Following Traffic Laws Essay

person's life. Motorcyclists can fall off their bikes on slippery pavement or when they hit a pothole. Should this happen to a motorcyclist just a few feet in front of you, you won't have time to avoid hitting the person. The three-second rule for following distances, is currently recommended in California. Long ago, there was a different rule that stated you should allow one car length for every 10 mph of speed. It's no longer recommended because car…

in the previous tip. In addition, the commercial or owner operator truck driver should keep their GPS current with the most recent updates. If there is an auto-update feature, leave it on. Stay Focused and Alert In addition to watching out for traffic, overpasses and bridges should also be on your radar. Don't drive while fatigued, distracted, or during periods of extreme stress. Alertness is especially important at night, in metropolitan areas, bad weather, or when the unusual happens. If…

When walking to and from the bus stop it’s important to know what’s going on around you at all times. The Bee offers the following pedestrian safety tips to help keep you safe around bus stops. Make yourself visible to drivers at all times, especially at night, during dusk or dawn and in inclement weather. Wear lightly colored or reflective clothing at night and brightly colored clothing during the day. Stay in well-lit areas, especially when crossing the street. Make eye contact with…

I've always heard that drivers should practice "defensive driving." It makes sense, we all know how big a car is and how fast it can go, you can find all of those numbers somewhere on the car itself. We all know someone who has been in an accident, be it minor or major. When cars collide, it can be catastrophic and everyone knows it well. But somehow, at least for me, the idea of it actually all being real didn't happen until I had gotten into an accident where I was forced to deal with the…

out on the street that you wandered in not knowingly. Distracted walking has become a serious and dangerous problem in the United States. Some people think the solution is to make it illegal. Others think there shouldn’t be a law on it. What I think about this is to add a law on texting while walking on the street or sidewalk, to make it safer to walk on the streets. There has been 2,594 pedestrian deaths of texting and walking, in just California alone. This and another fact is that more than…

My initial reaction to the image with the caution sign was confusion, I've never a sign like that before. It also made me wonder why such a sign even exists. The silhouette figures in the image look distraught, they are running away as fast as they can, as if they were being chased. The way the mom is holding the little girl's arm as if trying to get her to run faster, and the girl trying, but failing to catch up with her mother. The caution sign is meant to warn people about families or…

This person is very reckless and does not obey any traffic laws. They are the typical ones that like to rant, scream and even curse at other drivers. Not including the frequent and sporadic lane changing and swerving around other cars. With this type of behavior they can easily cause car accidents; if not their…

York City (175-225ft) on which more than 60,000 cars navigate tedious traffic jams everyday. Since 1990 to date, an outstanding 185 people, predominantly elderly pedestrians, have lost their lives on Queens Boulevard. Hence, Vision Zero’s blueprint involves inputting safer crossings, more crosswalks, protected bike lanes and pedestrian refuges.…

sensors to detect when parking spaces are open and sends the information to the drivers in real time reduce the time spent looking for parking spots by 21%, leading to associated emissions and fuel savings. Los Angeles County, Calif., introduced a traffic signal synchronization program to improve the throughput of vehicles that result in saving 31.3 million hours of travel time, 38 million gallons of fuel and 337,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year.” A good example is you are running late…

could easily fit through when sitting in slow traffic. Then you stop and think twice because it is against the law and could get you a hefty fine. Lane splitting is when riders go between clearly marked lines in traffic. This may sound dangerous but if you think about it from a motorcyclists view it is much safer. California is the only state where lane splitting, also known as filtering, is allowed, but not because it was made legal, because it has no laws prohibiting it. Every other state it…