In the United States alone, there are almost 11 million traffic accidents per year, leading to 36 million fatalities (United States Census Bureau, 2012). These numbers are even higher in developing nations, where nearly half of the world's registered vehicles are located but practically all (90%) of traffic accident fatalities occur (Toroyan, 2009). Most of these fatalities can be prevented via public policy measures, and policy is essential to improve road safety worldwide. Road safety must become a part of global public policy through means such as education, awareness, and public relations. To improve road safety, though, great amounts of resources are required for the improvement of roads and the safety of vehicles too. Resources are also necessary to bolster the laws related to traffic, and the enforcement of those laws. Issues like vehicle design must also be taken into consideration. Road safety therefore requires a complex and comprehensive public policy that includes extensive assessment, thorough implementation, multifaceted monitoring, and ongoing evaluation. Extensive assessment of each community's problems and needs is the first step towards improving road safety worldwide. Ogden (1996) points out that determining the solutions to road safety problems such as traffic fatalities requires first an assessment of the nature and dimensions of the road safety problem. Assessment begins first with an evaluation of the region's road conditions and the types of vehicles
vehicle collisions yearly, according to Kristof’s projections (Kristof 161). This is exponentially greater than the 30,000 who are killed in car accidents today, after these regulations were
The data analysis will illustrate Minnesota highway transportation department statistics on rural and urban fatal car crashes. To compare the cause and effect of rural and urban fatal car collisions. This research will also analyze the potential and past planning that on rural road hazard mitigation. The extensive investigation will identify the potential challenges in the field of emergency management that will relate to rural car crashes, compare rural and urban car crashes and road mitigation in rural communities.
Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras, breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased, so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has composed a series of safe driving campaigns. On many occasions the Transportation Department informs and advises the public about the importance of responsible driving. They propagate safe driving through the various channels of the media and
Road trauma touches us all at one point in time. Severe or not it tears apart families, friends, loved ones, and our economy. Throughout the past years we have become much more adventurous with our driving. Letting out irresponsible teens and adults behind the wheel is life threatening to all, whether they are in a car or not. I think that we as citizens of Mississauga should start to take the amount of car accidents under precaution and make driving a privilege, not a right. Instead of weeping over our losses we should pick each other up and bring all our ideas together to make our roads safe and happy. That is why I am speaking today to make a change and bring forward my ideas for road safety.
About 1.3 million individuals pass on in street crashes every year, all things considered 3,287 passings per day. Every year about 400,000 individuals under 25 bite the dust on the world's streets, by and large more than 1,000 a day. More than 90% of all street fatalities happen in low and center wage nations, which have not as much as half of the world's vehicles. The greater part of all street activity passings happen among youthful grown-ups ages 15-44. The mind larger part (75 percent) of genuine adolescent driver crashes are because of "basic blunders," with the three basic mistakes representing about
Many people lose their lives or loved ones in accidents involving cars and other types vehicles like semi trucks, farm equipment, construction vehicles, and motorcycles. People are involved in car accidents due to reasons such as distracted driving, drunk driving, inability to drive, driving in an unsafe vehicle. Many of the accidents can be can be prevented. There are many precautions that can be taken to decrease the amount of people hurt in these accidents. Options range from enforcing harsher laws for vehicular accident or simply making the car itself safer, and making it mandatory that vehicles are safer. As well as new laws that could created. There are many small things that people can do to become a better driver and cause less accidents.
June is a special month for my family for two reasons: (1) It is the month my oldest brother was born and (2) it is the month he almost died. Early June, after a morning of fun my brother, his fiancée, and a friend were on the road headed to my father’s house. All seemed well—they were alive, they were young, they were happy—what could go wrong? While driving down a country road, Edward, my brother, miscalculated the turn, and at that moment three lives were at stake. An overturned car, broken bodies and glass, and a great deal of blood was the scene as help finally arrived. Thankfully they walked away from the accident—hurt, but alive. However, not everyone can say the same as they can. For this reason, the change and enforcement of new and old laws is vital to making our roads and highways better and safer. Strictly enforcing laws already in place, redesigning highways, and enacting laws to enforce hands-free policies are just a few ways in which this goal can be accomplished.
As stated under Findings, we would expect highly-populated areas to have a similarly high fatality counts. However, New York, the fourth most populated state at 19.8 million inhabitants, had substantially lower motor vehicle deaths than expected. New York had only 1,113 fatalities in 2015, a rate of 5.62 deaths per 100,000 people – the fourth lowest in the nation. Understanding why New York has such a low traffic fatality rate could be the key to reducing fatalities in similarly populated states. Since a large portion of New York’s population resides within New York City, the extensive use of the subway system there could be the reason for the state’s low rate of motor vehicle deaths. Fatalities due to subway systems were not included in the
“In 2011, about 2,650 teenagers in the United States aged sixteen to nineteen were killed and almost 292,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes. That means that seven teenagers’ ages sixteen to nineteen died every day from motor vehicle related injuries” (Teenage 1). Teenage driving has become an increasingly controversial topic over the past ten years. Many adults and politicians are fighting for tougher driving laws and legislation for teenagers. While soon-to-be teenage drivers, along with current teenage drivers and busy parents argue that things are fine just the way they are. But, when the leading cause of death among teenagers in the nation is traffic accidents, things cannot be considered “fine”. It is obvious that there is a need for change and something must be done to save the lives of teenagers throughout the United States. In an effort to lessen the number of traffic injuries and deaths among teenage drivers, states need to adopt a Graduated Driver Licensing Program (GDL), which encompasses night-time driving, passenger limitation, cell phone use, seat belt use, a minimum holding period, and a minimum amount of supervised driving hours.
Texas traffic accidents leads the nation in car deaths. In some ways, the large number of crashes is to be expected; Texas is a very large state. However, the Texas death rate of 1.44 deaths per hundred million miles travelled also exceeds the national average of 1.28 deaths per hundred million miles travelled. In this proposal, I will provide accurate statistics of last year’s records and then provide a possible solution to reduce fatalities.
Public safety is one of the big concerns in the United States. American government is doing their best to maintain the safety on the road. The government of the United States is not just focusing road safety on national level but also they are focusing on state wide to ensure the safety on roads. With all their hard work, they are successful for ensuring the safety. Especially now days where the technology is expanding every day, with this fact it is hard for the government to keep up with everyday changing technology. The new technologies that are interfering with the road safety are mobile devices like; cell phones, ipads, and tablets. People are using these
Dangerous driving habits result in the death of thousands of people each year; however, by taking steps to educate young drivers on dangerous habits behind the wheel; countless lives could be saved.
In the recent years, the United States government has been enforcing stricter mandates on auto manufacturers to create safer vehicles, and on construction companies to create safer roadways. Matthew Jensen wrote a dissertation for the Graduate School of Clemson University titled, A Methodology for the Analysis of In-vehicle Operating Data and Design of Intelligent Vehicle Systems for Improved Automotive Safety. In his abstract, Jensen evaluated the future of vehicle manufacturing and traffic-related incidents. Of course, every year more vehicles are manufactured, which in theory means the number of miles driven in vehicles increases. He points out how the World Health Organization (WHO) found that automobile crashes was the ninth
Background and Audience Relevance: According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in 2015, about thirty-five hundred people were killed, and four hundred thousand were injured in car crashes.
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