Parental fear of traffic
Parental behavior about children physical movement is one of the significant reasons for reducing children outdoor activities. Parents fear about road traffic risk and danger of stranger do not let children to attend in the society, and they never have an experience for their trips to school alone until they grow up. According to Sustrans research (2001), child fatalities by cars are 100 times more than stranger danger. Lack of sufficient roadway for pedestrians which can divide the pedestrian path from car path is main reasons for parents to prevent their kids from doing outdoor actives alone. Children physical activity also depends on the traffic condition. Heurlin-Norinder (1996) research has shown the result of traffic rate on parents fear; parents who live in high rate of traffic neighborhood have more concern than parents who live in less traffic area. ‘‘A downward spiral of fear can be created in response to road safety fears in which reductions in play, cycling and walking activities among children and young people can diminish the general social ac...
Human transportation has always had an impact on the environment, with cars having arguably the largest impact. According to Superfreakonomics by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner transportation immediately prior to the development of cars was entirely depended on horses and horse-drawn carriages. By the end of the 19th century, New York had around two-hundred-thousand horses roaming the streets. Each horse created around thirty-five pounds of feces per day. The introduction of cars was expected to provide a much cleaner solution to transportation; however, this was a misconception. In reality, according to Brandon Keim, writer for Nautilis, the late 19th and early 20th centuries were actually the age of street cars. These street cars were
Truck driving is a difficult job which requires great responsibility of transferring the goods from one place to other far place with proper safety. Genuine CDL training is required by every aspiring truck driver to attain essential skills as a professional driver. These training programs are meant not only help the students learn about the possible ways to handle and manage their trucks in most adverse traffic and weather conditions, but also, this training helps them to learn how to prevent any major loss of the goods during the transference.
Over the course of time. Street racing has been allowed in the main streets or highways with minimal surveillance or any consequences at all. It almost seemed like no one was taking action in what escalated into a huge problem this year of 2017. Luckily there is various ways to help minimize the negative affects it's having in these communities. A solution to what continues to concern many can be treated as a crime. As humans we know what's right from wrong and people tend to avoid situations that can be considered a crime. The seriousness of the consequences is what everyone fears, no one wants to have a bad record, they want to be “clean.”Another way this rebellious act can continue to decrease is by having strict life changing consequences, example if you get caught street racing then you will be charged with a conviction similar to a Dui.
In the words of Bertrand Russell, “Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom” (Russell). Fear causes many problems in our lives. Fear influences many of a person’s actions and decisions. However, people usually regret the decisions or actions they made out of fear. Also, these actions and decisions can cause problems for those people in their future. Fear is a harmful emotion, for it clouds people’s judgement, disables them from taking action, and causes them to make decisions that they will regret later.
Imagine that you’re a parent and your child has gone to the movies with a couple of friends, but it’s almost twelve o’clock and your child hasn’t responded to calls or text messages from you. You start to panic because your child could be hurt, lost, somewhere they are not suppose to be, or in danger. If you had installed a GPS tracking device in your child’s car, you would be able to know exactly where they are and how fast they are going no matter if they call or text you back. This is why I believe that every parent should be permitted to installing a tracking device in their child’s car.
Having speed limits can save a lot of lives, I definitely approve of making sure that drives operate their cars at a moderate speed. Imagine the fear of driving on the expressway and having a lot of cars zoom past you at a high rate of speed. Limits on speed should be enforced for several reasons. All cities need speed limits because going over the speed limit can have a lot of negative outcomes. It can increase the number of tickets, cause accidents, and reduce safety in our neighborhoods.
The article states, “It Takes a Village” to tackle the growing problem, all the parents in the community should participate and volunteer to get the community kids to get more involved in outdoor activities (Parks, Young Kids, Old Bodies). As children are more into modern technologies, their outdoor activities are limited. The article also suggests that instead of forcing children to participate on random activity, parents should
I received a speeding ticket on Sunday April 22, 2018 at 1:31 pm while on my way home from Canada where I had spent a few days out of my school vacation week (April 15-21). I was pulled over on the I-90 E Interstate Highway for reportedly driving 85 in a 65-mile zone. I figured I was speeding but was completely unaware of the actual speed I was driving prior to getting pulled over. Prior to Sunday’s offense, I was never issued a speeding ticket and only did so moments after being switched out to drive by a friend who accompanied myself and sister on our vacation trip at the service station a few miles away from where I was pulled over by the state trooper. I am currently a Clinical PsyD. Student at the William James College in Newton MA, and
Fear is often seen as a weakness or a flaw; however fear can also have some perks in certain situations. Over time people have started to use fear in their favor rather than letting it hold them back. Fear can actually be used to help people prepare for future events, but it can also negatively impact a person’s decisions. If you learn how to properly manage your fear you can use it to your advantage.
Getting into that moving truck and watching my mother and sisters faces fade away in the passenger side mirror made my heart sink into my stomach. Was I making the right choice, and would I be happy if I were away from my family? All I had ever known was the love of my mom and my sister to guide me through the rough rapid waters of my mind. The truck consisted of all our worldly belongings along with what felt like every one of my childhood memories struggling to hang on dragging on the back of the trucks coat tails. As we drove, we passed all the places that hold such meaning to me in my life. I couldn't help but be upset California was where I was my heart was made, and how was I supposed to go to a new place and feel like it was home?
Technology continues to advance our country significantly. One such example of this is the technology of self-driving cars. Self-driving cars are the future, offering the potential to save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. Creating social advantages for the blind, children, those with missing limbs and the elderly, these benefits could save so many lives and continue to advance our technology. We should permit self-driving cars in the United States as they will decrease human error, allow mobility for the disabled, and be more efficient for our environment.
A question that I commonly encounter both in my office practice and in the nursing home has to do with the safety of a parent or other older adult as a driver. Rather than the result of some considered review of the overall health and well-being of the person in question, this instead presents as an emergent and sometimes clandestine request such as, “What can I do to keep my dad from driving?”
Roadside barrier are commonly used as a tool to reduce the pollution dispersion which exist in residential area which are nearby to industrial or highway. In this study, 2 dimensional computational fluid dynamic has been conducted to simulate the roadside barrier impact on near road air pollution. Different height of the barrier and the velocity input will be evaluate
Anyone that has grown up in California knows traffic is terrible. Traffic is a huge problem in different parts of the world. It’s a serious problem in the state of California. According to Merriam Webster, the definition of traffic is “all of the vehicles driving along a certain road or in a certain area”. The definition of a traffic jam is “a situation in which a long line of vehicles on a road have stopped moving or are moving very slowly.” The increase of traffic causes more accidents. More than 1.2 million people die in traffic accidents every year. As many as 50 million people are injured or disabled by traffic-related accidents per year. In my report I will cover the problem with traffic and how people can do their part to solve or reduce traffic.
...ing those in downtown areas. Arterial roads essentially serve longer through trips; also provides access to abutting commercial and residential land uses. Collector streets provide both land access and traffic circulation within commercial, residential and industrial areas. Urban roads are ranked between local streets and multilane suburban and rural highways in street transportation facilities. Downtown streets are signalized facilities that frequently functions like arterials during peak traffic hours. The difference is determined basically by street function, control conditions, and the character and intensity of roadside development. Multilane suburban and rural highways differ from urban roads in the following ways: roadside development is not as intense, density of traffic access points is not as high, and signalized intersections are more than 3.0 Km apart.