Impaired and aggressive driving Impaired driving means operating any motor vehicle while you are impaired. Impaired driving can have serious consequences with safety and your driving record. Aggressive driving consiste on different behaviors, such as tailgating, speeding or not obeying right-of-ways. These two types of driving has serious consequences that can lead to injuries or other serious problems. Impaired driving can mean many things, such as driving under the influence or driving while you are over tired.
Texting while driving has been banned for all drivers, while any use of a cell phone has been banned for anyone under the age of eighteen. (Texting While Driving) What kind of dim-wit wrote this law? Adult drivers can be distracted just as much as teenage drivers. Studies estimate that distractions caused by cell phone use while driving result in roughly 2600 fatalities and 330,000 injuries each year in the United States. (Noder) This number could be much higher because it is difficult to prove cell phone usage without reviewing a billing
Tombeaker Mrs. gray American Literature 20 September 2011 Distractions While Driving While safety may be first in most people’s mind, it is typically last on our to-do lists. If you are concerned for your safety while driving you should avoid texting and talking on your cell phone, talking to passengers, eating and drinking, getting ready, and being a DJ. These five everyday bad habits while driving can be life threatening and by refraining from them you can save your self from the risk of a deadly accident. First on the list is texting and talking on the phone. Texting and talking on the phone can be dangerous and affect your driving by causing you to concentrate on the person you are talking to rather than the road.
This can cause a person with visionary loss a great deal of distress. They may not be able to see the car and they could walk into the car causing them embarrassment and physical injury/pain. All in all this factors can have a negative
Teletha Abdulhadi Mr. Austin Eng 101-01 7/2/12 People are at their worst when they are behind the wheel of their cars. Once the doors are closed, people forget about their own safety and their responsibilities to others on the roadways. Lack of respect for other drivers, pedestrians, and the law has been responsible for many automobile accidents. This paper will provide several examples of the dangers caused by people inattentiveness while driving. Lack of respect for other drivers contributes to many unsafe behaviors.
It is not realistic to expect people to completely stop using mobile devices in vehicles. There are many ways to reduce this phenomenon including: Legislation, public education and technological improvements (Ba-Masq 2013). Therefore all 50 states should have standardized some sort of regulation prohibiting the use of cell phones while driving. In December of 2011, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) unanimously recommended that all states ban the use of cell phones and other portable electronics by automobile drivers. Though the board cannot enact regulations itself, its suggestions are taken serious by lawmakers.
According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, drunk driving related deaths “...rose from 318 in 2013, to 338 in 2014, to 365 in 2015. That is a 14.8% increase from 2013 to 2015 and an 8% increase from 2014 to 2015.” In Ohio, 35% of the fatal crashes were caused by alcohol. In order to reduce the amount of deaths caused by alcohol, we need to support the bill that will reduce the blood alcohol concentration to 0.05%. If Ohio officials don’t focus on this bill, many people's lives will be impacted negatively. Having the blood-alcohol level at 0.08% provides a higher chance of people getting injured or possibly even death.
Does a posted speed limit of 55 mph mean that you may drive 55 mph on that highway under all conditions: No. Speed must be adjusted to conditions in order to avoid accidents. You should never drive on the left half of the roadway when you are within how many feet from an intersection, bridge, or railroad crossing: 100 ft (5 car lengths) What should you do if you discover you are in the wrong lane to make a turn as you enter an intersection: If you can’t get into the proper lane at least within one-half block before you turn, then don’t turn and continue straight. When two cars meet at the intersection of a two-lane road with a fourlane road, which one must yield the right-of-way: The car on the two-lane road should yield. If you are driving and hear a siren coming, what should you do: Yield the right-of-way by moving to the right edge of the roadway and stopping.
Copeland said, “The lives of innocent people are being taken every day due to a simple distraction”. According to the National Safety Council, there are 1600000 car accidents per year and, 11 teen’s death per day every day are caused by drivers distracted by texting while driving, and . This number adds up to nearly 25% of all car accidents. Also, according to some studies, in 2011, at least 23% of auto collisions in 2011 involved cell phones, which is adds up to almost 1.3 million car accidents. Car accidents are four times more likely to result from take place from drivers being distracted by texting than other causes.
In fact, most states have already passed laws restricting text messaging or talking on the phone while driving. Just like any other epidemic, this one unquestionably needs the involvement of more than one entity. Only a week ago, on June 7, 2012, U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood issued 'Blueprint for Ending Distracted Driving’. This blueprint offers a comprehensive strategy to address the growing and dangerous practice of using handheld cell phones behind the wheel. It calls for four crucial steps: Encouraging the 11 states without distracted driving laws to enforce such legislation; push the auto industry to adopt guidelines for technology used in vehicles; offer educational lessons to new drivers about distracted driving; and provide all stakeholders with options for ending distracted driving for