Essays Tagged: "highway traffic safety"
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 percentage in ... 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 were ass ... 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 from URL: ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Problem and solution essay: Drinking and Driving BY Calvin
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 alcohol relate ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
Stronger Punishment for DUI Offenders will lower Alcohol Related Fatalities
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 percentage incre ... d driving. States that have not adopted .08 BAC laws by FY 2004 (October 1, 2003) will have certain highway construction funds withheld. As of March 2004, Colorado, Delaware and Minnesota have not ena ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Seatbelt: It can also kill you
usand 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 a seat be ... versity of southern California, Los Angeles, California 2002.5. [NOR03] National Overview of Recent Highway Safety Data (May 2003).National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.www.nhtsa.dot.gov6. [S ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
Debate in favour of raising the legal drinking age from 18-21
raffic 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% (from 5, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology
Michigan Driving Statistics Paper- a short paper done for Drivers Training Segment I Class
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 alcohol-related ... leading factor in motor vehicle deaths. Alcohol-related fatalities remained at 41 percent of total highway deaths, so it seems that the decreases which have occurred over the last twenty years in ann ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Bridgestone Firestone Case
ths 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 Firestone ATX a ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies
Persuasive Essay: Why the drinking age should be lowered.
ers 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 will not b ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol
Car Crashes
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 about twen ... 13, died after their van flipped several times when a driver cut them off on Interstate 4 near U.S. Highway 192. The family was en route to Orlando Florida from Graham, N.C., for a relative's memorial ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Seatbelts Save Lives
ave Lives 6Conclusion 8References 9AbstractSeatbelts save lives. However, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), one America dies every hour because they fail to wear ... have been killed in automobile crashes. That same year, the Senate passed a two-year, $320 million highway beautification bill that provided $5 million for a study of ways to dispose of scrapped cars ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law
Air bag safety for the prevention of injury and d
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 crashes ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Should the age of maturity be lowered?
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 in fatal ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing
Helmet Laws for Scooters and Mopeds in Maryland
nd 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 to 96 - be ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues