Rate Of Car Collision

“From all evidence available we need to try and address the one in five collisions which relate to young drivers in their first six months of driving, so I propose a two element approach:

According to Carla, “on average 1,100 a year die from alcohol-related traffic crashes and another 300 die in non-traffic alcohol-related deaths”(Main). The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reported that “relative to adults, young people who drink and drive have an increased risk of alcohol-related crashes because of their relative inexperience behind the wheel and their increased impairment from alcohol (U.S. Dept). It is an obvious argument that no matter what age an individual is, if they are under the influence of alcohol, they are at a higher risk of getting in a car crash but it is more likely for younger people because they do not have a high tolerance as olders do. Many individuals feel that they can overcome those obstacles when driving because they are not in the right state of mind which leads to future accidents or

The elderly are the fastest growing segment of the driving population. A person’s crash risk increases beginning at the age of 55. By age 80, it exceeds that of the young, beginning driver. Age and alcohol interact to increase driving risk. This could mean the responsibility of their transportation falls on a family member.

One of the main reasons that teenagers are involved in accidents and commit traffic violations is that when teenagers start driving, they are inexperienced. According to The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), “crash rates are highest during the first 500 miles of driving” (The Anatomy 1). This means that due to the inexperience of teenagers, there are more crashes during the early teenage years of driving and the number of crashes decline as they gain experience. Furthermore, countries in which the legal age to obtain a driver’s license is 18 or above, there are a higher number of crashes in early years of driving (Anatomy 1). This research supports that “practice makes perfect,” meaning that as teenagers practice driving, they gain experience and

Often, people underestimate the effects that alcohol consumption may have on their bodies, and the impact those effects could have on their ability to drive safely. As a result of these misjudgments, people often feel that they are safe to drive, or that they are actually better drivers after having a couple of drinks. This type of negligent behavior often leads to alcohol-related collisions, which have potentially serious consequences for

One of the main reasons that teenagers are involved in accidents and commit traffic violations is that when teenagers first start driving they are very inexperienced. According to The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) , “crash rates are highest during the first 250 miles of driving (3.2 crashes per 10,000 miles) and the second 250 miles (2.0 per 10,000 miles)” (The Anatomy 1). Likewise, “after this introductory period, the crash rates decline sharply” (The

The first article I looked at was “Driving Anger and Traffic Violations: Gender Differences by Gonzalez-Iglesias et al., (2012). This article gives us information on drivers various ages and the reasons in which why men were more likely to get into car accidents than women. The researchers conducted a qualitative survey in Spain on a sample of 541 drivers that was 53.9% females and 46.1% males who were aged 20-73 years old and all respondents had a driver’s license for at least two years prior to this study. This article was helpful to my research because it was very specific in how many people they had surveyed and both genders were almost equally surveyed. It was also helpful to my research because it did not just look at young drivers, it looked at older drivers as well, so that we have more knowledge of various drivers in general considering it is not only younger drivers who get into automobile accidents. This article also contributes to my research because it gives

The authors, Graham and White, present a conglomerate of relevant information from all different directions, technological, social, and cultural, that uses statistical data to support their premise that a minority of crashes involve high-performance vehicles.

Elderly drivers have a decently high rate of crashes, particularly fatal as mentioned before, but for teen drivers, ages sixteen and seventeen, the crash rate per mile for mile, “is almost nine times as high as that for middle-aged drivers” (“Reasons Why Teenagers and Older People Are the Riskiest Drivers”). The statistic for teenagers reveals why the government is needed to set more restrictions on teen drivers such as requiring driver education, and graduated licensing

“The research we are doing at Kettering is affecting the national standards in crash safety for children in child seats. Being able to work on a new federal standard is very unique because they don’t change that frequently. Driving can be fun but also very dangerous to people and yourself ” (Brelin-Fornari)” The purpose of this paper is to talk about the importance of vehicular safety through distractions, malfunctions, being under the influence, drowsy driving and environmental factors.

Speeding in the youth contains a high factor in crash rates which commonly occur amongst the youth. One-third of all speeding drivers in serious crashes are males aged 17 – 25 and 6 per cent are females aged 17 – 25. Young drivers (17 – 25 years) represent one-quarter of all Australian road deaths, but are only 10 – 15% of the licensed driver population. These statistics prove that it’s more likely for the youth to be involved in fatal car accidents. A trend apparent in all these statistics is the age group in which starts when a teenager is first receiving their licence(17yrs) and is still inexperienced and

I have never been very skilled at driving a car. I got my driver’s license in February of 2015. No one really ever took the time to teach me how to properly drive. Of the required 50 hours one is supposed to drive before they get their license, I probably got around 20 at the most. Since I got my license in February I have almost been in numerous traffic accidents. This paper is going to highlight some of the more memorable events where I have almost crashed my car. Some of these events include; running red lights, hitting stationary objects, driving on the wrong side of the road, and running into large pot holes. Many people do not trust me to drive their cars, or to ride with me on long distance trips. I also have a hard time trusting myself

decline in such crashes among all age groups in general across the United States (1). Avoiding such tragedies is of great

Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death for teens and young adults. More than 5,000 young people die every year in car crashes and thousands more are injured. Drivers who are 16 years old are more than 20 times as likely to have a crash, as are other drivers. There are two main reasons why teens are at a higher for being in a car crash and lack of driving experience and their tendency to take risks while driving. Teens drive faster and do not control the car as well as more experienced drivers. Their judgment in traffic is often insufficient to avoid a crash. In addition, teens do most of their driving at night, which can be even more difficult. Standard driver's education classes include 30 hours of classroom teaching and 6 hours of behind-the-wheel training. This is not enough time to fully train a new driver. Teen drivers are more like to be influence by peers and other stresses and distractions. This can lead to reckless driving behaviors such as speeding, driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol, and not wearing safety belts. There is no safe amount that you can drink and still drive. Even one drink can influence your driving offences. “Nowadays, drunk driving has become driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired, driving while under the influence, operating while under the influence (impaired, intoxicated, or whatever), and in many

Car accidents can happen to drivers anytime, anywhere. "According to the National Safety Council, which stated that more than 2.5 million collisions back every year, making it the most common type of car accidents, it is also known that the accident rear end as incidents of injury, because the nature of the collision leads often in whiplash injury the driver in the car in front and about 20% of people who participated in a rear collision injury symptoms of this kind. ", (NHTSA, auto-accident-resource.com). Among the car accidents, the teenage group is the only age group who is number of deaths is increasing instead of decreasing. Also, all the people are exposed to risk and actually every one of them has got car