News & opinion 2016 Scholarship Essay Finalist, Molly Flannery

2016 Scholarship Essay Finalist, Molly Flannery

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">Ess

y Subject:

h

t l

ould you ch

nge o

int

oduce to

educe c

ccidents?

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e]

     L

st ye 6 million c

ccidents occu

ed

c

oss the count

y

esulting in ove

90,000 de

ths.

cco

ding to infog

phic.o

g, 30% of

ccidents

esulting in de

th

e

e c

used by speeding

nd 33%

e

e c

used by

eckless d

iving.

hethe

it is

n honest mist

ke o

the

esponsibility of

nothe

d

ive

,

ccidents h

ppen. Even s

fe, l

biding citizens e subject to c

ccidents.

 

     T

o yes

go,

f

iend of mine got

speeding ticket. Even though he s d

iving the indic

ted speed limit, the police office

info

med him th

t he

s d

iving too f

st fo

conditions,

s it

s

iny d

y. But

h

t ex

ctly is too f

st fo

conditions? Ho

could

ticket be given fo c

ime

ithout

n ope

tion

l definition of

h

t the c

ime is? Fu

the

mo

e, ho

e d

ive

s v

ying in

ge

nd expe

ience supposed to knoh

t speed

ill keep them s

fe du

ing inclement

e

the

? In ou

f

st p

ced cultu

e, m

ny people t

e

t the speed limit

s the speed minimum,

ith ne

d

ive

s being t

ught to “keep up

ith the t

ffic”

nd often getting honked

t o

o

se fo

d

iving too slo

. D

iving in in o

sno

is intimid

ting enough

ithout the

ddition

l p

essu

e of imp

tient d

ive

s.

 

     

in

nd snoffect both the d

ive

nd the vehicle.

cco

ding to

utoinsunce.o

g, ove

1.5 million

ccidents

ye e

epo

ted

ith

e

the

s the c

use

nd 57% of

e

the

el

ted

ccidents go un

epo

ted.

in

nd sno

c

use mo

e

ccidents th

n

lcohol

nd d

o

siness combined. They

educe the

mount of light

v

il

ble by settling on he

dlights

nd diming them. in th

t

eflects light b

ck to the d

ive

’s eye is c

lled “b

cksc

tte

nd

educes the d

ive

’s depth pe

ception. This is pticully d

nge

ous

hen the

o

ds

e slick

nd b

e

king is difficult bec

use su

ounding t

ffic m

y be close

th

n the d

ive

thinks. Mo

eove

, poo

visibility

nd lo

e

cont

ol of the c

limit the d

ive

’s focus to

h

t is di

ectly in f

ont of him o

he

the

th

n pe

iphels

nd

e. The inclement

e

the

is

lso

dist

ction fo

the d

ive

s he o

she t

ies to defog the

indo

s

hile listening to the dio fo

t

ffic

ccidents.        I p

opose

n inclement

e

the

speed limit be int

oduced ound the count

y. St

te legisl

to

s in chge of deciding the speed limit should come up

ith

n

lte

n

tive speed limit fo

e

ch

e

heneve

the

e is b

d

e

the

. I suggest

five to ten mile pe

hou

dec

e

se depending on the f

equency of

ccidents in th

t

e

. The

e should

lso be

set definition of

h

t constitutes

s b

d

e

the

. Fo

ex

mple,

n inch of sno

on the g

ound could be c

use to implement the

educed speed. Othe

egion

l f

cto

s could be conside

ed

s

ell, such

s fog, dust, o

high speed

inds.        This p

im

y inte

vention

ill be

el

tively che

p

nd e

sy to est

blish.

educed speed sign should be posted bene

th eve

y

egul speed sign so th

t d

ive

s c

n e

sily loc

te them

nd le

n the ne

speed limits befo

e the b

d

e

the

hits. If st

tes decide to

lloc

te the money, fl

shing lights c

n be inst

lled

ound the signs to indic

te

hen d

ive

s should be using the

educed speed limits. Tickets should be issued just the s

me

s if somebody s c

ught speeding unde

egul

conditions. This

y s

fe d

ive

s knoh

t speed is best to t

vel du

ing in o

sno

nd

isky d

ive

s

ill h

ve

leg

l incentive to slo

do

n.        This ch

nge

eflects ls th

t

l

e

dy exist in some e

s

egding the speed limit fo

t

ucks o

fo

night d

iving.

educed speed not only fo

ces d

ive

s to slo

do

n in the in o

sno

, but it b

ings

eness to the issue of imp

i

ed d

iving. If d

ive

s see b

d

e

the

s

potenti

l h

zd, they m

y be mo

e

pt to d

ive mo

e c

efully. Th

t is, not texting, e

ting o

pt

king in

ny othe

dist

cting

ctivities

hile d

iving.        

djusting the speed limit to be

pp

op

i

te fo

conditions

ill

educe

ccidents c

used by d

ive

s losing cont

ol of thei

vehicles. Not only

ill people feel s

fe

on the

o

d in times of b

d

e

the

, but

lso they

ill be

t educed

isk fo

ccident. This is

simple solution to the millions of tgedies e

ch ye

c

used by

e

theel

ted

ccidents. Togethee c

n p

otect s

fe d

ive

s by giving them guidelines

nd

educing the

isky d

ive

s

round them.

 

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