Sentences with phrase «crash risk»

Sleeping six hours per night was associated with a 33 percent increased crash risk, compared to sleeping seven or eight hours per night.

Several safety features showed promise in reducing crash risk among the large trucks in the study.

The most dangerous year of somebody's life is the year that they get their driver's license, and 16 - year - olds usually have the highest crash risk.

High visibility may encourage drivers to speed, a known crash risk.

How should investors (particularly retirees) think about balancing short - term crash risk and long - term portfolio sustainability?

Newly licensed drivers with ADHD also had a 36 percent higher first crash risk than those without ADHD.

Research shows that when teenage drivers transport teen passengers there is a greatly increased crash risk.

To be considered, vehicles must have available electronic stability control systems that may significantly reduce crash risks.

According to the Insurance Institute For Highway Safety, «ESC reduces fatal single - vehicle crash risk by half.»

«Licensing and motor vehicle crash risk among teens with ADHD.»

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration states that teen drivers have the highest crash risk of any age group.

Some very promising trends emerged: for instance, the report showed a 40 % drop in crash risk for new drivers with usage - based insurance compared to young drivers without a UBI plan.

The CD covers the eight physical and mental abilities shown to be the strongest predictors of crash risk among older drives, such as:

Teaching people «how to get out of a skid» or «how to do last minute swerves to avoid a collision» has been shown by four decades and dozens of research papers to result in greater crash risk after training and not less.

According to Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, moderate to severe visual field loss due to glaucoma, in the central 30 degrees in at least one eye elevates crash risk.

Antilock brakes on trucks reduced the risk of a crash by 65 percent, while having electronic or roll stability control was associated with a 19 percent lower crash risk.

Preliminary data from insurance claims suggest no apparent reduction in crash risk after states enacted bans on hand - held phone use.

First, the study is based on data from only six states where this information is captured; secondly, the effects of drugs on driving performance and crash risk vary by drug type, dosage, and the driver's physiological response and tolerance level.

the accuracy with which the Behavior Analysis and Safety Improvement Categories (BASIC) identify high risk carriers and predict future crash risk or other safety indicators for motor carriers and the highest risk carriers; and

Controlling for other factors that can affect crash risk, blind spot detection lowers the rate of all lane - change crashes by 14 percent and the rate of lane - change crashes with injuries by 23 percent.

You'd think using a hands - free phone would be less distracting, so it wouldn't increase crash risk as much as using a hand - held phone.

In the last 25 1/2 years, the portfolio was not subject to the extreme crash risk faced by many carry and momentum strategies.

Thus, these three strategies complement each other well, and value in particular helps insulate carry portfolios against crash risk.

Still, there are other motorcyclists who consistently wear a helmet, citing crash risks, weather conditions, and flying road debris as sound reasons for strapping on the head gear.

Another recent study published in the journal Accident Analysis & Prevention found that while the placement of electronic signs (called «dynamic message signs») within a construction zone had no bearing on the potential crash risk caused by drivers» compliance with instructions, the refresh rate (how frequently the sign changed) did.

Winners also have to have electronic stability control (ESC), which research shows significantly reduces crash risk.

The increased fatal crash risk among older drivers is largely due to their increased susceptibility to injury.»

Texting while operating a driving simulator delayed reaction time, and texting while driving increased crash risk by 23-fold in a study of truck drivers at Virginia Tech.

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety reports truck driver fatigue is a well - known crash risk.

Phone bans for young drivers are becoming commonplace as concerns mount about the contribution of distractions to teens» elevated crash risk.

Standard allocations to bonds have traditionally helped to lower crash risk, but incorporating the systematic global macro strategy would have gone even further; for example, when the S&P 500 was down 16.8 % in October 2008, a 60/40 portfolio would have reduced total portfolio loss to 11.0 %, but a portfolio holding 30 % in systematic global macro would have experienced only a 5.8 % loss in that month.

But remember: the more teen passengers in the car, the greater the crash risk.

A driver's crash risk is eight times higher if they are texting on a cellphone and, despite seeming safe, talking hands - free makes drivers four times more likely to be involved in a crash..

«If they realize the problem associated with risky behavior now, they can reduce that behavior and reduce crash risk.

«Future research is needed to examine parent and clinician management of licensure decisions and crash risk among patients with ADHD, elucidate sex - specific mechanisms by which ADHD influences crash risk to develop countermeasures, and examine real - world effectiveness of medication use and detrimental effects of distractions,» the article concludes.

«Although earlier research showed that drug use is associated with impaired driving performance and increased crash risk, trends in narcotic involvement in driver fatalities have been understudied,» said Guohua Li, MD, DrPH, professor of Epidemiology and Anesthesiology and director of the Center for Injury Epidemiology and Prevention.

«To help reduce these crash risks we need to identify individuals with sleep apnea and ensure they are properly treated for their apnea.

The study authors concluded that these data and their results indicate distraction appears to be an important contributor to this increased crash risk.

Large vehicles can also have unwieldy handling and poor fuel economy and they allow teens to carry more passengers, which increases the crash risk.

Effects of electronic stability control on fatal crash risk.

This feature reduces fatal single - vehicle crash risk by 51 percent and fatal multiple - vehicle crash risk by 20 percent.

Winners also must have available electronic stability control, a crash avoidance feature that significantly reduces crash risk.

Two studies provide more evidence that antilock brakes reduce fatal crash risk and insurance losses.