The Innovative Way To Drive And not kill yourself or anyone around you

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The Innovative Way To Drive(And not kill
yourself or anyone around you)

• Jasmine Bradley
• Aaron Rokeach
• Erica Pagliarulo
• Daniel Stivaly

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Brief Overview

• Show the risks of not wearing a seat belt and the
  impact of seatbelts on driving
• The hazard of driving while texting on a mobile
  device
• Driving under the influence of alcohol and other
  reflex impairing drugs
• Basic facts about driver awareness and becoming a
  safer driver

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Seat Belts And Driving
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Quick Statistics

• One out of five drivers will be involved in a car
  crash this year
• When seat belts are used properly, traffic
  injuries are reduced by 50 and deaths are
  reduced by 60 70
• Nine out of ten people will put on their seat
  belts if they are asked
• 55 of the people who died during a car accident
  were not using their seat belts

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Impeding Health Risks

• Failure to wear a seat belt in the car can result
  in the following if an accident occurs
• Multiple injuries
• Fractures
• Brain damage
• Disfigurement
• And ultimately Death

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Political Impact

• 30 states have primary seat belt laws
• 19 states have secondary seat belt laws
• Over 25 countries worldwide have implemented
  mandatory seat belt laws
• Before the passage of these laws 20 25 of
  people used seat belts.
• After passage the seat belt usage rate rose to 60
  90

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Reasons to Wear Your Seat Belt

• Gives maximum protection from injury during an
  accident
• Prevents side to side or jerking movements
• Faces and windshields do not mix
• Air bags are somewhat useless without a seatbelt
• The most important reason Wearing your seat belt
  is the law

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Texting And Driving
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L.E.M.

• Lauren was killed March 18, 2007
• She was hit by a 19 year old
• He was textingand ran a red light

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DANGER!

• Negative Effects from Texting Driving
• Detecting and responding correctly to road signs
• Detecting hazards
• Time spent with eyes off the road
• Lateral position
• Mean speed
• Speed variability
• Texting is considered far more dangerous than
  driving while talking on the phone

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Research Statistics

• Average U.S. mobile teen sends or receives an
  average of 2,899 text-messages per month
• Drivers are 23 times more likely to experience a
  safety-critical event when texting
• Texting takes a drivers focus away from the road
  for an average 4.6 secondsenough time to travel
  the length of a football field at 55 mph
• Research shows that texting results in impairment
  levels double that of drunken driving
• You are more likely to be hit by someone text
  messaging than someone drinking and driving

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Political Change

• Eighteen states (and D.C.) now have laws that ban
  sending or receiving text messages while driving
• Federal legislation is pending to pressure states
  into prohibiting drivers from texting while
  driving - or risk losing a quarter of their
  yearly federal highway funding.
• Utah has enacted some of the harshest penalties
  for breaking this offense
• Caught texting can mean up to 3 months in jail
  and a 750 fine
• If you kill someone it can be up to 15 years in
  prison and 10,000 fine

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Likelihood of Change

• Against
• Drivers never think they are the problem
• Some have made the new legislation a battle
  between the govt and personal rights
• For
• Majority of people support outlawing texting
• AAA states 89 of people agree texting and
  driving is distracting, dangerous, and should be
  outlawed
• With package of legislation, education and
  science it is possible to change the way people
  behave

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Resolution

• There are laws but they can be difficult to
  enforce
• New Technology
• Most imprtantly Individually

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Driving Under The Influence
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Driving Under The Influence

• In the past year according to the Substance Abuse
  and Mental Health Services Administration adult
  drivers ages 21-25 have driven under the
  influence.
• Older drivers are not as likely to drive under
  the influence of drugs and/or alcohol than those
  who are younger
• Out of adults ages 26-39 24 drove while under
  the influence in the past year
• Out of adults ages 35-49 19 drove while under
  the influence in the past year

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Driving Under The Influence

• Alcohol alcohol affects perception,
  coordination, and judgment
• Marijuana marijuana affects the ability to stay
  in the lines, brake quickly, and maintain a
  constant and safe speed. Marijuana affects all
  driving skills because it slows down thinking and
  reflexes
• Other drugs such as sedatives, sedative-hypnotic,
  and anxiety agents, slow overall reactions and
  affect hand-eye coordination immensely.
• Amphetamines impair judgment and can also make a
  driver less coordinated
• Hallucinogens distort judgment cause panic to
  drivers putting them in serious danger

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Driving Under The Influence

• While driving it is always important to stay
  sober and alert.
• If a driver is not sober they are always at a
  disadvantage on the road and then put themselves
  and others in danger.

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Driver Awareness
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Dos Donts of Driving

• Interesting statistics
• 43,340 deaths each year
• 25 people die each day by rollovers
• 25 teens are involved in crashes daily

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Highway Hypnosis

• Mental state
• Responding to external events with no
  recollection
• Subconscious driving mode
• white-line fever

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Coping with HH

• Roll down windows
• Air conditioning
• Look around
• Take a nap in a safe place
• Do jumping jacks
• Caffeine

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Hand Positioning

• 10 2
• Not 10 fingers and 2 hands
• No longer acceptable
• New airbags
• 8 4
• Keep hands away from top of steering wheel
• Never bring your hands above 1100

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Will You Be A More Cautious Driver?