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By Wendy Lin
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Introduction According to New South Wales RTA report in 2007,there are 35554 people had been involved by car crash from male driver. There are 25849 people had been involved by car crash from female driver. The age is between 5 to 70 plus years old, which is mean mostly is everyone can involved road accident by car crash. Therefore, people may have to prevent from road accident by daily.
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Cartoon version of road accident Here is a short cartoon video of road accident from You tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnzQQMyFjq8
In the world, every 25 second oneperson killed in road accident.If your speed is over 80 Kilometre PerHours, the chance that you might killsomeone increases 7 fold.
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Outline
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2009 2006-08 Average
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Distribution of fatalities for 12 months ending August 2009, by age and road user classThe categories motorcyclist and pedal cyclist include passengers.
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Driving without drinkingNumber of fatal crashes for 12 months ending June 2009, alcohol involvement
2009 2006-2008 AverageAlcohol? 2009 2006-
2008 Average
% Change
Yes 83 84.7 -2.0%
% Yes 19.5% 20.3%
No 252 264.0 -4.5%
% No 59.3% 63.4 %
Unknown 90 67.7 33.0%
% Unknown
21.2% 16.3%
Total 425 416.3 2.1%
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Reduce driving speed Number of fatal crashes for 12 months ending August 2009, speeding involvement
Excessive Speed?
2009 2006-2008 Average
% Change
Yes 172 152.3 12.9%
% Yes 40.7% 37.0%
No or Unknown
251 259.7 -3.3%
% No or Unknown
59.3% 63.0%
Total 423 412.0 2.7%
2009 2006-2008 Average
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Speeding There is a difference driving speed between 40km/h and 50km/h in N.S.W Australia.Here is a short video from RTA.http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/
speedandspeedcameras/40kmhcbdspeedlimit/index.html
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Speeding continueThere is a difference driving speed between 60km/h and
100km/h. Here is another short video from RTA below.http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/
speedandspeedcameras/index.html
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Alcohol and drug Drink driving is a factor in about one in every five crashes inNSW where someone loses their life. Of the people who arekilled, 88 per cent are men and 75 per cent are under the ageof 40.
You don’t have to be drunk to be affected by alcohol. Youmight feel normal but no one drives as well after drinkingalcohol.
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Alcohol and drug continue In NSW, police have the power to:Stop drivers at random to test for alcohol.Arrest drivers who test over the legal limit.Arrest drivers they believe are impaired by
drugs, and conduct a blood and urine testRequire a driver to undergo a sobriety test in
certain circumstancesDrink driving is stupid.
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Mobile phone It is illegal to drive or ride a vehicle while
using a hand held mobile phone. This means that talking, sending or receiving text messages,
playing games or taking photos are illegal when using a hand-held phone. It is also illegal to perform these activities when your vehicle is stopped but not parked, for example when you are waiting at traffic lights. The best action to do is always switch off mobile while driving.
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Mobile phone continue If you must talk on a hands-free phone while
driving:Make sure it is a hands-free phone that is
set up and working before you start driving.Keep the conversation short. Don't engage
in complex or emotional conversations.Tell the person on the other end that you
are driving and may have to end the call.Never text message (SMS) while driving.End the call if it is distracting you from
driving.