Essays Tagged: "automobile accidents"

DWI

Drinking and DrivingOBJECTIVE As one of the leading causes of automobile accidents and deaths, the dangers involved in DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) needs to be ...

(6 pages) 90 0 4.6 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Alcoholism.

The person craves alcohol such as if it were food or water. Drinking alcohol increases the risk of automobile accidents and death. Suicide is more likely with alcoholism. One in four youngsters aged ...

(2 pages) 153 3 4.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Sports Injuries, Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear.

es can be less debilitating to patients than ACL injuries. Most commonly, PCL injuries occur during automobile accidents or if the knee takes a blow during hyper-extension. PCL injuries are often subt ...

(3 pages) 38 0 3.7 May/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Chapter 11 in Law 12 textbook

form of tort law because they are unintentional or unplanned incidents that cause injury. Examples: automobile accidents, medical malpractices2. List the key elements that a plaintiff must pro ...

(5 pages) 103 0 4.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Multi-tasking Behind the Wheel

eel of a car, we are putting our lives at risk. Hundreds of people are either injured or killed in automobile accidents every year. The majority of these accidents are caused by reckless or careless ... e prone to becoming distracted while driving. Teenage drivers are more likely to be involved in an automobile accident than any other age group.A study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Admin ...

(3 pages) 50 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Cause & Effect

e lack of sleep is a major cause of work accidents. Exhaustion is also known to be a main factor in automobile accidents. If sleep deprivation becomes a chronic problem, it can cause difficulties with ...

(1 pages) 57 1 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Todays And Yesterdays Laws On Drinking

hanged many I would agree that it was extremely effective, the statistics showed a dramatic drop in automobile accidents among teenage drivers. This lead Americans to believe it was a good law and sho ...

(4 pages) 28 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Proposing a Solution

David Rosenfield said, “While age does not determine a person’s ability to operate an automobile, evidence suggests that certain characteristics associated with aging impair driving perf ... at certain characteristics associated with aging impair driving performance” (Changes Advocated.) Automobile accidents caused by an elderly person are a recurring problem. This can be hazardous to ...

(2 pages) 1201 0 0.0 Jun/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community