The character Shaun Murphy once said on the TV show The Good Doctor, “The day that the rain smelled like ice cream, my bunny went to heaven in front of my eyes. The day that the copper pipes in the old building smelled like burnt food, my brother went to heaven in front of my eyes. I couldn’t save them. It’s sad. Neither one had the chance to become an adult. They should have become adults. They should have had children of their own and loved those children. And I want to make that possible for other people.¨ Around 26 million to 50 million students ride a school bus to school every day (American school bus council). It needs to be required to have seat belts, like in cars, to keep those 26 million students safe and alive. If we put seatbelts on school buses, it would prevent unnecessary deaths from occurring. Six students a year die from a school bus crashing and thousands of students get hurt in school bus crashes. By putting seat belts these numbers would go down drastically. School buses are designed for frontal collisions (most common crash) and not other types of crashes like rolling and being hit from behind (Faris, Wash, Wagschal, Newman, Ferguson). When students are restrained in the school bus with a seatbelt, they are less likely to be hurt in any type of crash. By putting seatbelts we are guarding any type of …show more content…
When we decrease the numbers of casualties, it would stop grief for many people because the child died from not having a seatbelt on. Would you want you beloved family member dead or seriously injured because the government failed to make it a law to wear a seat belt on a school bus? These six deaths a year cause pain for many people and their death could have been prevented by seat belts. If we can prevent death, even if it is only six people a year, isn't those six lives worth spending a little extra money to prevent them from
In the late 1920’s, school buses and larger industrial vehicles became a popular source of transportation that started from Ford dealership owner, A.L. Luce. Luce had plans to extend the school bus frame (from a Model T) to accompany more students per one bus. As school buses and city buses became more common throughout America’s cities for daily transportation, safety regulations and precautions were put in place. Safety features, including flashing caution lights, visors outside of the vehicle, and motorized stop signs and stop arms were all installed within the next 80 years to make the journey to and from school safer. Although many of these precautions were taken, many citizens believe that not enough action was taken to promote safety on school buses. Because a variety of school bus companies do not have a stance on whether seatbelts should be installed or not, the safety concerns mainly impact parents and school leaders. A good solution for many of those concerned would be the installation of seatbelts on every school bus within the United States, but the reality of seatbelts being on buses is quite the opposite of what people believe. Seatbelts are not the justification to these safety issues concerning school corporations and parents nationwide, as the seatbelts are a costly and dangerous factor.
There are approximately 5,400 deaths per year that are linked to distracted driving, and thousands more were injured. (U.S. Department of Labor). Those fatalities are our neighbors, close friends, and even family. How can we prevent this from being so prominent? How can we make the roads a safe place to be again? These questions have many different answers, but many prove to be un-effective. I believe that the best and only way to resolve this issue is to implement tougher laws on cell-phone use in vehicles, and educate our youth to the best of our abilities on the dangers of distracted driving.
Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death among those between the ages of 1-54 in the U.S. Seat belts dramatically reduce risk of death and serious injury among drivers and front-seat passengers. Seat belt use is the most effective way to save lives and reduce injuries in crashes. By the end of this speech, the class will agree that wearing your seat belt is important and that seat belts protect drivers and passengers from injury in any type of collision.
The practice of seat belt is a tactic for security while having a weapon on hands like it is a car. Seat belts are life keepers at certain circumstances. Their design role is to lock in an unexpected or abnormal movement generated in the engineering
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the average number of children who die in bus crashes is five. Seatbelts would help to decrease
A. Problem: How many people still do not wear their seat belts and the consequences that come with that.
Most if not all teens look forward to several events in their life. One of those events are getting a driver's license. This small piece of plastic is their ticket to freedom. This ticket is more than just freedom to be able to drive their friends around but also freedom from the ritual of their parents having to drive them everywhere and embarrass them in public. Also this is a freedom to the parents as well they may save more on gas from not having to drive their children around. However, some teens are not as safe as they possibly could be if they were to take a few steps to promote good driving habits. This is evident in the article “Teen Driving”, as the author gives the reader teen driving statistics, as well as explanations of programs and steps that can improve teen driving.
When a person dies in an accident or become disable because of an accident, it is not only a single life will be effected by a preventive accident, it is about the emotional connection to those life of so many life who will be suffering because of the devastating accident. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “In 2013, 2,163 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and 243,243 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor vehicle crashes.1 That means that six teens ages 16–19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries”(CDC). Today alarming numbers of teens are dying not because of drugs, not even from drinking and driving, but because of the accident which could have prevented. Today smartphone is gaining popularity on all ages, particularly among the teenagers, and these smartphone also fueled teens who were already engaging on phone while driving. Report published from American Psychological Association that, parents are having a direct role on distracting their kids while they were driving. Forty three percent of teens said that they talk to their parent while driving and another twenty six percent of teen text. ( in need intext citation )If we have so many data and research that are saying loud about the fatality number on distraction teens while driving, why parents are forcing their kids to die. According to the National Highway Traffic Administrations year 2011 report, teenager from age fifteen to nineteen years make ten percent of all drivers who involve in a fetal crash who were distracted while operation moto vehicle; most of them were using a cell phone (NHTSA 2015), we have to acknowledge the risk of our decision and that five seconds of time spending off of road to read a massage will cost a life and
There is a high percentage of people that spend a majority of their day sitting behind the wheel of a vehicle. Whether it is commuting to work, taking the kids to school, running errands, or simply going out to eat one may feel that their car has become a second home. With so much time spent behind the wheel, drivers become comfortable and incorporate distracting activities while trying to remain focused on the road. Our inability to put our cell phones away while driving is inexcusable. Drivers who choose to use mobile devices are endangering people’s lives and property with associated risks that are not acceptable. No one distracted driver is better than the next. Do to rising accidents
In this year so far, there has been 40 people that have died in collisions where they were not buckled up, as well as 347 people over the last five years in Provincial Ontario alone (@citynews.). So this is becoming a growing problem. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, more well known as the NHTSA has used many different ways of getting their message out about the dangers of not wearing a seat belt. The NHTSA has used all forms of social media, but the one of the most influential forms of getting their message out though has been their Public Service Announcements or PSA for short, on the television the NHTSA have a PSA called “Second Chance”. The Click it or Ticket PSA “Second Chance” was created to appeal to the driver’s
What is the first thing you do when you start the car? Do you put on your seatbelt, or how about plug your phone into the radio to listen to music? Or maybe you turn on Maps and get direction to where you are going. Do you ever get a notification, text or call when you are driving and just instinctively pick up your phone and before you know it you are looking at it. This is really common and everyone has done it at least once, I know I have many times. It is hard to completely ignore your phone when driving and everyone has felt this pain. This is why distracted driving is rising. We are constantly on our phone to the point of when we are not supposed to be on it, we still find a way. The state of Wisconsin actually does quite a bit to try and prevent distracted driving from happening, but can we really put the blame on their shoulders when an accident happens? The state does not
After thousands of accidents where the occupants did not wear their seatbelts, the Supreme Court decided to pass some laws. “In 1972, the agency requires dull passive restraints for front seat occupants” (Supreme Court). The agency that the Supreme Court is referring to is the Department of Transportation. This law is a staple in automobile safety and sets a level of precedent for future laws. After this law was passed, the number of fatalities from traffic incidents relating to seat belts usage had dropped.
Using seat belt when driving can help us to prevent death when an accident occurs.
There is a massive amount of car accidents that occur every day, that consequently become fatal. In many cases, the driver and the passengers do not have on a seat belt to prevent them from being thrown out of the car or colliding with another car, causing them to be thrown against the dashboard or some other tragic accident. Some people may think, “Wearing a seatbelt isn’t cool”, “I’m only going down the street” or sometimes just irresponsibly forget to put on their seatbelt when they are inside of a vehicle. You may think that wearing a seatbelt is not trendy and you are only making a quick trip going down the street to the corner store, however, you cannot control others actions on the road anything can happen in the blink of an eye.
We have all heard the excuses before, “do I have to wear it? It isn’t like it’s going to protect me,” “it’s uncomfortable, I’m only going around the corner,” or “I’d rather be thrown out of the vehicle than to be stuck in a seat belt.” No matter how good of a driver you are, or you think you might be, there are always situations that are beyond your control. Such as, bad weather, drunk drivers, and road conditions. Sometimes, seat belts can be a life or death in an automobile accident. Not only is wearing your seat belt every time you get in a vehicle, but it is required by law in 49 states, with the exception of New Hampshire. Although seat belts are known to lock up and wrinkle your clothes, I believe that wearing your seat belt is beneficial because every fourteen seconds someone is injured in a traffic crash. Seat belts are not only known for holding you in place during a collision, but more importantly the are known to save the lives of the occupants in the vehicle.