SUV versus Sedan
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SUV vs Sedan
In the 21st century, there are too many vehicles on the highway and most people drive a vehicle all around the world. According to Tencer, ‘’The global number of cars exceeded 1.015 billion in 2010, jumping from 980 million the year before’’ (2013). If a person is thinking about driving a vehicle, there are two options that can bring different experiences. SUVs are 4x4, strong, big, and more dangerous than sedans. While, sedans are fast, small, and the more popular choice. Driving a SUV and sedan are different in terms of safety, power and comfortable. Firstly, one of the differences between SUVs and sedan is safety. When we drive a SUV, we probably feel safer than sedan. On the
Why are automobiles so dangerous? Automobiles are so dangerous because, there are a lot of impaired drivers, teens, and careless people out there driving.
The SUV provides the driver with a false sense of security. While one may feel it is a convenience to be riding higher than other commuters are, this characteristic is the one main reason why SUVs are extremely dangerous on the road. Because they are built higher off the ground, they have a high tendency to roll over (Tornatore 1). People in SUVs are 3½ times more likely to die in rollovers than people in mid-sized cars, says the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (Davidson 1). The smaller SUVs are particularly troublesome. These smaller vehicles are particularly popular among teens and younger drivers. This means the less experienced drivers are sitting in the driver’s seats of potentially dangerous vehicles.
Since the early 1990s, the car market has become saturated with sport utility vehicles. While SUV’s have been enthusiastically received by a wide spectrum of the demographic – everyone from teenagers to soccer moms -- not all are excited by its arrival. Some of the current complaints with SUVs have to do with their ridiculous size and relative fuel inefficiency. Others criticize the vehicles as being unsafe, and certainly unnecessary, for the tasks for which they are commonly used. But even with the recent campaigns to educate the public on the possible physical and environmental risks posed by the automobiles, SUV purchases continue to be on the rise. Indeed, with car sales on the decline, and the SUV being seen as a possible savior -- or at least band-aid -- for the struggling motor industry, any movement to ban SUVs in the near future is unlikely.
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Andrew Simms, a policy director and head of the Climate Change Program for the New Economics Foundation in England, presents his argument about the impact SUV’s have on our roadways, and the air we breathe. “Would You Buy a Car That Looked like This? “. The title alone gives great insight on what the article is going to be about, (vehicles). “They clog the streets and litter the pages of weekend colour *supplements. Sport utility vehicles or SUV’s have become badges of middle class aspiration” (Simms 542). Simms opening statement not only gives his opinion on how SUV’s are the new trend, but he also paints a picture of what we see every day driving down our roadways. Simms also compares the tobacco industry’s gap between image and reality to that of SUV’s; stating that the cause and consequences of climate change resemble smoking and cancer. Simms comparison between SUV’s and cigarettes shows how dangerous he believes SUV’s are.
...ture a risk-taking species. In ancient times we took risks just to eat. Later we took huge risks by setting out in little wooden ships to explore the earth's surface. We continued as we sought to fly, travel faster than the speed of sound and to head off into space. We rely on increasingly more complex equipment and constantly strive to design and manufacture faster and even more elaborate devices. It goes without saying that every effort is made to ensure our "safety"; to keep us from harm or danger. Every time you slide behind the wheel of your vehicle you are taking a risk. Driving is the riskiest activity in our lives. It is an inherently "unsafe" environment. The most perfect vehicles on the best designed highways on beautiful sunny days driven by fallible human beings crash into each other. The only way to drive "safely" (as we are all admonished to do!) is to learn more about the process. Learn more about your vehicle and how to maintain it; learn how to use your eyes to look far down the road; learn to spot problems before they happen; and also learn to deal with emergency situations. In most cases it's the human element that fails. After all, safe is only as safe does.
Automobiles play an essential role in American society. As if being the major means of transportation was not impressive enough, automotives can be seen on T.V., in movies, in magazines, and can sometimes be indicative of a person’s wealth and social status. On average, Americans drive nearly 40 miles and drive for just over 50 minutes driving per person per day (http://www.bts.gov). That means a person spends roughly one-sixteenth of a day driving. It would make sense, then, to make such an essential part of society as efficient, cost effective, and clean as possible. However, that is not the case. As the years have passed cars have actually begun to move away from efficiency. Hawken writes, “[The automobile] design process has made cars ever heavier, more complex, and usually costlier. These are all unmistakable signs that automaking has beco...
There are many different automobile companies providing buyers with many styles of cars, trucks, SUVs, and motorcycles. Toronto Star January 14, 2005 present ways to approach the automotive buying process. There are many different surveys, crash reports, and rating systems comparing different companies and their vehicles. Things you should look for when reading these published articles are who conducted the study? Who paid for it? Who gains from it? Who loses? These are all things to keep eye on as some automotive companies will run their own surveys making their products seem overpowering against the competition. Some prove their products are safer then the competition where the competition has been proven time and time again to make that survey seem inaccurate.
Abstract From children to adults, we are all on the public roads at some point during the day. Three types of drivers on today’s roads are the Aggressive, the Cautious, and the Risk taker.
Driving is an essential activity in living a fulfilling lifestyle. Older adults, like the rest of the population, require a means of transportation to participate in important lifestyle choices; however, declines in their sensory, motor, perceptual, and cognitive abilities limit their driving capabilities. Consequently, older adult drivers are more likely to incur fatal injuries than younger drivers. This high crash fatality rate motivated this study to investigate older adult drivers’ perceptions regarding driving challenges and in-vehicle technologies that are designed to mitigate these challenges. Having more information about these drivers’ perceptions can help engineers better understand the factors that make technologies useful to older
Safe and efficient driving is Òa matter of perceptual-motor sensitivity to perceptual laws of locomotion in a spatiotemporal fieldÓ (Fox, 1997). Specifically, the driver must be aware of two fields: (1) the field of safe travel and (2) the minimum stopping zone. The field of safe travel refers to a field surrounded by actual and potential obstacles to locomotion. The minimum stopping zone refers to a field that is determined by variables like speed, visual/road conditions, etc. Car crashes occur when another car or stationary object is not perceived accurately. In order to guide a vehicle, the driver must (1) abstract important sensory information from the environment, (2) process this information accordingly to complete visuospatial tasks and (3) act accordingly to achieve task goals.
Within this when a teenager gets behind the wheel, all kinds of school related stress, work, family issues, and other friends follow them while they drive. This can cause accidents or problems with their vehicle because they are not experienced enough with those kinds of situations. A teen has many things on their mind and they focus on their phone, the radio, or their passengers. Research from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, the CDC, shows that nearly 2,650 U.S. teens between the ages of sixteen and nineteen died as a result of motor vehicle crashes in 2011. About 292,000 more teenagers were treated for injuries sustained in motor vehicle accidents that same year. These 2011 rates showed that males were nearly two times more likely than females to die in a motor accident (Salem Press Encyclopedia). Tesla has been making cars that are safe and effective and are tesla is saying that is has become complicated by lingering fears over the safety of autonomous vehicles as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration investigation a fatal tesla crash that took place in may (Fast Company 31). In other people’s views, they chose to keep it the same or make the rules less strict. Some say teens are stressed too much with other things, and they are stressed too much that is why these rules need to be applied and better enforced. Teens need to focus
Cultural- The cultural context of driving is imperative in today's society. People spend many hours a day in their cars, and it has become a social standard to get your license at 16 years old and to own a car. Cars have also become a huge cultural and pop cultural symbol. For example, when you think of a Volkswagen T2 van most people would think of the 1960s and the hippie movement or a 1969 Doge Charger and it a person who remember the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. Lastly, in other cultures driving is very different. Their cars look different, they drive on the opposite side of the road and have different rules and social norms, and also in some cultures women are not allowed to drive. Driving in this environment would be very different.
Since then, Motor Companies have made numerous types of vehicles to fit your driving style the best including SUVs, trucks, compact cars, luxurious cars, and sedans etc. Even countries across the globe have have joined the competition such as Toyota, Nissan, and other european c...
As Americans we love our cars, trucks, SUVs, and motorbikes for many different reasons. One major reason is that they are an easy and convenient mobility; a personal mode of transportation. It is rather hard to imagine what this county would be like without all the roads and vehicles on them. This is abundantly evident in Arizona, where the majority of us drive to most all of our activities from going to work or taking the kids for an ice cream. We jump into our vehicle and go. However, a curious thing often happens when we get in our car, truck and SUVs. We sometimes change turning into someone different when behind the wheel of our vehicle. We can become inconsiderate and aggressive to other drivers; at times even becoming rude, crude, and dangerous when behind the steering wheel of a motor vehicle. We start acting crazily because we are behind the steering wheel of a large powerful machine. This is what When this happens, drivers become a danger to themselves and others. Hopefully this will plant a seed of commonsense that causes us to think before turning into a dangerous monster behind the steering wheel.