We all just have to pray every time we get into a car and just have patience. 3. Research on Road Rage According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) road rage “involves a criminal act of violence, whereas aggressive driving can range from tailgating to speeding to running red lights” writes www.edmunds.com. They also stated that the number of deaths due to road rage is difficult to track, but NHTSA
Depending on the race you go to you will see different types of cars and see different types of races. You may hear cars with really loud motors and loud exhausts. Some races will have a few fender benders, flat tires, but some have major wrecks. At the end of the race, there may be some upset drivers and some really happy drivers depending on the results. This will conclude a night at the race
The human memory has a propensity to recall erroneous events and even details that did not happen. This phenomenon can be described as reconstruction theory, which “suggests that information stored in the long term memory is not forgotten in the usual sense but sometimes is recalled in a distorted, incorrect manner” (Lahey, Benjamin 2012). An experiment performed by Elizabeth Loftus, showed that a third party can introduce false memory altered by false cues. Subjects viewed a slide of an accident involving cars. Some were later asked to describe the speed of the cars before they smashed into each other, others were asked the same question, but using the term hit instead of smash.
After each film the participants were given a questionnaire which asked them to describe the accident and then answer a series of specific questions about it. There was one critical. This question was ‘About how fast were the cars going when they hit each other?’ One group of participants were given this question. The other five groups were given the verbs smashed, collided, bumped or contacted in place of the word hit. The mean speed estimate was calculated for each group.
Racing is defined as any cars competing against, chasing, or trying to outdistance any other car. The demerit point system is designed to keep drivers from committing offences or to commit repeated offences. All drivers’ start with zero demerit points and demerit points accumulate as drivers are charged with convictions. The given points vary by one to seven and the extent of the punishment varies based on the magnitude of the offence. The punishment is also given based on whether the driver is a new or learning driver or if the driver is fully licensed.
Assignment 3 – Loftus and Palmer study replication Introduction Eye witness testimony is evidence which is provided by an individual that has witnessed a crime with a viewing to identifying the person that has committed the crime. Loftus and Palmer aimed to investigate the accuracy of memory after witnessing a car accident. They were aiming to see if leading questions change the accuracy of an eye witnesses' recall. Loftus and palmer focused on people estimating the speed of moving cars. Verb used | Mean speed estimated | smashed | 40.8 | collided | 39.3 | bumped | 38.1 | hit | 34.0 | contacted | 31.8 | The table shows that the more violent the verb sounds then the more the mean speed is estimated, such as contacted is not a very violent verb and only has an estimate of 31.8 whereas the most violent verb which is smashed has a high estimate of the mean speed.
B3.1 (a) Which section of the graph corresponds to the collision between the two cars? [1] ________________________________________________________ (b) Which section of the graph corresponds to the cars skidding to rest? [1] ________________________________________________________ (c) What is the speed of the two cars at time = 7 seconds? [1] ________________________________________________________ (d) What is the distance travelled by car X in the first 4 seconds? [2] ________________________________________________________ (e) What is the deceleration at BC and CD for car X?
The PP’s were shown 7 short film clips from safety films for driver education of traffic collisions. They were then asked to write an account of what they had just seen and asked to answer some specific question and the critical question which was about the speed of the vehicles in the collision. The critical question was: 'About how fast were the cars going when they ***** each other?' The 5 conditions in experiment 1 were: Condition 1: Smashed Condition 2: Collided Condition 3: Bumped Condition 4: Hit Condition 5: Contacted The dependant variable were the speed estimates given by the PP's. In experiment 2 the PP's viewed a short film clip of a multiple car accident and were questioned about it.
They did this using 45 students. The students were shown seven clips of different traffic accidents and after each clip, they were given a questionnaire that asked them to describe the accident and then it asked them a series of question. One of these question was a critical question which asked them, "How fast were the cars going when they hit each other?". To determine the effect of misleading questions, one group was asked the above question and the other groups were asked the same question but with slightly different wording. Instead of using the word hit, Loftus and palmer replaced it with bumped, smashed, contacted and collided.
Car accidents among teens have emerged as one of the serious concerns of this century. Since the establishment of teenage driving policy, there have been many changes in this issue and various researches which have been conducted in this area. Therefore, need arises to give clear information about the depth of teenage driving. There is also a need to provide information on guiding and counseling for both parents and teens on the various risks associated with teenage driving (Goodman, 2005). This paper tries to show how teens are faced with a high risk of car accident injuries.