Essays on Safe Driving Page 2

Over the course of the last decade a big topic of discussion has been automated/ self driving cars. These cars would be something out of a science fiction novel but the question is, should they replace human drivers? I believe they shouldn’t because there are many risks, such as hackers taking control of a car,…

Nearly 95% of all Texans who drive have a smartphone or a cellphone. This technology causes a problem at hand because using your cellphone behind the wheel not only are you putting yourself in danger but putting other peoples lives at risk as well. In 2015, the house bill 80 was introduced and this bill…

Imagining getting in the car, entering your destination and letting it drive you while writing a paper for your English class or playing chess without paying any attention to the traffic. Self-driving cars, as they were depicted in the fiction novels a few decades ago, are bringing a revolution to change the way people commute…

A woman turns on the TV, there is a news report on a 16-year-old driver that died while texting on the highway. Although this is something new, it has become common with the rise in the use of smartphones. It is said that at least 26% of all car crashes in 2014 involved a cell…

Have you done a winter vehicle check and is your fleet prepared for the winter season? Notwithstanding both the UK and Ireland for the most part getting away from the most exceedingly terrible winters and the sort of substantial snowfall that influences other European zones, the sensational changes to worldwide atmosphere has shown us that…

If you are distracted while driving for just five seconds at a rate of 55 mph, you’ve just traveled the length of a football field. Is the distraction more important than your life? Although Florida has established a law making it illegal to text and drive; it is not sufficient enough to discourage drivers from…

Prior to the 1990s the connotation of the term “text” usually referred to a book or a work of literature and not a message sent instantly to another device; conversely circa 2000 with the act of “texting” began to skyrocket in popularity. The very first SMS (short message service) text message was sent by Neil…

There has been a lot of talk about if mobile phones are really safe for people. In today’s world almost 25% of people that text and drive get into a car accident they have said that this number could go up by a whopping 55% in the next ten years. One of the needed apps…

Driverless cars also called self-driving cars/autonomous cars are vehicles that can operate without human intervention. Driverless cars simply rely on sensors, connectivity and algorithms. There are no fewer than seven lasers; including a large spinning lidar unit on the roof; 20 cameras; a high-precision GPS; and a handful of ultrasound sensors (Knight, “Your driverless”). On…