver. It is talked about all the time on the news or on social media, someone gets hurt or dies from being distracted while driving. Distracted driving should be avoided for many reasons. These reasons include, it is against the law, it is unsafe, and it has major consequences. Many people lose their lives to the hand of distracted drivers. There are many laws put in place when it comes to driving, yet most people do not follow these laws. “Any licensed driver under the age

Various investigation show that driver’s drowsiness is one of the main cause of road accidents. The development of technology for preventing drowsiness at the time is a major challenge in the field of accidents avoidance. The advance in computing technology has provided the means for building intelligent vehicle system. The purpose of this study is to detect the drowsiness in driver to prevent accidents and to improve safety on the highway. The aim of this project is to design an Accident Prevention

was a car turning. As soon as we saw them turning it was too late to stop the car. When we hit them I hit my face on the passenger's headrest, and the seatbelt crushed my hip. My initial reaction for about 10 seconds was like “ I just got into a car crash. Omg!” Then reality hit me and I started crying because the impact really hurt, and I couldn’t breathe from the smoke from that the airbags were letting out. I couldn’t roll down the window, then I thought about my dad, “did he hurt his knee again