Once the investigation is complete they can begin to reconstruct the accident. During the reconstruction phase, physics is used to determine several aspects such as speed of the vehicles, their approximate positions at different times during the accident, and stopping distance (Glennon, 2001). If the cause of the accident is readily apparent then a reconstruction of the scene may not be necessary, such as with many of the multi-car pile-ups. Many of these accidents occur because of environmental factors such as fog, smoke, ice, or dust storms. Even though the main cause of the accident is environmental and out of the driver’s control, there are certainly things that could be done to minimize the effects.
On impact, the two cars stuck together and then skidded to rest. Fig. B3.1 below shows the velocity-time graph of car X throughout the experiment. Fig. B3.1 (a) Which section of the graph corresponds to the collision between the two cars?
(a) What is the probability of a fatal accident over a lifetime? Explain your reasoning carefully. Hint: Assume independent events. Why might the assumption of independence be violated? (b) Why might a driver be tempted not to use a seat belt “just on this trip”?
Financial risk expenditure, insurances, shares, property market Natural occurrence property damage, fire, flooding, snow, high wind. Taking Risks How do we decide what we should do and what we should not when it comes to risk? An example of a risk you might take could be crossing the road before you cross the road you LOOK LEFT and you LOOK RIGHT. Is it safe to cross? Risks might include; tripping on curb or being hit by moving vehicle.
The tank could have been placed over the differential, where it would have been somewhat safe in the event of a rear-end collision. However, considerations of trunk space and manufacturing cost dictated that the tank be placed farther back, between the differential, which had several exposed bolt heads, and the rear bumper. In this position, a rear-end collision might push the gas tank forward into the differential, where the exposed bolts could rupture the tank, possibly leading to a fire or explosion. Ford engineers knew that the Pinto’s gas tank design was susceptible to explosions from rear-end collisions, mainly from previous experience with the Capri, a European car produced by Ford on which this problem had occurred and had been fixed. In rear-end collision tests, a Capri with a rear-mounted tank was susceptible to gas tank rupture in impacts as
Leadership Book Review: The Tipping Point By: Malcolm Gladwell Gabriela Noriega Concordia University Abstract The Tipping Point by Maxwell Gladwell explores the concept of ideas spreading like epidemics. Such ideas as epidemics either infect society in a negative or positive manner. Although, Maxwell’s book is not based on scientific findings, the studies explored and references provide a convincingly interesting insight into his theories. In order for an epidemic to spawn and infect the masses, it must connect with three factors: the law of the few (connectors, mavens, and salesmen), the stickiness factor, and the power of context. Maxwell challenges and proposes to the reader to consider the small, yet critical elements and situations that have the potential to turn a situation around into nothing short of-a-phenomena towards good.
One such statute leading to such absurd results involved the question of stopping after a traffic accident, where the defendant claimed a momentary stop satisfied the criteria of the statute, with The Road Traffic Act 1960 (UK) required a driver to stop after being involved in a traffic accident. The courts determined that the requirement to ‘stop’ involved a driver stopping at the accident until all necessary requirements were seen to after the accident.  THE MISCHIEF RULE: Where the courts determine the behavior/activities
(a) What is the probability of a fatal accident over a lifetime? Explain your reasoning carefully. Hint: Assume independent events. Why might the assumption of independence be violated? (b) Why might a driver be tempted not to use a seat belt “just on this trip”?
For example, seeing a car driving towards us in heavy rain from a distance is one stimuli. We already see the car driving or coming our way. But, not knowing the difference when it get nearer to us or not been able to judge the distance between the car and us, will result in a fatal accident. This ability to notice the minimum difference between two stimuli required to detect 50% of the time is known as Difference Threshold (Gibson & Walk, 2001). Sometimes the decision made by us are correct and sometimes they are alarmingly wrong.
Background: While changing a lane, driver has to consider many factors about the traffic environment. In case any wrong decision occurs it may result in traffic crash. Limited research exists on other forms of lane changing assistance systems. In this paper, a lane changing system that advises drivers of safe and unsafe gaps for making mandatory decision about lane changes is developed. [5] This model describe drivers lane changing approach under various traffic conditions.