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Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Highway Traffic Safety
395 wordsNHTSA Unveils New Brochure to Help Those with Disabilities Seeking Use of Adapted Vehicles The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) unveiled its consumer brochure to help persons with disabilities in the market for an adapted vehicle to take advantage of new technology to increase their mobility. "President Clinton and Vice President Gore are committed to removing barriers for people with disabilities so they can take advantage of the great bounty of opportunities in America, "...
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Cell Phones Ban The Bans
974 wordsA young girl riding in her mothers car is killed when a driver, talking on his cell phone, runs a stop sign in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Further south in a suburb of Camden, New Jersey, a driver ploughs through a group of pedestrians. An elderly couple dies as a result of his efforts to retrieve a dropped cigarette. In western Ohio, a driver causes serious injury to a father and son on their way home from a fishing expedition. The offending driver was changing stations on his radio and unkno...
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Sport Utility Vehicles Highway Traffic Safety Administration
411 wordsA federal agency said today that it was investigating 21 deaths in crashes of sport utility vehicles that may have occurred because the tires disintegrated. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received 193 complaints about accidents, including those that caused the 21 deaths, that took place when the tread on ATX, ATX II and Wilderness tires made by the Bridgestone/ Firestone Company separated. These tires are found on sport utility vehicles and trucks. Complaints about these ...
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Drunk Driving Accidents Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1,006 wordsThere are right and wrong choices to make when a person chooses to drink alcohol. A good choice would be to drink responsibly and make sure not get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle. Designating a driver that will not drink during your outing is a good decision to make. A poor decision would be to get extremely drunk and decide to get behind the wheel of a car and drive anyway. It might be the persons opinion that they are capable of driving safely. This poor decision could seriously harm an i...
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Highway Traffic Safety Administration National Highway Traffic Safety
750 wordsIn recent years, more than 5, 900 teenagers died in the United States from motor vehicle crash injuries. Such injuries are by far the leading public health problem for young people 13 - 19 years old (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety [IIHS], 2004). Drivers are not the only ones at risk. Teenagers who are passengers in others vehicles make up a startling 87 % of the fatality statistic. Lack of driving experience, disregard for traffic laws, and quick access to full driving privileges contrib...
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Road Rage The Scourge Of America Roadways
1,604 wordsTopic: Road Rage General Purpose: To convince Specific Purpose: To convince the audience to combat "road rage" by increasing driver awareness Thesis Statement: "Road rage" caused by aggressive driving tendencies is a growing epidemic affecting today's roadways, but there is a solution. Ethos: Include myself in my statements. Pathos: Audience should feel horrified at the consequences of road rage. Logos: Cite statistics and research resources. Introduction I. How many of you have ever been in a m...
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