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lign=”cente
">Essy Subject:
ht l
ould you chnge o
intoduce to
educe cccidents?
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L
st ye 6 million cccidents occu
ed
coss the count
yesulting in ove
90,000 deths.
ccoding to infog
phic.o
g, 30% ofccidents
esulting in deth
ee c
used by speedingnd 33%
ee c
used byeckless d
iving.hethe
it isn honest mist
ke othe
esponsibility ofnothe
dive
,ccidents h
ppen. Even sfe, l
–
biding citizens e subject to cccidents.
T
o yesgo,
fiend of mine got
speeding ticket. Even though he s diving the indic
ted speed limit, the police officeinfo
med him tht he
s d
iving too fst fo
conditions,s it
s
iny dy. But
ht ex
ctly is too fst fo
conditions? Hocould
ticket be given fo cime
ithoutn ope
tion
l definition ofh
t the cime is? Fu
themo
e, hoe d
ives v
ying in
gend expe
ience supposed to knoht speed
ill keep them sfe du
ing inclemente
the? In ou
fst p
ced cultue, m
ny people te
t the speed limits the speed minimum,
ith ned
ives being t
ught to “keep upith the t
ffic”
nd often getting honkedt o
o
se fod
iving too slo. D
iving in in osno
is intimidting enough
ithout theddition
l pessu
e of imptient d
ives.
in
nd snoffect both the dive
nd the vehicle.
ccoding to
utoinsunce.og, ove
1.5 millionccidents
ye eepo
tedith
ethe
s the c
usend 57% of
ethe
el
tedccidents go un
epoted.
in
nd snoc
use moe
ccidents thn
lcoholnd d
osiness combined. They
educe themount of light
vil
ble by settling on hedlights
nd diming them. in tht
eflects light bck to the d
ive’s eye is c
lled “bcksc
tte”
ndeduces the d
ive’s depth pe
ception. This is pticully dnge
oushen the
ods
e slick
nd be
king is difficult becuse su
ounding t
ffic m
y be closeth
n the dive
thinks. Moeove
, poovisibility
nd loe
contol of the c
limit the d
ive’s focus to
ht is di
ectly in font of him o
hethe
thn pe
iphelsnd
e. The inclemente
theis
lsodist
ction fo
the dive
s he o
she ties to defog the
indos
hile listening to the dio fot
ffic
ccidents. I popose
n inclemente
thespeed limit be int
oduced ound the county. St
te legislto
s in chge of deciding the speed limit should come upith
nlte
ntive speed limit fo
ech
e
heneve
thee is b
de
the. I suggest
five to ten mile pehou
dece
se depending on the fequency of
ccidents in tht
e
. Thee should
lso beset definition of
ht constitutes
s bd
ethe
. Foex
mple,n inch of sno
on the gound could be c
use to implement theeduced speed. Othe
egion
l fcto
s could be consideed
sell, such
s fog, dust, ohigh speed
inds. This pim
y inte
ventionill be
eltively che
pnd e
sy to estblish.
educed speed sign should be posted bene
th evey
egul speed sign so tht d
ives c
n esily loc
te themnd le
n the ne
speed limits befoe the b
de
thehits. If st
tes decide tolloc
te the money, flshing lights c
n be instlled
ound the signs to indic
tehen d
ives should be using the
educed speed limits. Tickets should be issued just the sme
s if somebody s cught speeding unde
egul
conditions. This
y s
fe dive
s knoht speed is best to t
vel du
ing in osno
nd
isky dive
sill h
veleg
l incentive to slodo
n. This chnge
eflects ls tht
le
dy exist in some es
egding the speed limit fot
ucks ofo
night diving.
educed speed not only fo
ces dive
s to slodo
n in the in osno
, but it bings
eness to the issue of imp
ied d
iving. If dive
s see bd
ethe
s
potentil h
zd, they my be mo
ept to d
ive moe c
efully. Th
t is, not texting, eting o
ptking in
ny othedist
cting
ctivitieshile d
iving.djusting the speed limit to be
ppop
ite fo
conditionsill
educeccidents c
used by dive
s losing contol of thei
vehicles. Not onlyill people feel s
feon the
od in times of b
de
the, but
lso theyill be
t educedisk fo
ccident. This is
simple solution to the millions of tgedies ech ye
c
used bye
theelted
ccidents. Togethee cn p
otect sfe d
ives by giving them guidelines
ndeducing the
isky dive
sround them.
