Type 3:
Bodily-injury liability- Pays claim against owner if someone is killed and owner is at fault.
Property-damage liability- Pays claim against owner if property of others is damaged and owner is at fault.
Collision- Pays cost of repairing or replacing owner's car when owner is at fault or when owner cannot collect from person at fault.
Comprehensive- Pays cost of repairing if replacing owner's car.
Uninsured and under insured- Pays for injuries to you and your passengers in case of a hit-and- run collisions, uninsured or underinsured motorists.
Deductible: where you have to pay a certain amount before your insurance pays for the damage or people who are hurt.
how deductible relates to collision and comprehensive- It reduces the cost of the premium.
What the state of Vermont wants you to have for insurance is liability and property damage.
How to change a tire:
first:take out jack, spear tire, tire wrench
second: Remove the hubcap wheel cover.
third: Loosen the lug nuts.
fourth: Jack the car up.
fifth: Remove the lug nuts and wheel.
sixth: Put the replacement tire on.
seventh: Put back on the lug nuts.
eighth: Let the car down from the jack & tighten the lug nuts.
ninth: Replace the hubcap or wheel cover. Put the hubcap or wheel cover back on.
tenth: Clean up. Put away your jack, lug wrench and tire.
eleventh: Drive off.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
assignment 7/27
I visited the doctor first, what i learned there was that marijuana and drinking can make you not remember when to stop. They can also make you not see any signs that are coming or that you passed. Drinking can make you pass out, so what if you were driving then you passed out what would happen.....you would get into a crash and may never wake up from a mistake that you could of stopped. There are many parts of the brain that is affected by you drinking and smoking marijuana.
Second i visited the school, some people think you don't have an emotional impact when you are in a collision but now i know that you do after i watched the 3 videos. I almost started to cry when i watched them. There are 5 safe alternatives. You should never let 1 of your friends leave after they have been drinking, they could get into a collision and if you didn't stop them you have some fault in this collision too because you could have stopped them.
The third place i visited was the police station, there are 7 steps to get arrested. There was this 1 guy who had to go to jail and he said that the walls were concrete and the sink was plugged because there was a guy who kept throwing up into it, and there was about 8 people in 1 cell. There was a short call in to the police station of someone calling from the scene of the accident. He said that he thought 2 people were thrown from the car, there was a person by a bike, and he said that the police and ambulance should hurry because everyone looks pretty bad.
The last place i visited was the lawyer, i learned that financial costs can lead up to be a lot of money. It depends on what you did and what people have to be involved with you to pay the people and how much you had to pay them or for them. You have to go to court to see if you are guilty to see if you have to go to jail.
In this CD i was the passenger in the vehicle, i could have been the person riding the bike, the driver, or the passenger and i ended up being the passenger. I would of not been convicted like the driver was though.
My view on drinking/drugs while driving is that you can hurt a lot of people doing this and that it is a stupid decisions. You can have someone pick you up, bring you home, or just stay the night at the house instead of letting yourself drive home while you are intoxicated or high. If you do get in a collision it is at your own fault.
Second i visited the school, some people think you don't have an emotional impact when you are in a collision but now i know that you do after i watched the 3 videos. I almost started to cry when i watched them. There are 5 safe alternatives. You should never let 1 of your friends leave after they have been drinking, they could get into a collision and if you didn't stop them you have some fault in this collision too because you could have stopped them.
The third place i visited was the police station, there are 7 steps to get arrested. There was this 1 guy who had to go to jail and he said that the walls were concrete and the sink was plugged because there was a guy who kept throwing up into it, and there was about 8 people in 1 cell. There was a short call in to the police station of someone calling from the scene of the accident. He said that he thought 2 people were thrown from the car, there was a person by a bike, and he said that the police and ambulance should hurry because everyone looks pretty bad.
The last place i visited was the lawyer, i learned that financial costs can lead up to be a lot of money. It depends on what you did and what people have to be involved with you to pay the people and how much you had to pay them or for them. You have to go to court to see if you are guilty to see if you have to go to jail.
In this CD i was the passenger in the vehicle, i could have been the person riding the bike, the driver, or the passenger and i ended up being the passenger. I would of not been convicted like the driver was though.
My view on drinking/drugs while driving is that you can hurt a lot of people doing this and that it is a stupid decisions. You can have someone pick you up, bring you home, or just stay the night at the house instead of letting yourself drive home while you are intoxicated or high. If you do get in a collision it is at your own fault.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
posted 9/23
3 type 1's:
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A federal safety official said traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low. But that’s not the case in Vermont, where highway deaths were up 19 percent. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 87 people died in highway-related accidents in 2006, up from 73 in 2005. Missouri led the list with a 13 percent drop in fatalities, from 1,257 in 2005 to 1,096 in 2006. The latest figures show highway crashes killed 42,642 people nationally last year. That compares with the 43,510 who died in 2005.
Wow that is a lot of people who died in collisions over a short period of time. Um i wonder how many people have died this year because it doesn't tell u how many have died. On news and the Internet you always here about people dieing in car crashes because they were on something or they were drunk. People should know better not to drink and drive or drive when they are high on something.
POULTNEY - Brent V. Poczobut admitted to police that he was behind the wheel of the pickup involved a fatal hit-and-run Wednesday morning in East Poultney, but didn't say much else, according to a Vermont State Police affidavit filed in court Thursday."Poczobut advised (the detective) that he was driving the truck that was involved in the accident," the affidavit stated. "He further admitted driving the truck and smashing the truck, but on advise of his attorney he would not talk further with (the detective)."Vermont State Police say Poczobut was the driver who struck and killed 74-year-old Paul Delorenzi on the Thrall Road Bridge in East Poultney around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Poczobut then fled the scene, and following an extensive manhunt around western Rutland County he was taken into custody about five hours later.Delorenzi was taken by ambulance to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead as a result of multiple injuries suffered in the crash, police said. A doctor at the hospital later told police, "There is no way the operator of a motor vehicle would not know that he struck a pedestrian," the affidavit stated. Poczobut, 21, of Poultney appeared Thursday in Rutland District Court to face felony charges of gross negligent operation of a motor vehicle with death resulting, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.
I was watching news and they were talking about this and they said if the guy was convicted he could spend 15 years in jail. They said he took pills for something that was wrong with him but i don't remember what they said. They don't know if drugs or alcohol were involved with this collision that killed a guy. I hope the guy gets convicted because he deserves to because he hit a guy and killed him.
(WBZ) DERRY, N.H. A Derry woman is facing her fourth drunk driving charge following an accident which injured a police officer working a construction detail in Windham.Officer Rober Moore, 34, was struck by a pick-up truck as he was supervising construction along Route 28 in Windham Wednesday afternoon.Moore was transported to a Boston hospital. We're told his are non-life threatening and he's being held overnight for observation. Windham Police Chief Gerald Lewis said the six-year veteran was conscious and alert.Forty-three-year-old Susan Foss was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. According to Windham Police, Foss is currently out on bail following a drunk driving arrest two weeks ago. She also has two previous DWI convictions. The road project has been going on for one year without any major problems, Lewis said."There's a lot going on. That's why we have police officers out here with vehicles in uniform with vests on. They're plainly visible," he said. "It's an intoxicated driver who should not have been on the road in the first place."
I don't get why they didn't take her license away the second time or third time, if they did then this would of never happened, well maybe. They should have took it away, if i was the judge i would of took it away the second time but I'm not the judge so i couldn't. I don't get why people have to go around doing stupid stuff like this lady did. It just makes me think "What are people turning into now of days."
8 places not to pass:
8 places not to pass people are on curves because you cant see whats around the corner, at an intersection because there are cars coming from different directions, at hills because you cant see over them, rear road crossings because a train might be coming, where there are signs to say not to pass because it is the law, a tunnel because they are to small, bridges because they are to nero, and on on coming traffic because you might not have the room.
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- A federal safety official said traffic deaths in the United States fell to their lowest total in five years in 2006, and the rate of deaths per miles traveled dropped to a record low. But that’s not the case in Vermont, where highway deaths were up 19 percent. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said 87 people died in highway-related accidents in 2006, up from 73 in 2005. Missouri led the list with a 13 percent drop in fatalities, from 1,257 in 2005 to 1,096 in 2006. The latest figures show highway crashes killed 42,642 people nationally last year. That compares with the 43,510 who died in 2005.
Wow that is a lot of people who died in collisions over a short period of time. Um i wonder how many people have died this year because it doesn't tell u how many have died. On news and the Internet you always here about people dieing in car crashes because they were on something or they were drunk. People should know better not to drink and drive or drive when they are high on something.
POULTNEY - Brent V. Poczobut admitted to police that he was behind the wheel of the pickup involved a fatal hit-and-run Wednesday morning in East Poultney, but didn't say much else, according to a Vermont State Police affidavit filed in court Thursday."Poczobut advised (the detective) that he was driving the truck that was involved in the accident," the affidavit stated. "He further admitted driving the truck and smashing the truck, but on advise of his attorney he would not talk further with (the detective)."Vermont State Police say Poczobut was the driver who struck and killed 74-year-old Paul Delorenzi on the Thrall Road Bridge in East Poultney around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. Poczobut then fled the scene, and following an extensive manhunt around western Rutland County he was taken into custody about five hours later.Delorenzi was taken by ambulance to Rutland Regional Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead as a result of multiple injuries suffered in the crash, police said. A doctor at the hospital later told police, "There is no way the operator of a motor vehicle would not know that he struck a pedestrian," the affidavit stated. Poczobut, 21, of Poultney appeared Thursday in Rutland District Court to face felony charges of gross negligent operation of a motor vehicle with death resulting, leaving the scene of a fatal crash, and a misdemeanor count of leaving the scene of a crash involving property damage.
I was watching news and they were talking about this and they said if the guy was convicted he could spend 15 years in jail. They said he took pills for something that was wrong with him but i don't remember what they said. They don't know if drugs or alcohol were involved with this collision that killed a guy. I hope the guy gets convicted because he deserves to because he hit a guy and killed him.
(WBZ) DERRY, N.H. A Derry woman is facing her fourth drunk driving charge following an accident which injured a police officer working a construction detail in Windham.Officer Rober Moore, 34, was struck by a pick-up truck as he was supervising construction along Route 28 in Windham Wednesday afternoon.Moore was transported to a Boston hospital. We're told his are non-life threatening and he's being held overnight for observation. Windham Police Chief Gerald Lewis said the six-year veteran was conscious and alert.Forty-three-year-old Susan Foss was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated. According to Windham Police, Foss is currently out on bail following a drunk driving arrest two weeks ago. She also has two previous DWI convictions. The road project has been going on for one year without any major problems, Lewis said."There's a lot going on. That's why we have police officers out here with vehicles in uniform with vests on. They're plainly visible," he said. "It's an intoxicated driver who should not have been on the road in the first place."
I don't get why they didn't take her license away the second time or third time, if they did then this would of never happened, well maybe. They should have took it away, if i was the judge i would of took it away the second time but I'm not the judge so i couldn't. I don't get why people have to go around doing stupid stuff like this lady did. It just makes me think "What are people turning into now of days."
8 places not to pass:
8 places not to pass people are on curves because you cant see whats around the corner, at an intersection because there are cars coming from different directions, at hills because you cant see over them, rear road crossings because a train might be coming, where there are signs to say not to pass because it is the law, a tunnel because they are to small, bridges because they are to nero, and on on coming traffic because you might not have the room.
Saturday, July 21, 2007
due 7/22
3 type 2's
BOSTON -- Two people were killed and two others suffered serious injuries after a five-car crash on I-95 northbound in Attleboro early Saturday morning. The multi-car crash occurred when a 1998 Honda Civic driven by Isaac D. Souza, 21, from Leominster, Mass., entered the breakdown lane, striking an unoccupied 1997 Honda Accord. The Civic then spun back into the highway and set in motion a crash involving three other vehicles. Souza was declared dead at the scene. The driver of a 2004 Dodge Dakota, Michael G. Doble, 36, from North Attleboro, was killed when his truck rolled over. Claudia DeLeone, 22, and Jose Gouveia, 21, suffered serious injuries and were taken to Rhode Island Hospital. A 16-year-old suffered minor injuries in the crash. State police said they believe two other vehicles might have been involved in the crash, but left the scene. The highway was closed for four hours after the accident.
I have no clue who is at fault for this collision for happening. I don't know if it is the person who parked the car or if it is the person who hit the car. This article is very confusing to me. I hope the other people who are in critical condition well survive because if they don't then their family will be very hurt. I hope all of the people had their seat belts on because in this article it doesn't say if they had them on or not.
A Wallingford man is behind bars on charges of allegedly leading police on a short chase late Thursday night in a stolen vehicle before he was eventually captured when a police dog found him hiding alongside a stone wall.Glen A. Perry, 23, pleaded innocent Friday in Rutland District Court to charges of drunken driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, attempted to elude police, leaving the scene of a crash, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was ordered jailed for lack of $50,000 bail. Steven Zwicky, Perry's public defender, did not contest the bail request. Zwicky said he client is on furlough from a previous conviction and faces a hearing that could result in his furlough being revoked.Deputy State's Attorney Peter Neary said in court that Perry's criminal record included a prior conviction for burglary and escaping from furlough.Rutland City Police said the incident leading to the latest charges against Perry began 11 p.m. Thursday when Officer Matthew Prouty tried to pull over a 1999 Jeep Wrangler when the driver, later identified as Perry, squealed the vehicle's tires on Prospect Street.The driver refused to pull over, running a red light and heading onto River Street, and then driving through a stop sign at the intersection of River and Granger streets, Prouty wrote in an affidavit.Perry then drove through two more stop signs before striking another vehicle at the intersection of River Street and Dorr Drive, the officer wrote."I could see the Jeep spinning around and stop facing south on the west side of Dorr Drive," Prouty wrote.Perry then jumped out of the vehicle and into thick bushes nearby. Prouty's police dog, King Riley, went into the bushes after Perry, and began growling at Perry, but the bushes were too thick for the dog to continue tracking him, the affidavit stated."I waited for a few minutes to see if the subject would pop out of the woods but he did not," the officer wrote. Police said they then saw Perry jump a stone wall and the dog began to pick up the track to a nearby small stone wall."As I came up over the wall King Riley was standing over the male subject who was lying down on the ground next to the wall," the affidavit stated.Police took Perry into custody, and he told police that he was the passenger of the vehicle. However, Prouty wrote that he saw him driving the vehicle.A record check later revealed that the Jeep Wrangler that Perry was driving had been reported stolen from Pawlet late last week, court records stated.A breath test also revealed that Perry had a blood-alcohol level of 0.122, high than the 0.08 legal limit for driving in Vermont, according to the affidavit.If convicted of all the charges, Perry faces more than 10 years in jail.
He should of just pleaded guilty instead of innocent because he had so many cops there that he would be accused guilty from the jury and the judge. He was so stupid to take the car and make the police chase after him. Who would take a car from someone who didn't give them permission to take the car.
MARLBORO -- The state police and the town will be working together to curb traffic concerns along Route 9. At last week's Select board meeting, Brattleboro barracks commander Lt. Rick Hopkins told the board that state troopers did, in fact, police the town roads, not just Route 9, a notion expressed by the board the week before. When Hopkins read a recent article in the Reformer about speeding on Route 9, he immediately called up the Select board to set up a meeting. Having read about the town and board's concerns and feelings of helplessness, Hopkins wanted to discuss possible solutions to the problem. There is a lot of communication between the sheriff's department and the state police, he said, so "if there's a sustained, continuous problem on a road and you told the sheriff's department about it, I'd expect to hear about it," and respond. And when Select board member Lucy Gratwick asked for specific amounts of time spent policing back roads, Hopkins assured her that a larger staff was on its way. While the state police are busy right now, Hopkins said there will be three more people on staff by the end of the summer. Right now, "We start with places where the accidents are." Hopkins had applied for and received a $10,000 grant from the state to aid in accident reduction on Route 9, specifically for the section running through Marlboro. This was used for 2005 and 2006, but the grant focus has since changed, Hopkins said, so he could not re-apply. There was a limited impact, he explained, because real change requires a few years of work. "It's kind of tough to make a big difference in one year," he said. Hopkins agreed that last year was particularly difficult, with several fatal accidents on Route 9. "There are good years and bad years. Last year was a bad year and we couldn't explain why," he said. It was clear that something needed to be done.
State Police Lt. Bill O'Leary applied for a grant to create a position for a crash data analyst.
"With the number of fatalities we saw over the years, it became an issue to get real time crash data from Vermont," O'Leary explained. Sarah Kepchar, the new analyst, has spent most of the past two months training. "She's going to be able to get us data about crash patterns and causes," O'Leary said. "She's just now getting her feet wet. We're hoping, in the next couple of months, to get data reports out to the field commanders." While some accidents, such as weather-related crashes, cannot be fixed by enforcement, Hopkins said, "a lot of them you can."
"What we think we're seeing is faster drivers," Select board member Craig Hammond said.
"It seems people are more distracted when they're driving and just fly," Select board Chairwoman Gail MacArthur added. "With new cars, you don't know you're going so fast."
Hopkins agreed, saying that speeding cars could also affect residents' quality of life. Road Commissioner David Elliott said it was important to see the truth of the issue. "It's not out-of-staters," he said. "It's Vermonters that know where they can make up a little time." It was also important to recognize that college students and participants in the summer music festival were not really as much of a problem as suggested, Gratwick said. It's residents in Marlboro and Halifax that cut through town on their way to work, Elliott agreed. Hopkins suggested three solutions: * The state police could do a speed survey with an unmarked car with a laser. * They could put a "smart cart," an electronic display that gives drivers a real-time visual of their speed, on the road. Doing so, however, tends to be a double-edged sword as people may accelerate to see how high they can get the reader to go. * Or Marlboro could send a representative to the community advisory board. The community advisory board is comprised of people from all towns within a department's jurisdiction. It meets quarterly with the state police to discuss issues, serving as a "conduit between the town and the state police," Hopkins said. Representatives also have a direct contact to call with issues or trends between meetings. Although there was an attempt in the past to send someone from Marlboro, there is currently no representative on the board. The next meeting, possibly an open house, will be held in October. There will be a statewide meeting in December.
Why do the people think the drivers will follow the new rule of the speed limit or whatever they put up because the drivers or some drivers don't follow the speed limit that is posted now. I don't think the drivers will follow the new rule they put up or whatever they do.
type 2: intersection
To time yourself to get to a green light in an intersection you should see you r light in your target area, see red light in a closed zone, you have to alert you r car in your rear by tapping your brakes, then you have to begin to constant brake, then time yourself into an open zone, at 10 mph you have to make a decision to stop or go, when you get a green light you have to search the intersection, or at a red light you should stop smoothly.
type 2: benefits
There are five benefits gained by 4-seconds.
They are:
- removes the controls that the front vehicle has over your controls
- gives you more time to become aware of moments when you're closing in on the vehicle ahead of you
- your eyes can search beyond the vehicles in front of you to see if there is anything ahead of them that could be dangerous
- it will eliminate, or minimize, surprises from the actions of other drivers
- you become aware of the desadvantages of a lesser amount of space
BOSTON -- Two people were killed and two others suffered serious injuries after a five-car crash on I-95 northbound in Attleboro early Saturday morning. The multi-car crash occurred when a 1998 Honda Civic driven by Isaac D. Souza, 21, from Leominster, Mass., entered the breakdown lane, striking an unoccupied 1997 Honda Accord. The Civic then spun back into the highway and set in motion a crash involving three other vehicles. Souza was declared dead at the scene. The driver of a 2004 Dodge Dakota, Michael G. Doble, 36, from North Attleboro, was killed when his truck rolled over. Claudia DeLeone, 22, and Jose Gouveia, 21, suffered serious injuries and were taken to Rhode Island Hospital. A 16-year-old suffered minor injuries in the crash. State police said they believe two other vehicles might have been involved in the crash, but left the scene. The highway was closed for four hours after the accident.
I have no clue who is at fault for this collision for happening. I don't know if it is the person who parked the car or if it is the person who hit the car. This article is very confusing to me. I hope the other people who are in critical condition well survive because if they don't then their family will be very hurt. I hope all of the people had their seat belts on because in this article it doesn't say if they had them on or not.
A Wallingford man is behind bars on charges of allegedly leading police on a short chase late Thursday night in a stolen vehicle before he was eventually captured when a police dog found him hiding alongside a stone wall.Glen A. Perry, 23, pleaded innocent Friday in Rutland District Court to charges of drunken driving, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, attempted to elude police, leaving the scene of a crash, and operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. He was ordered jailed for lack of $50,000 bail. Steven Zwicky, Perry's public defender, did not contest the bail request. Zwicky said he client is on furlough from a previous conviction and faces a hearing that could result in his furlough being revoked.Deputy State's Attorney Peter Neary said in court that Perry's criminal record included a prior conviction for burglary and escaping from furlough.Rutland City Police said the incident leading to the latest charges against Perry began 11 p.m. Thursday when Officer Matthew Prouty tried to pull over a 1999 Jeep Wrangler when the driver, later identified as Perry, squealed the vehicle's tires on Prospect Street.The driver refused to pull over, running a red light and heading onto River Street, and then driving through a stop sign at the intersection of River and Granger streets, Prouty wrote in an affidavit.Perry then drove through two more stop signs before striking another vehicle at the intersection of River Street and Dorr Drive, the officer wrote."I could see the Jeep spinning around and stop facing south on the west side of Dorr Drive," Prouty wrote.Perry then jumped out of the vehicle and into thick bushes nearby. Prouty's police dog, King Riley, went into the bushes after Perry, and began growling at Perry, but the bushes were too thick for the dog to continue tracking him, the affidavit stated."I waited for a few minutes to see if the subject would pop out of the woods but he did not," the officer wrote. Police said they then saw Perry jump a stone wall and the dog began to pick up the track to a nearby small stone wall."As I came up over the wall King Riley was standing over the male subject who was lying down on the ground next to the wall," the affidavit stated.Police took Perry into custody, and he told police that he was the passenger of the vehicle. However, Prouty wrote that he saw him driving the vehicle.A record check later revealed that the Jeep Wrangler that Perry was driving had been reported stolen from Pawlet late last week, court records stated.A breath test also revealed that Perry had a blood-alcohol level of 0.122, high than the 0.08 legal limit for driving in Vermont, according to the affidavit.If convicted of all the charges, Perry faces more than 10 years in jail.
He should of just pleaded guilty instead of innocent because he had so many cops there that he would be accused guilty from the jury and the judge. He was so stupid to take the car and make the police chase after him. Who would take a car from someone who didn't give them permission to take the car.
MARLBORO -- The state police and the town will be working together to curb traffic concerns along Route 9. At last week's Select board meeting, Brattleboro barracks commander Lt. Rick Hopkins told the board that state troopers did, in fact, police the town roads, not just Route 9, a notion expressed by the board the week before. When Hopkins read a recent article in the Reformer about speeding on Route 9, he immediately called up the Select board to set up a meeting. Having read about the town and board's concerns and feelings of helplessness, Hopkins wanted to discuss possible solutions to the problem. There is a lot of communication between the sheriff's department and the state police, he said, so "if there's a sustained, continuous problem on a road and you told the sheriff's department about it, I'd expect to hear about it," and respond. And when Select board member Lucy Gratwick asked for specific amounts of time spent policing back roads, Hopkins assured her that a larger staff was on its way. While the state police are busy right now, Hopkins said there will be three more people on staff by the end of the summer. Right now, "We start with places where the accidents are." Hopkins had applied for and received a $10,000 grant from the state to aid in accident reduction on Route 9, specifically for the section running through Marlboro. This was used for 2005 and 2006, but the grant focus has since changed, Hopkins said, so he could not re-apply. There was a limited impact, he explained, because real change requires a few years of work. "It's kind of tough to make a big difference in one year," he said. Hopkins agreed that last year was particularly difficult, with several fatal accidents on Route 9. "There are good years and bad years. Last year was a bad year and we couldn't explain why," he said. It was clear that something needed to be done.
State Police Lt. Bill O'Leary applied for a grant to create a position for a crash data analyst.
"With the number of fatalities we saw over the years, it became an issue to get real time crash data from Vermont," O'Leary explained. Sarah Kepchar, the new analyst, has spent most of the past two months training. "She's going to be able to get us data about crash patterns and causes," O'Leary said. "She's just now getting her feet wet. We're hoping, in the next couple of months, to get data reports out to the field commanders." While some accidents, such as weather-related crashes, cannot be fixed by enforcement, Hopkins said, "a lot of them you can."
"What we think we're seeing is faster drivers," Select board member Craig Hammond said.
"It seems people are more distracted when they're driving and just fly," Select board Chairwoman Gail MacArthur added. "With new cars, you don't know you're going so fast."
Hopkins agreed, saying that speeding cars could also affect residents' quality of life. Road Commissioner David Elliott said it was important to see the truth of the issue. "It's not out-of-staters," he said. "It's Vermonters that know where they can make up a little time." It was also important to recognize that college students and participants in the summer music festival were not really as much of a problem as suggested, Gratwick said. It's residents in Marlboro and Halifax that cut through town on their way to work, Elliott agreed. Hopkins suggested three solutions: * The state police could do a speed survey with an unmarked car with a laser. * They could put a "smart cart," an electronic display that gives drivers a real-time visual of their speed, on the road. Doing so, however, tends to be a double-edged sword as people may accelerate to see how high they can get the reader to go. * Or Marlboro could send a representative to the community advisory board. The community advisory board is comprised of people from all towns within a department's jurisdiction. It meets quarterly with the state police to discuss issues, serving as a "conduit between the town and the state police," Hopkins said. Representatives also have a direct contact to call with issues or trends between meetings. Although there was an attempt in the past to send someone from Marlboro, there is currently no representative on the board. The next meeting, possibly an open house, will be held in October. There will be a statewide meeting in December.
Why do the people think the drivers will follow the new rule of the speed limit or whatever they put up because the drivers or some drivers don't follow the speed limit that is posted now. I don't think the drivers will follow the new rule they put up or whatever they do.
type 2: intersection
To time yourself to get to a green light in an intersection you should see you r light in your target area, see red light in a closed zone, you have to alert you r car in your rear by tapping your brakes, then you have to begin to constant brake, then time yourself into an open zone, at 10 mph you have to make a decision to stop or go, when you get a green light you have to search the intersection, or at a red light you should stop smoothly.
type 2: benefits
There are five benefits gained by 4-seconds.
They are:
- removes the controls that the front vehicle has over your controls
- gives you more time to become aware of moments when you're closing in on the vehicle ahead of you
- your eyes can search beyond the vehicles in front of you to see if there is anything ahead of them that could be dangerous
- it will eliminate, or minimize, surprises from the actions of other drivers
- you become aware of the desadvantages of a lesser amount of space
Friday, July 6, 2007
due 7/7
5 types of communications are when you are in a car and there is a pederstians you can wave to them, give a slight beep of the horn to them, when there is a car behind you, you can communicate with them by your car position, signals, and back-up lights.
3 type ones
(WBZ) WALTHAM A Nashua, N.H. man was killed Friday night, when police say he lost control of his vehicle on Route 95 North in Waltham.Two lanes of the highway were closed for several hours after the 8 p.m. accident. The entire road was closed for a short time.Thomas Cibotti, 66, was the only person in the car. Police say he was traveling at a high rate of speed, when he lost control, veered from his lane, and went airborne. The car flipped over another car on the Route 20 on-ramp, then hit a tree.Police say Cibotti was not wearing his seat belt, and was thrown from his car. He pronounced dead at Lahey Clinic in Burlington.
It doesn't say if it was raining or not so it could have been and if it was then the road conditions could be in effect. But i don't have much to say on this one. But the guy was kinda old so at least he wasn't like 20 because if he was 20 then he would of threw his whole life away.
A 22-year-old Leicester man was seriously injured after allegedly stealing a vehicle from a Salisbury campground, crashing it into a home, and then rolling it over onto its side.Anthony Carosella, 22, was listed Friday in critical, but stable condition in the intensive care unit at Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington, according to Vermont State Police.He suffered several broken bones to his arms, face and ribs, and also had his spleen removed, police said.Police said Carosella allegedly stole a 1998 Subaru Forrester from the Kampersville Campground in Salisbury around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Police said about 30 minutes later he drove the vehicle south on Shackett Road, a narrow, dirt-covered road, in Leicester.Police said Carosella lost control of the vehicle, traveling off the west side of the road, striking a home at 956 Shackett Road. The vehicle careened off the house and continued to travel south before striking a 1999 Ford pickup parked in the driveway of the residence, police said.Carosella's vehicle rolled over onto its side after striking the pickup, police said. However, his vehicle struck the pickup hard enough to force the pickup into another parked Ford pickup at the home.Police said the home sustained "extensive structural" damage and all three vehicles were destroyed in the crash.Carosella was trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed by rescue workers, police said.He was taken to Porter Medical Center in Middlebury and then transferred to Fletcher Allen in Burlington, police said.Police said the crash remains under investigation and several charges are pending against Carosella, including driving with a suspended license, aggravated operation of a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and grossly negligent operation of a motor vehicle.In addition to State Police, the Middlebury and Brandon police assisted at the scene, as well as the Brandon Rescue Squad and fire department.
Even though he had to go to th hospital i think he should still go to court for stealing to car. He should get treated like any other person that stole a car.
(CBS) MEADVILLE, Pa. A runaway 1,500-pound wrecking ball barreled out of control for nearly a mile, causing damage and injury, reports CBS station KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.The ball broke loose in Meadville, Pa., about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh, at the top of a hill where part of a library at Allegheny College was being demolished.“The cable just snapped,” Meadville police officer Brian Joseph said. “It just so happened that it snapped at a point and time when the ball was outside the wall.”The out of control ball hit parked cars and even bounced off the curb, before it rolled into the trunk of a student's car, ramming it into cars in front of it.Eventually, the ball was extracted and taken away.Alex Habay, the student at Allegheny College, tells KDKA-TV he has pain in his head, neck and back. He and two other people were released from the hospital.
I think this is funny that it rolled into a car trunk. But i don't think it is funny that somebody got hurt and that stuff got demolished.
Type 3:
The graduated licence are steps to help you know more about the road before you go out on to it and it is also rules that you have to follow to get your licence. I don't like this law because i think we should have the law like New Hampshire does. If you don't know what the law is it is when your 15 you can drive on the road , you have to take the drivers ed class, and then when you are 16 you can take the drivers ed test to see if you pass for your licence.
movie: "Accident Opening Danger"
3 type ones
(WBZ) WALTHAM A Nashua, N.H. man was killed Friday night, when police say he lost control of his vehicle on Route 95 North in Waltham.Two lanes of the highway were closed for several hours after the 8 p.m. accident. The entire road was closed for a short time.Thomas Cibotti, 66, was the only person in the car. Police say he was traveling at a high rate of speed, when he lost control, veered from his lane, and went airborne. The car flipped over another car on the Route 20 on-ramp, then hit a tree.Police say Cibotti was not wearing his seat belt, and was thrown from his car. He pronounced dead at Lahey Clinic in Burlington.
It doesn't say if it was raining or not so it could have been and if it was then the road conditions could be in effect. But i don't have much to say on this one. But the guy was kinda old so at least he wasn't like 20 because if he was 20 then he would of threw his whole life away.
A 22-year-old Leicester man was seriously injured after allegedly stealing a vehicle from a Salisbury campground, crashing it into a home, and then rolling it over onto its side.Anthony Carosella, 22, was listed Friday in critical, but stable condition in the intensive care unit at Fletcher Allen Medical Center in Burlington, according to Vermont State Police.He suffered several broken bones to his arms, face and ribs, and also had his spleen removed, police said.Police said Carosella allegedly stole a 1998 Subaru Forrester from the Kampersville Campground in Salisbury around 2:30 a.m. Friday. Police said about 30 minutes later he drove the vehicle south on Shackett Road, a narrow, dirt-covered road, in Leicester.Police said Carosella lost control of the vehicle, traveling off the west side of the road, striking a home at 956 Shackett Road. The vehicle careened off the house and continued to travel south before striking a 1999 Ford pickup parked in the driveway of the residence, police said.Carosella's vehicle rolled over onto its side after striking the pickup, police said. However, his vehicle struck the pickup hard enough to force the pickup into another parked Ford pickup at the home.Police said the home sustained "extensive structural" damage and all three vehicles were destroyed in the crash.Carosella was trapped in the vehicle and had to be freed by rescue workers, police said.He was taken to Porter Medical Center in Middlebury and then transferred to Fletcher Allen in Burlington, police said.Police said the crash remains under investigation and several charges are pending against Carosella, including driving with a suspended license, aggravated operation of a motor vehicle without the owner's consent and grossly negligent operation of a motor vehicle.In addition to State Police, the Middlebury and Brandon police assisted at the scene, as well as the Brandon Rescue Squad and fire department.
Even though he had to go to th hospital i think he should still go to court for stealing to car. He should get treated like any other person that stole a car.
(CBS) MEADVILLE, Pa. A runaway 1,500-pound wrecking ball barreled out of control for nearly a mile, causing damage and injury, reports CBS station KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh.The ball broke loose in Meadville, Pa., about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh, at the top of a hill where part of a library at Allegheny College was being demolished.“The cable just snapped,” Meadville police officer Brian Joseph said. “It just so happened that it snapped at a point and time when the ball was outside the wall.”The out of control ball hit parked cars and even bounced off the curb, before it rolled into the trunk of a student's car, ramming it into cars in front of it.Eventually, the ball was extracted and taken away.Alex Habay, the student at Allegheny College, tells KDKA-TV he has pain in his head, neck and back. He and two other people were released from the hospital.
I think this is funny that it rolled into a car trunk. But i don't think it is funny that somebody got hurt and that stuff got demolished.
Type 3:
The graduated licence are steps to help you know more about the road before you go out on to it and it is also rules that you have to follow to get your licence. I don't like this law because i think we should have the law like New Hampshire does. If you don't know what the law is it is when your 15 you can drive on the road , you have to take the drivers ed class, and then when you are 16 you can take the drivers ed test to see if you pass for your licence.
movie: "Accident Opening Danger"
Sunday, June 24, 2007
assignment due 6/30
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A Goffstown man has been arrested and charged in connection with a Manchester hit-and-run accident that seriously injured a 7-year-old girl, police said. John Sturdevant, 24, was charged Wednesday with conduct after an accident, making a false report of an accident and being a habitual offender. Police responded to a report of a hit-and-run Friday at 81 A St. and discovered that Alicia Ladd, 7, had been struck by a vehicle while she was riding a toy scooter. She was taken to a Boston hospital for surgery, and her father said she suffered a broken femur and other injuries. Her injuries were not life-threatening.
I don't know why people lie about stuff like this, there is no reason to because its better to tell the truth now. If you don't the police will find out one way or another that you are guilty. So you should just tell the truth all the time.
Regulatory signs- Tells you about laws that you must obey. Signs are either white squares or rectangles with red or black lettering. Two examples of these signs are used for do not pass and one way.
Warning signs- Can help you avoid surprise situations. Most warning signs are diamond-shaped. They have black symbols or lettering on a yellow background. Two examples are to tell you there is a signal ahead and to warn to warn you that a deer might run out in front of you.
Guide signs- provide a variety of in formation, such as mark routes, intersections, service areas, and other points of interests or information. Interstate route signs are red, white, and blue shields with a number system. Green signs provide information on destinations ahead and distances to be traveled. Blue signs guide you to services such as fuel, food, lodging, and nearby hospitals. Brown signs direct you to recreation areas or points to intersect. Two examples are interstate route markers and service areas.
For the purpose of identifying habitually reckless or negligent drivers and frequent violators of traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles a uniform system is established assigning demerit points for convictions of violations of this title. Notice of each assessment of points may be given. No points shall be assessed for violating a provision of a statute or municipal ordinance regulating standing, parking, equipment, size, or weight. The conviction report from the court shall be prima facie evidence of the points assessed. The department is also authorized to suspend the license of a driver when the driver's driving record identifies the driver as an habitual offender.
my feeling about the law that it is so dumb because what if someone neglects it only once. They should at least a warning about it instead of going to court.
I don't know why people lie about stuff like this, there is no reason to because its better to tell the truth now. If you don't the police will find out one way or another that you are guilty. So you should just tell the truth all the time.
Regulatory signs- Tells you about laws that you must obey. Signs are either white squares or rectangles with red or black lettering. Two examples of these signs are used for do not pass and one way.
Warning signs- Can help you avoid surprise situations. Most warning signs are diamond-shaped. They have black symbols or lettering on a yellow background. Two examples are to tell you there is a signal ahead and to warn to warn you that a deer might run out in front of you.
Guide signs- provide a variety of in formation, such as mark routes, intersections, service areas, and other points of interests or information. Interstate route signs are red, white, and blue shields with a number system. Green signs provide information on destinations ahead and distances to be traveled. Blue signs guide you to services such as fuel, food, lodging, and nearby hospitals. Brown signs direct you to recreation areas or points to intersect. Two examples are interstate route markers and service areas.
For the purpose of identifying habitually reckless or negligent drivers and frequent violators of traffic regulations governing the movement of vehicles a uniform system is established assigning demerit points for convictions of violations of this title. Notice of each assessment of points may be given. No points shall be assessed for violating a provision of a statute or municipal ordinance regulating standing, parking, equipment, size, or weight. The conviction report from the court shall be prima facie evidence of the points assessed. The department is also authorized to suspend the license of a driver when the driver's driving record identifies the driver as an habitual offender.
my feeling about the law that it is so dumb because what if someone neglects it only once. They should at least a warning about it instead of going to court.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
assignment due 6/25
To whom it may concern: I was driving to school as traffic started to get thick in Marin County, California (north of the Golden Gate Bridge).I slowed down and was crawling at about 5 mph with the rest of traffic. I look in the rear view as a woman doing hell knows what probably on her cell phone doing makeup and changing Cd's, comes flying in at full speed. She finally realized to slow down, but it was too late and skidded into my 97' Jeep Grand Cherokee at about 35 + mph. Thanks to the weight of my college supplies, my rear was weighed down enough to put my hitch smack in the middle of her Honda's grill which pierced through the radiator and engine block! Oil and radiator fluid was all over the highway. If not for the extra weight she would have missed my hitch and hit the gas tank. I came out fine, but she was a bit dazed and bruised. The scary part was that her air bags didn't go off. I drove away as if nothing had happened. The only damage to my vehicle was my bumper being push up letting me barely lift my tail gate open. To make a long story short...pay attention to the road! and a hitch is a great investment even if you don't tow anything.
When you drive in the car in you have a cell phone on or if your on the phone you are at a high risk of getting into a fatal car collision. It can get you seriously hurt and you can hurt other people as well.
Yaw- To fall away from the line of a course
Roll- To revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis
Pitch- Relative point, position, or degree
Field vision- The area you see around you, while looking straight ahead
Central vision- To check your target area and front zones
Fringe vision- To check reference points and detect changes in your rear view mirror
When you drive in the car in you have a cell phone on or if your on the phone you are at a high risk of getting into a fatal car collision. It can get you seriously hurt and you can hurt other people as well.
Yaw- To fall away from the line of a course
Roll- To revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis
Pitch- Relative point, position, or degree
Field vision- The area you see around you, while looking straight ahead
Central vision- To check your target area and front zones
Fringe vision- To check reference points and detect changes in your rear view mirror
Target area- Is the section of the roadway where the target is located in the center of your intended path, and the area to its right and left. example: A green traffic light is seen in our 15-second range.
Target path- From the point where you are located when you first see the target, to when you arrive into the target area. It gives you the ability to see elements that can affect your movement.
Transition Pegs- Gives you a visual reference to determine the precise moment at which to make changes in steering, acceleration or braking actions that will best keep the car in balance.
Right turns- review mirror
Left turns- Drivers side corner post
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