Essays Tagged: "National Highway Traffic Safety Administration"
Arguing for harsher laws against DUI offenders
Harsher laws make safer streets"According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2000 America experienced the largest perc ... incurred costs. (NHTSA, 2003) "In its publication The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that alcohol-related crashes in 2000 ... Romano E, Luchter S, Spicer R. The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 2000. Washington (DC): National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation; 2002. Available f ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Problem and solution essay: Drinking and Driving BY Calvin
impairs, thus increasing the chances of having a fatal accident when chosen to drive. According to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 40% of the car accidents in the year 2002 were alcoh ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Stronger Punishment for DUI Offenders will lower Alcohol Related Fatalities
oads each year from people Driving Under the Influence (DUI) of alcohol. According to data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA, 2003) America experienced the largest percent ... 000, as part of the FY 2001 federal appropriations bill, a provision was enacted making .08 BAC the national standard for impaired driving. States that have not adopted .08 BAC laws by FY 2004 (Octobe ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Seatbelt: It can also kill you
y two thousand fatalities on this type of accidents each year according to the data provided by the national highway traffic safety administration. Of these injured people near 75% of them were using ... gery and trauma surgery, University of southern California, Los Angeles, California 2002.5. [NOR03] National Overview of Recent Highway Safety Data (May 2003).National Highway Traffic Safety Administr ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Debate in favour of raising the legal drinking age from 18-21
ecrease traffic fatalities associated with alcohol consumption. Based on statistics compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration traffic fatalities for people under 21 dropped by 43% ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Michigan Driving Statistics Paper- a short paper done for Drivers Training Segment I Class
why from proof by statistics and studies done by various groups in Michigan and outside of Michigan.National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) defines a fatal traffic crash as being alcoho ... deaths was 38%. There are approximately 12 million automobile accidents every year according to the National Safety Counsel (NSA). An average of 115 people die each day in motor vehicle accidents in t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Cell Phones: A Health Risk?
angering the health of the British public just to accommodate the extremely large and powerful multinational phone companies? According to George Carlo, the mobile phone industry has pulled the rug ov ... anger associated with the use of mobile phones is that of drivers using them while on the move. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a new report on wireless technology in veh ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Automotive safety: how to prevent accidents and injuries
ee which vehicles are not safe enough and to let the public know which vehicles are the safest. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lists 26 locations running tests for "The Office of V ... created to help to promote and enforce safety but some people do not follow the law. The state and national government have created the standards that are supposed to work on the safety issues. There ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Bridgestone Firestone Case
er of deaths allegedly due to faulty Firestone tires rose to 172 by February 2001) according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).2The recall will cover all P235/75 R15 Firest ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Ban uses of cell phone while driving
se the driver's attention is on having conversations with others on the phone. "According to NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration), there are close to 4,500 accidents are caused every ... es while driving and 1.5 percent was using a mobile phone at the time of the serious accident" (The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 3). In addition, accidents can result in property dam ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues
Cell Phones and Cars
felt that talking on a phone while driving can cause accidents (www.speakout.com). According to the National Conference of State legislatures, over two-thirds of the states have begun debating measure ... Nevertheless, countless individuals still elect to use cell phones while driving. According to The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 3% of all drivers are using a hand held cell phone w ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues
Persuasive Essay: Why the drinking age should be lowered.
an teenagers will be involved in an alcohol-related crash which is often fatal, as concluded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. How are you sure that one of those three teenagers w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Airbags Are Useful
felt that this statement is highly unfair to the Congress. From information available on the NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) website, NHSTA had carried out numerous investigatio ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Car Crashes
in 1996, six thousand were injured, and nine thousand other motorists were killed. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, during the year a driver is sixteen, he or she has a ... most of the wrecks are not the truckers fault, it is the fault of the other vehicle. In a study of national crash data on fatal two-vehicle accidents involving a heavy truck found that the actions of ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Cell Phones
the striking vehicle" . In other words, they caused the wreck.The 1996 data from the Japanese national police agency reinforces that seventy six percent of crashes in Japan had been rear end col ... into mobile phone booths has gone from abstract turning to concrete action .Brooklyn Ohio, received national publicity for being one of the first cities to ban cell phones use when driving. As bills a ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Alcoholism
alcohol can have on a family is the number of people it hurts and kills annually. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 38% of all traffic fatalities are alcohol related. T ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Seatbelts Save Lives
atbelts Save Lives 6Conclusion 8References 9AbstractSeatbelts save lives. However, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one America dies every hour because they fai ... this paper to convince you to start. Specifically, I will detail the history of seatbelts, explain national laws that enforce seatbelt use, explain how seatbelts work, and finally, I will present sta ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Air bag safety for the prevention of injury and d
the risk of injury. In the past decade, air bags have saved the lives of close to 3,000 people. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conducted a study of real-world motor vehicle ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Should the age of maturity be lowered?
teenagers may behave even more responsibly then many adults. For example: in 1993, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, only 7.6 percent of those age 16 to 20 were involved ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing
Helmet Laws for Scooters and Mopeds in Maryland
s, Maryland and Washington, although some would cover only riders under 21 or 18. Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that annual moped fatalities doubled - from 48 t ... by helmet use per 100,000 registered motorcycles, along with $118 million in the state of Maryland (National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2011). This fact brings me to my next point. If w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues