The majority of accidents are caused by driver error and what if that could be diminished if the cars that we drive, drive themselves? With the modern technologies emerging, car industries begin to develop driverless cars. Comparing to a standard vehicle, driverless cars now have the technology to help drivers stay in their lane, avoid collisions. They have become highly advanced over the years. The point of a driverless car is safety, but there are plenty of people who guess that self-driving cars are dangerous.
Since 1992 to 2011 Ford Motor Company manufactured the Crown Victoria as a law enforcement vehicle. The Crown Victoria was selected as a patrol vehicle due to its prize and costs of repair. Starting in 2015 most highway patrol vehicles will change dramatically with the introduction of the Ford Explorer Interceptor utility cruiser. The new Ford Explorer utility cruiser will be replacing the out dated Crown Victoria due to its safety, performance, and equipment capacity. While on duty an officer’s safety is important especially during a high speed pursuit.
The current P-plate laws are extremely affective in reducing accidents on the road.This is because they deal with many of the dangers p-plate drivers face while driving, including distractions, driving speed, peer pressure and driver safety. To begin with, the current p-plate laws are affective in reducing accidents while driving because they deal with the important issue of distractions. An example of a distraction that is dealt with by the current p-plate laws is mobile phones. Mobile phones cannot be used by p-plate drivers when driving or while the car is moving or stopped but not parked. This helps to stop accidents because it removes distractions from a p-plate driver so they can focus solely on driving.
NASCAR Safety: Review Essay Although NASCAR is frowned upon for not being safe enough to some viewers a lot of authors have highlighted key points on safety and how safety is influencing the car of tomorrow. The seats in a stock car have to be as modern as any other part of the car. The seats are molded to fit each driver and are molded tight so that the driver does not move around when going around corners. After the seats have been molded they are fitted with cushions and a five point quick release safety harness made of heavy duty nylon webbing. Driver’s helmets rank the highest in safety features.
Ford defended the safety of the Explorer saying its statistics has shown that it is safer than other Sport Utility Vehicles. Ford alleged that it was the defective tires that led to the accidents and recalled 13 million tires for replacement. Firestone insisted that the tires are safe and Ford is replacing them to divert attention away from safety problems with its Explorer. From the case students are expected to understand the ethical dimensions of the controversy. Both Ford and Firestone were aware of the problem in Firestone tires but did not take any action until the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) intervened.
Muscle Cars Vs. Import Cars For me and many others like myself, I am a fan of cars, both domestic and import. I’m a gear head that like’s to modify my cars and even race them. There are a lot of people out there that don’t like one or the other, well in this essay we will be going over a little bit of my opinion of the two, and see if we can come up with an idea of which is better between the two. We will go over some of the things you can do performance wise and a little about what it will do for your car and at the end you can decide which one you think is better, or if you think there isn’t much of a difference.
Overall, PSA’s are very effective in battling the ever-growing issue of distracted driving. Without a doubt, the announcements are seen and campaigned enough to drivers. Many large companies play a pivotal roles in the marketing of these messages and the media circulation. In addition, contrary to what drivers think, being in an accident due to distracted driving can very much happen to anyone no matter how careful you are. Finally, even though many of the campaigns feature the same overall message, the public does not view these as redundant or pointless.
The issue of police chases has been around for years yet has been swept under the radar by some ‘more important’ issues. There are two sides. The side that believe that police chase restrictions are fine the way they are, and then there’s the side that believe there should be a greater restriction on police chases. Maintaining a saddened yet serious tone, Loraine Bennett contends in her opinion piece ‘My son paid the ultimate price’ (Herald Sun, December 29th, 2011) that police chase restrictions need to be tighter. King intends to persuade any car driver and the general public that the restrictions on police car chases not only need to be stricter and safer, they also need to be better followed by police engaging in car chases.
Then, we were to research at least an article to back up our hypothesis. Once we had all the information from there we figured out which distraction causes more accidents and it was texting. Materials phone car person Hypothesis Our hypothesis is we believe texting causes more accidents than talking on the phone. Null Hypothesis Our null hypothesis is we believe that both texting and talking while driving cause the same amount of accidents. What type of measurable data will you collect?
This validates, harsher penalties can make a difference and save lives (Alaska DOT, 2014). History has taught us, developing education and laws on drunk driving and seatbelt use was difficult and we face the same challenges creating legislation for distracted