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Driving

Drivers however are not the only ones to be blamed. Drivers cannot effectively drive safely in unsafe conditions. For this reason, next in line of importance when addressing safety on roads is general infrastructure of the country. Roads should be properly maintained in order to function safely and efficiently as means of allowing transport to take place. Impediments on roads cause drivers to lose control over their vehicles and force drivers to make illegal moves. If impediments such as potholes, stones, tree branches etc. are present drivers would need to infringe upon traffic flowing in the opposite direction in order to pass. Should these impediments be remedied, roads will be made safer to a significant degree. Maintenance of infrastructure should also include properly functioning lights on roadsides for night drivers and properly maintained street signs and traffic directing arrows. Many accidents are caused due to improperly lighted streets. Drivers are unable to see oncoming vehicles in time and thus collide. Some streets have improperly functioning lights while some street have no lights at all. This is a major safety breach. A great many accidents are similarly caused by vandalised or missing street signs. Drivers who are familiar with signless routes will tend to drive at a confident speed while unsuspecting novice drivers to the same route might turn to go the wrong way on a one way street and this could result in loss of lives. Good infrastructure is a necessity in the area of safe driving. Areas of congestion are also common key locations of road injuries. Congestion tempts drivers to make illegal and dangerous turns, violate road laws and also provides temptations such as overtaking in critical areas, such as intersections, which is definitely harmful and dangerous. Problems such as these can be solved by the introduction of traffic wardens in key locations who will regulate the passage of vehicles and thus ensure a smooth, freely flowing line of traffic which avoids putting temptation before drivers.


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1. Distracted Driving Summit Discusses Increase in Cell Phone Related Fatalities

... (Hastings). However, Secretary Ray LaHood believes this to be just "the tip of the iceberg" because using the cell phone while driving has only recently been outlawed in some states, and previously law enforcement officials were not required to ask whether a driver had been on ... Accident Reporting database, combined with data from Wilson and Stimpson and adjusted for climate, state demographics, and other factors, found that distracted driving fatalities would have decreased from 4,611 to 1,925 per year from 2001 to 2007 had texting not existed. Because of its existence, fatalities .....

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2. Clinton Voices Her Opinion in Saudi Women's Driving Campaign

... and calling on 156 countries for support. A few Saudi women even committed the crime themselves, turning the key in the ignition to begin a motorized protest (Dougherty). The Saudi Women for Driving, a coalition for women's rights activists, bloggers, and academics campaigning for the right to drive, expressed their disappointment by Clinton's public silence. Previously, Clinton announced women's rights a top issue for ... In the context of the Arab Spring and U.S. commitment to support women's rights, is this not something the United States' top diplomat would want to publicly support...

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3. Cell Phones and the Dangers of Distracted Driving

... the phone – even knowing the dangers. So, what is the solution? Should people simply and completely abstain from this dual-tasking? Is there another option for communication while driving? Asking these questions leads to the possible answer of hands-free technology. Many people have turned to hands-free mobile phones, especially in places where using a conventional handheld cell phone ... a Rogers Wireless employee, in an interview with Canwest News Service. Rogers and other service providers are actually members of the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, which campaigns ...

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4. Notes on Cell Phones, Texting and Driving

... other mobile devices have transformed how Americans communicate and stay connected in their work and personal lives. Inevitably, this wireless revolution has begun to affect the Nation's transportation system. Distracted driving threatens to become a deadly epidemic on U.S. roads. In 2008, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that nearly 6,000 people lost their lives and more than half ... a million were injured in crashes involving driver distraction." "Distracted driving" refers to any non-driving activity that takes motorists' attention away from the saf...

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5. Drinking and Driving Laws

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6. Monitoring the Legal Driving Age

... time. According to Preusser, Leaf, Ferguson and Williams, "Licensure delays limited the number of times students did family errands and attended movies or events." (2000, p. 237). Moreover, having driving license at a young age can affect the relationship between teenagers and their parents, because they become less dependent on their parents which help in pulling them further apart. It is ... also directly related to the school performance, because teenagers spend less time doing their homework. Delaying the driving license can have other benefits than reducing teenagers crashes rate. ...

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7. Drunk Driving As A Personal Freedom

... by providing stricter laws and punishment. Non-criminal countermeasures are concerned with reform and education and include treatment programs and educating citizens about the dangers of impaired driving. To prevent drunk driving, a combination of stricter laws with harsh punishments and non-criminal countermeasures must be implemented. Legal measures are said to protect citizens through deterrence. Deterrence is ... the public's outcry for retribution. Second, the countermeasures will probably impose costs, inconvenience and increased prices on those that do not drink and drive. Mothers...

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8. Drinking and Driving

... who have think they can drink and drive any time they please. Unfortunately, one of these days that could hurt someone or themselves. Drunk driving remains a serious national problem that tragically affects thousands of victims every year. Over twenty percent of all traffic related deaths in the United State ... each year are caused by drunk drivers. Driving while either intoxicated or drunk is dangerous and drivers with high blood alcohol content (BAC) are at increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries ... designated driver with them or call a cab. A designated driver is simply ...

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9. Texting and Driving - It Can Wait

... been taken because of someone else's poor decision to text behind the wheel. "In 2008, nearly 800,000 Americans admitted to texting while they were driving" (Suffran 2014). " 6,000 of them died" (Suffran 2014). We are all guilty of getting distracted behind the wheel. That one ... number of lives lost immediately. It is a sacrifice anyone should be willing to make. There are many organizations and pacts that focus on reducing texting and driving. These organizations allow people to take a pledge, download an app on their phone, etc. to not text and drive. One of the most popular ... har...

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10. Bad Driving Habits

... into his car and weaves his way out of the parking lot and onto the main road. Taking a sip of coffee while driving, he unfortunately finds he is driving over the poorest paved surface in the entire county. With the hot coffee spilt all over his shirt, pants, and newly cleaned ... of his car, but the damage done to the front bumper accumulates for more then one thousand times the price of a cup of coffee. Driving in general can be treacherous. Driving and having such a distraction as a cell phone at your ear, or ringing somewhere in your car, is ten times more dangerous. Not ... a cel...

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