assignment due 7/4

Seatbelt video: this video is weird but i guess anything can happen. It shows if your not wearing a seat belt you can die and others that are buckled can also die.
Seatbelt education: This one is about how may people die in accidents every year. I think this one is the best because it shows you why it is good to buckle up and i think if others watch this they will probably buckle up too.

assigment due 7/5

A legal stop is when you have a red light or flashing red light and come to a complete stop, If there is no stop line to stop at then stop at a crosswalk, or a sidewalk known as the curb. A safety stop is made when you have an unregulated intersection, when there's no stop signs, and you don't have enough time to make a turn, or go straight. A staggered stop is when you apply pressure to the brake over and over again until you come to a complete stop. Point-of-no-turn is the point beyond which a driver can no longer stop safely without entering the intersection.

assignment due 7/13

A person dies in a car crash every 13 min. and a car crash is reported every 2.8 sec. With that said I would like you to go to the wiki and watch the short video "Accident Opening Danger". After watching the video post a short type 1 writing describing your thoughts on my earlier statement and how it relates to the video.


Type one- "accident opening danger" Video
What was said earlier relates a lot to the video because all of the accidents happened very quickley an were ruff. In certain ways people could have avioded some of the crashes by paying attention and being alert.

assignment for 7/6

5 ways to communicate with other drivers.





1) Brake lights


2) Turn signals


3) lane positions


4) Headlights


5) Horn





The Vermont Graduated License Law is required for people between the ages of 15 and 18 to experience the stages of driving. These stages are learners permit, junior operators licence and driver's education. These stages are to ensure that the teen driver has more knowledge of the road ways and will be able to prevent more crashes and keep the roadways safe. After the course of drivers ed. you are considered a safe driver.

I like this law because it prevents teens from crashing and teens know how to drive good. I would change the fact that 18 year olds can just go out and get a licsense. I think they should know more than just how to drive. They need to know the ways of the road.







Driver Leads Police On Long, Wild Chase
POSTED: 8:52 am EDT August 31, 2007
UPDATED: 9:09 am EDT August 31, 2007

MENDON, Vt. -- Vermont State Police said a man led them on a chase covering half of the state Thursday night.
Police said Daniel Murdough, 48, nearly caused an accident near a DUI sobriety checkpoint on Route 4 in Mendon around 10:30 p.m. Police said Murdough continued to drive after being ordered to stop.
Three officers from various agencies began to chase Murdough, with speeds reaching 80 mph. Police said Murdough struck a police cruiser during the chase.
Police said they laid spike strips out in two areas but said Murdough continued to drive without air in his front tires.
Police said the chase ended in Hartland, after Murdough lost control of his vehicle and it rolled down an embankment. Murdough suffered minor injuries.
Police said Murdough was charged with driving under the influence, attempting to elude police officers, gross negligent operation of a vehicle, and excessive speed.


I think that the driver put this on himself by drinking. I think that he should have just pulled over because he just added a charge and got in more trouble.

assignment due 7/22

part 1)Mom Not Charged In Toddler's Hot Car Death
Video Shows Mom Returned To SUV Five times
POSTED: 7:59 am EDT September 5, 2007
UPDATED: 11:24 am EDT September 5, 2007

BATAVIA, Ohio -- A mother who left her 2-year-old daughter in a hot car for more than eight hours will not face criminal charges, reported WLWT-TV in Cincinnati.
The Clermont County prosecutor's office said Brenda Nesselroad-Slaby left her daughter Cecelia in her sport-utility vehicle Aug. 23 at Glen Este Middle School.
The prosecutor's office said Tuesday that the girl's death was an accident, and no charges would be filed.
Leaving the child in the car for the workday was "a substantial lapse of due care," but it did not meet the definition of reckless conduct necessary for prosecution, said Clermont County Prosecutor Don White.
Nesselroad-Slaby's attorney, R. Scott Croswell III, has said that she became distracted from her normal routine of dropping Cecilia at a baby sitter's house because she stopped to buy doughnuts for a faculty meeting, then forgot about the girl when she unloaded the doughnuts from the back of the vehicle.
Union Township police released security camera video on Tuesday that showed that Nesselroad-Slaby returned to the SUV five times during the day, and once moved the SUV to another location in the parking lot.
Union Township police said they believe Nesselroad-Slaby should have been charged with child endangerment.
White said that from numerous comments from the public that his office has received, people are about evenly split regarding possible prosecution.
"However, unlike most elected officials, judges and prosecutors should not, and by law cannot, make their decisions based on popular or public opinion," White said. "Judges and prosecutors are bound by the law."
Nesselroad-Slaby has been on paid leave since her daughter's death. There was no answer at her home phone after the prosecutor's decision was announced.
White has said from the beginning that the child's death was an accident, and the only question was whether a charge of child endangering was appropriate.
On Tuesday, he said he would not ask a grand jury for an indictment.
"The statements of witnesses, a significant interview with Cecilia's mother and a review of videotape and audiotape support the conclusion that Cecilia's mother simply, albeit tragically, forgot that Cecilia was asleep in her car seat when she arrived at work early Thursday morning," White said in a statement released by his office.
"As bad as that appears, it is not a perverse disregard of a known risk," he said.
A July analysis by The Associated Press showed around 340 heat-related deaths of children trapped inside vehicles in the past 10 years, and a wide range of prosecutions and penalties.
Charges were filed in just less than half the deaths. Of those that had been decided, 81 percent resulted in convictions or guilty pleas, and half of those brought jail sentences.
The AP identified more than 220 cases in which the caregiver admitted leaving the child behind. More than three-quarters of those people said they simply forgot.
The same day as Cecilia's death, a 7-month-old infant died in a parked car near the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where the child's father is a research analyst, authorities said. Prosecutors there have not said if they will file charges.
This weekend, an Oregon man was charged with child neglect, accused of leaving his 2-year-old daughter in a car in 95-degree heat in the parking lot of a Nevada brothel. The toddler was treated for dehydration and released to the Nevada Division of Child and Family Services



I think that leaving babies in the car is an unresponsible thing. Shown here anything could happen. In class we talked about child and other passengers safty.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14047414/detail.html







Driver Charged With DWI, Nearly Hitting Child
POSTED: 11:00 am EDT September 4, 2007

LACONIA, N.H. -- A 31-year-old Laconia man is facing charges he smashed his car into several vehicles and nearly hit a child while driving drunk.
Police said Jonathan Clifford struck one vehicle on South Main Street, hit several more vehicles in Young's Auto parking lot and nearly hit a child on Gilbert Street.
Police found Clifford's car soon after the string of incidents Monday, but he wasn't in it. They said they got a call that the driver ran into a house, where they arrested him. Clifford is charged with aggravated drunken driving, conduct after an accident, resisting arrest or detention, felony reckless conduct and criminal trespass.



Driving impared is the worse thing to do because people aren't always aware of what they are doing and it can be dangerous. In class we watched films about drunk driving and the outcome is not good. You may not die but other people in different cars can end up dead.

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14040396/detail.html





Bail Reduced For Man Charged With Hitting Bicyclists
National Guard Member Ordered To Not Drive, Stay Away From Guns
POSTED: 12:25 pm EDT August 24, 2007
UPDATED: 11:42 pm EDT August 24, 2007

CONCORD, N.H. -- A man charged with driving drunk and crashing into two bicyclists asked a judge Friday to reduce his bail.
Adam Lamothe, 24, was charged with felony driving while intoxicated in connection with an Aug. 17 crash. Surveillance video shows a car hitting another vehicle and then running into two bicycle riders, seriously injuring one of them.
Bail was originally set at $100,000, but defense attorney Chris Carter said that Lamothe has no previous history and is a member of the Massachusetts National Guard.
"He's returning to an extremely structured, regimented environment," Carter said. "He's not going back out on the street."
One of the bicyclists was treated and released, but the other one, Adam Boyer, remains hospitalized in serious condition. Prosecutor Scott Murray said that Lamothe is a danger to the public who left the scene of a previous accident earlier in the evening.
"Having not stopped at that accident, he then proceeded on and was engaged in the accident which ultimately injured the man who is in Concord Hospital and another man, as well, for that matter, less seriously," Murray said.
But Carter said Lamothe tried to help after the bicyclists were struck.
"Immediately after this incident, Mr. Lamothe was the first person to attempt to give CPR to Adam Boyer," Carter said. "He did not run away."
The judge ordered bail reduced to $25,000. As a condition of his release, Lamothe must have his National Guard commanding officer write a weekly letter to police saying that he is staying away from alcohol. Lamothe was also ordered to not drive, and he must have no contact with firearms or ammunition.


In class we also talked about pedestrians and bicyclists they have the right-of-way. You have to be alert for them because they are harder to notice. I think that he did not mean to hit him but you have to pay attention to what you are doing.

part 2)Timing your arrival for a green light, you should see the light in your target area, also you should see the red light as a closed front zone. When coming closer to the light check your rear zone, alert the person behind you by tapping your brakes. Now start your constant braking. Now you should time the arrival into an open zone. Once stopped, At 10mph, go or stop, at a green light search the intersection and at a red light stop smoothly.

part 3)The benifits of keeping a four second following distance is that it opens your view to see better. Allows you to gather vital information, Allows you to plan ahead, allows adequate for reduced risk responses, removes control the front vehicle has over ur actions,Eliminates or minimizes surprises, decreases or eliminates stress,decreases the likelihood of crashing your car into the one you are following, you learn to value the open space and your ability to actulley create more time an space, and you become acutley aware of the disatvantages of having less amounts of space.

assignment due 9/23

1)These are 8 areas where it is unsafe to pass:

A curve because you can't see what is coming.
A hillcrest because you can't see what is coming.
A railroad crossing because if a train came then you probably wouldn't see another day. Intersetions are unsafe because there are cars going straight, left, and right and you could hit one.
Tunnels are a bad palce to pass because they are narrow and some times dark.
A bridge is a bad place to pass because you could hit the guard rail and go off the bridge.
No passing zones because the sign said so.
Double lined roads because there isn't enough room to pass and you dont have the space and/or time.

2)60mph= 90 feet per second/3 seconds= 270 feet/10 seconds= 900 feet/2 seconds= 180 feet
In the time it takes to make a proper pass you will cover about 1350 feet.


3)3 Officers In Past 3 Weeks Struck By Vehicles

Police Say Driver Inattention Most Common Cause Of Crashes
POSTED: 5:12 pm EDT August 6, 2007
UPDATED: 5:22 pm EDT August 6, 2007

WINDHAM N.H. -- Three local police officers have been hit by vehicles in the past three weeks while they were standing in the street working.
Police said that on Saturday, a driver hit an officer in Amherst who was making a traffic stop. The day before, a Hampstead officer was struck while working a construction site. Late last month, Derry Officer Robert Moore was knocked down by a driver who police said was drunk.
Moore is still recovering from his injuries. Sgt. Ed Fedele was the first officer at the scene.
"He was wearing what he should be, plus more," Fedele said. "He had white gloves to help be seen, as well."
Many officers said that they've had some near misses, either during traffic stops or during construction details. They said that the main problem is driver inattention.
"Drivers aren't paying attention to the signs," Fedele said.
Under state law, there is a certain distance cars need to keep away from the detail officer.
"It says up to about 25 feet," Fedele said. "But to me, that's still too close. As soon as I signal, I prefer they stop."
Fedele said that construction sites can be confusing, with traffic moving in all directions and drivers multitasking by talking on their cell phones while driving.
"One woman in particular said, 'I didn't know what you wanted me to do.'" Fedele said. "I said, 'I'm in the middle of the road with both hands up, and my traffic vest is on. It's pretty clear to the average person I'd want you stop.'"
Another law in New Hampshire requires obedience to a police officer. Anyone who fails to stop for an officer could get a $100 fine. A driver who purposely refuses to stop could face a misdemeanor charge.

I think that people who hit officers either did it on purpose or just suck at driving and shouldn't be on the road

assignment due 7/30

Insurance

Bodily Injury Liability: pays for the injuries of others for which you are partially or entirely responsible for, it covers your legal fees whether or whether not you were at fault.Property Damage Liability: pays for damage to the property of others, if you are partially or entirely responsible for the incident, it covers your legal fees whether or whether not you were at fault.Collision Insurance: pays for the cost of repairing your vehicle or replacing your car when you or another driver was at fault.Comprehensive Insurance: protects your car against damage caused by theft, earthquake, vandalism, flood, fire etc. Under insured bodily and property damage liability covers damages done to you or your property by a driver who does not have insurance, or doesn't have insurance that covers things like what happened. A deductible is the amount for which the insured is responsible for. It relates to Collision or Comprehensive insurance because if the damage is $1000 and your deductible is $250 then your insurance will provide you with $750 and you have to pay the $250 to cover the rest.

over all insurance helps you out in the long run.

changing a flat tire due 7/30

If you get a flat tire just follow these instructions.


Find a safe place to pull over, put your hazard lights on, Put your car in park, Put the emergency brake on, Place the jack in the correct area, Lift the jack high enough so that the bottom of the tire is a cm or 2 off the ground, loosen the lugnuts, Then take them off, Pull the tire off and put where spair tire was, Take your spair tire out, put the spair tire on, put the lugnuts on and tighten but not too much, Let the jack down, Put materials back in trunk, Then your ready to go, finally signal and pull out.

This method is probably faster then waiting for some one.

Final Exam due 7/29

The first place i visited was the hospital and I checked out a marijuana hand out and it causes you to misjudge speed, braking, and effects perception. You may have poor coordination also memory loss and reduced attention. I think people should not smoke marijuana at all. Beginning drivers have a higher crash risk. A crash at 10mph can even give you brain damage. I looked at a cat scan photo of the brain. I learned what a brain injury looks like where bad injuries occur. The effects of brain damage could be: cannot concentrate, forget things, loss of smell or taste, difficult with motor vehicle skills, or mood swings. Using a seat belt reduces your risk of dying in a crash by 60%. I then looked at an alcohol poster and it said alcohol slows messages to the brain, slurred speech, blurred vision and poor judgement. When you drink you can get memory black outs and you can make bad decisions.

Then I went to a school. I learned how to deal with drunks that I don't want them to drive. Getting impaired people to not drive is more than 50% of the time. Safe alternatives could be to get the keys: use a direct approach away from a crowd so they don't get embarrassed. "Hey dude can i please get the keys because you are not in any condition to drive". Find another driver: relaxed approach, "I'm sober and i can drive for you, i have drove you places before and i will take it easy on your car". Delay driver: use it when they are more likely to agree. Try to waste as much time as possible. "Why don't you wait until you sober up and me and you will hang out". Use another angle: use it when they claim they're not drunk. Use better alternative words like tired. "Hey you seem tired why don't you have someone else drive". Let them go: this is not a good move, do not let them leave, stop them by getting more people to convince them. Then i watched emotional impact clips about people in car crashes. The first one was the impaired driver. He hit a car, in the car that got hit, a man was ejected and a woman was killed. The impaired driver got homicide charges and drunk driving effected his life in a bad way. The second clip was a victim, she was going to a 16th birthday party alone and a drunk driver hit her in the driver side door and she has problems walking and other problems with her body. The drunk drivers friends tried to stop him before he left. The last clip was a family of a victim. She had her life planned out, friends from far away came to visit her on spring break. They were hit by a car broadside who ran a red light going approximately 70 mph. She died instantly from a broken neck. For every teen killed in a crash about 100 others suffer non-fatal injuries. I think none of these incidents would have happened if these people were not drinking and driving. I also think they would have lived if they wore there seat belts.

I went to the lawyer and i looked at case penalties of a girl who was impaired and ran a red light and hit a car at 60 mph. 4 teens were killed and one was injured. I looked a the defense and the police tried to get her to take a breathalyzer but she wouldn't and they got a warrant for a blood test, but it wasn't accurate because it was not refrigerated. Prosecution: She had 5 drinks and was speeding at 60mph and she also lied to the police about how many drinks she consumed. I chose my verdict as guilty in the second-degree murder and the jury also agreed with me. I listened to the victims statements on how they missed there loved ones and the driver got charged with a minimum of 60 years. The definition of a totaled car: If the cost of the damage is greater than the value of the its self. An old car can be considered totaled even if it is a little damage. I then went to financial costs to see how much it cost when you get charged for drinking, driving, and being underage. I think that the high cost is reasonable because it is not okay at all to drink underage and drive.

Finally, i went to the police and learned that crashes are twice as likely when teenage drivers have teenage passengers. Then they showed the steps of getting arrested. First, get pulled over and they need a reason like swerving. Second, field sobriety test if the officer smells alcohol. Third, Miranda rights. Fourth, breath, blood, urine test to see how much alcohol you have consumed. Fifth, after book you are held on bail and you have to pay bail. Sixth, open release and court date to see if guilty or not guilty. Seventh, trial and the judgment of you being guilty or not guilty.

In the crash site i am the bicyclist and i suffer from memory loss and minor injuries. The driver will get the maximum sentence. I think people should not drink or use drugs while driving. People should wear their seat belt because it can save your life. Make good decisions when you drive and drive safely.

due saturday 6/22

First assignment
Drunk driver collides with car, flees scenePublished: Friday, June 22, 2007A man from Brattleboro has been charged with driving under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident after a a two-car crash Tuesday in Halifax, State Police in Brattleboro said.Mark L. Lavalley, 37, was arrested after the 8 p.m. accident in which his 1992 Chevy Camaro collided with a 2008 Subaru Tribeca on Old Country Road in Halifax, police said.After the crash, troopers said, Lavalley and an unidentified passenger fled on foot. Lavalley, who suffered a leg injury, was located by a member of the Halifax Fire Department. The other occupant, who may have been at the South Pond recreation area in Marlboro prior to the accident, remains at large, said troopers. The man is described as being in his early 20s and wearing a short-sleeved sports jersey.Troopers said the driver of the Subaru, 48-year-old Catherine Davis, of Halifax, suffered a neck injury and was transported to Brattleboro Memorial Hospital.Lavalley was charged with DUI #3, leaving the scene of an accident, driving with a suspended license and false information to law enforcement.Anyone with information about the crash or the unidentified male who fled the scene should contact Senior Trooper Valcourt at 254-2382.An investigation is ongoing

Mark lavalley was arrested for DUI three times. His liscens got suspendid but thats not stopping him he kept driving. Driving while intoxicated and driving while your licsense is suspendid is never good. I think this guy is making bad choices.


Second assignment
5. Seat not adjusted properly-if you drive with the seat to low and tilted back your vision of the road will not be as well which may cause you to hit something. To eliminate this risk drive with your back strait up.

20. Flat tire-if you were driving down the highway and your tire went flat you would lose control of the vehicle and could swerve into on coming traffic. To minimize this risk check all four tires before entering the vehicle.

29. No air bag-if you were to be in an accident with out an air bag your head or body could slam into the steering wheel. To eliminate this risk you will have to get an air bag installed.

68. Drunk-if you are drunk you dont have very good use of your motor skills and that may cause you to swerve and crash. To eliminate this risk simply dont drive intoxicated.

74. On medication-A lot of medications have bad side effects that can make you dizzy which can cause an accident. To minimize this risk ask your doctor if it will be safe to drive while you are on the medication.

96. Dropped a lit cigarette-If you drop a lit cigarette it may cause you to panic and try to get it from burning your seats you could jerk the wheel and crash. To eliminate this risk just don't smoke in your vehicle.

176. Bright sun-The sun can reflect off any mirrors and impare your vision which can cause an accident. To minimize this risk put up your rear-view mirror.

182. Snowing-If you drive in the snow you do not have much traction which may cause you to spin out and lose control. To minimize this risk wait until the roads have been plowed, salted, or sanded.

183. Early in the morning-In the morning most people are not fully awake and could fall asleep while driving. To minimize this risk make sure you are fully awake before you drive

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