Most driving fatalities occur within...?
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Most driving fatalities occur within...?
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a. within 50 miles of the drivers home
b. within 25 miles of the drivers home
c. when the vehicle is changing lanes
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michael_oxgood
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a. technically, this is the right answer. 25 miles is within 50 miles, so do i get the extra credit points? |
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poopski
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One mile from home, according to a law officer |
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oracleguru
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B |
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the bad seed
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b |
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nblett
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b |
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pxp608
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both a and b are correct
they are both "within" |
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Kevin D
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within 25 miles of ones home. Because you start getting complacent the closer to your house you get |
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oklatom
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Most accidents (not fatalities) occur within 5 miles of your home. Fatalities tend to be when changing lanes with someone in your blind spot. (C)
Also, teens are the smallest group, but have the most accidents and fatalities.
More Teen Driver Fatality Statistics To Know...
14% of all deaths due to motor vehicle accidents are teen drivers.
Most teen driver deaths due to motor vehicle accidents occur on weekends 53% of the time.
Teen drivers killed in motor vehicle accidents had a youth passenger in automobile 45% of the time. More facts below.
Of teen drivers fatally injured in automobiles, more than 1/3 were speed related accidents.
Teen lifestyle of staying up late make teen drivers a high risk to have an automobile accident due to drowsiness.
More than any age group, teens are likely to be involved in a single vehicle crash.
On the basis of current population trends, there will be 23% more 16-20- year-old drivers on the road in 2010 than there are today -- 26.1 million.
This age group makes up 7% of licensed drivers, but suffers 14% of fatalities and 20% of all reported accidents.
The 16-year-old population alone will increase from 3.5 million to over 4 million by 2010.
Many factors contribute to the cause of teen deaths in motor vehicles. Looking at the causes, it's not hard to see why teen accident and death rates are higher than older drivers'.
Teen drivers are more likely than older drivers to be the cause of their accidents. That is based on facts pointing to high rates of teen accidents involving one vehicle.
Immaturity is a contributing factor to the high rate of auto crashes and deaths among teenagers. For instance, tailgating and not using safety belts are misjudgments teens make more than older drivers. |
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