Speed limits in the United States

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    Laws are rules that bind all people living in a community. Laws protect our general safety and ensure our rights as citizens against abuse by other people, organizations and by the government. Laws exist at the local, state and national level. There are laws that protect the rights of citizens such as the Bill of Rights that protect our freedom of speech, religion and the press. There are laws that protect people from discrimination of race, gender and age and disabilities. There are also rules

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    Texting While Driving

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    4.4 million injured on U.S roads in 2015.” “The United States is on track to have its deadliest traffic year since 2007”, the National Safety Council says with nearly “19,000 people killed as a result of motor vehicle accidents between January and June.” There are multiple reasons why there is car accidents in today's society. The issue is that there are so many people dying every day in the United States because they are going over the speed limit and texting while driving. 11% of drivers ages

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    that ‘in 2011, about 2,650 teens in the United States aged 16-19 were killed’ and almost 300,000 teens were severely injured from fatal crashes. Every day, 7 teens die from car crashes/injuries. Newly licensed drivers who are aged 16-19 are at a higher risk of fatal crashes than drivers aged 20 and over. As well, many of these crashes are caused by teens that text, talk, or drink and drive. Inexperienced drivers, who are many 16 -19 year olds in the United States cause higher insurance, accidents and

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    there is only one vote per state vs in the constitution it is one vote per representative, or senator. The similarities between these founding documents is that none of these two documents have control over the value of money. Central government not the states have the power of the value of money. One state cannot enter war itself. No matter what the situation is the state does not have control over itself. There has to be an agreement according the situation. The states have to observe and follow

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    vehicle speed reduction techniques and shared spaces. Developing a clear understanding of background literature provides a strong theoretical foundation, or perspective to conduct an effective investigation with regard to how vehicle speed and presence are crucial aspects as to whether a shared space is successful or not. Therefore, this chapter will begin with an overview of the history and development of shared spaces followed by vehicle speed in shared space, risk homeostasis theory, speed reduction

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    Work Zone Essay

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    Regular maintenance, rehabilitation, reconstruction is required of highway infrastructure with increasing number of traffic. Hence, the vehicles traveling through roads encounter numerous work zones which affect driver speed characteristics. The work zone is a segment of a road which experiences some sort of construction, maintenance or utility work (1). According to Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Device, the work can be divided into four areas. In the beginning, the advance warning area used

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    When a law enforcement officer begins his or her job, they are sworn to uphold the laws of The United States and the State of which they serve. For most people, that seems like a basic task. However, once the officer begins the job, they understand that it is a lot more complicated than just reading a book and determining if the elements of a crime occurred, then taking the appropriate enforcement action. An experienced law enforcement officer knows when it is appropriate to enforce laws based on

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    Speed can be defined as moving quickly. In the United States of America we have laws on and off the road. These laws are created and implemented to protect all citizens. One of the main law boundaries on the road is a speed limit. Speed limit can be defined as the maximum speed at which a vehicle may legally travel on a particular stretch of road. Speeding is strictly enforced and can ultimately cost a suspension of a license. The amount a person averagely drives over the speed limit varies from

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    Automobile accidents are a leading cause of death in the United States today. A high percentage of these accidents are caused by elderly drivers who are not fit to drive. Health issues, lack of knowledge of new driving laws, or the development of bad driving habits are some factors that contribute to this issue. However, not all older drivers are dangerous behind the wheel. Actually, many are safer drivers than their younger counterparts. They are more cautious, adapt to weather conditions better

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    In the United States there was 33,808 fatal accidents in 2015. This is the fourth largest number in the world. On some of the rules cops seems to give a little leeway and this needs to stop. If everyone followed the rules they way they should then there would be less accidents in the United States. There are a lot of rules that are not necessarily as strict as they should be. A traffic law that should be really emphasised is the speed limit. Cops allow people to go over by 5 but sometimes they

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