Study shows lap safety belts and energy absorbing steering columns reduces
driver injury in a crash
Not exact matches
If you happen to be driving at speed on the roadways, and you and all the other
drivers around you are suddenly blind, I think that would probably result
in crashes and
injuries and road blockages.»
The road
injury statistics are particularly concerning because
in most cases, the killed teen isn't even the
driver.
Removing the chance for user /
driver error will result
in far fewer
injuries and deaths from motor vehicles.
According to research conducted by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation, 26 per cent of all fatal and
injury crashes are attributed to
driver fatigue, and
in 2006, as many as 167,000 Ontario
drivers were involved
in at least one crash due to fatigue or drowsiness.
In the process, the
driver extricated the patrol car and inadvertently hit some unruly protesters who sustained minor
injuries,» Albayalde added.
Many jurisdictions already make a
driver's apology inadmissible
in civil
injury and / or damages cases.
Kubica was probably hoping that reemerging as a reserve
driver would allow him to step out from the shadow of his
injuries and start a new chapter
in Formula One, and seems disappointed this hasn't been the case so far.
Whether it was a result of the
injury from the spring at Hungary
in 2009, or the sheer mental battering of having Alonso as a teammate, Massa was never quite the same
driver as he had been before his accident.
We take a look at the
drivers who came back to the sport after suffering nasty
injuries in racing cars
In light of this we thought we'd take a look at seven other
drivers who showed that suffering a bad
injury doesn't have to spell the end of an F1 career.
In part because of his maturation as a driver and person — he and wife Samantha welcomed their first child in 2015, the same season Busch remarkably returned from serious injury far sooner than expected — and in part due to strong rapport with crew chief Adam Stevens, who was paired with Busch prior to the 2015 season, the 32 - year - old has never been bette
In part because of his maturation as a
driver and person — he and wife Samantha welcomed their first child
in 2015, the same season Busch remarkably returned from serious injury far sooner than expected — and in part due to strong rapport with crew chief Adam Stevens, who was paired with Busch prior to the 2015 season, the 32 - year - old has never been bette
in 2015, the same season Busch remarkably returned from serious
injury far sooner than expected — and
in part due to strong rapport with crew chief Adam Stevens, who was paired with Busch prior to the 2015 season, the 32 - year - old has never been bette
in part due to strong rapport with crew chief Adam Stevens, who was paired with Busch prior to the 2015 season, the 32 - year - old has never been better.
The French F1
driver competed
in 34 races for the Marussia team but sadly passed away
in July 2015 from
injuries sustained
in his crash during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix.
Well he's not worth 150 k a week like HE thinks he is My dad is doing radiotherapy and one of his
drivers has a 17 year old son
in the youth team and word round the campfire is that Theo has last his bottle cos of the
injuries he's suffered and that's why he asking for more dough cos he worried he ain't got as long a career as he thought he may have, understandable if true to a point but also explains why he fluffs his lines
in front of goal a lot more than he hits the target I don't dislike him or OG particularly BUT they are not the guys to lead the line and neither for that matter is Welbeck
I still think NY was
in the
drivers seat with Melo I don't think this was necessarily Melo picking OKC over PDX I think NY management saw our offer of ex-scrap heap players and felt the OKC offer was better Maybe Noah
injury played a role I think NO would not offer up what NYC deemed to be better then the OKC trade I do think Kantor and McDermott are better then Meyers, Harkless, Noah, etc... So without one of our draftees from this year or a high draft pick NY took the best offer I trust that NO is a good judge of talent and felt giving up anything more then what he offered was not worth an aging but talented Melo
Even bad bus accidents rarely result
in fatalities or serious
injury, and the worst
injury is often to the
driver (the only one who wears a belt, because he's
in the riskiest seat on the bus).
Legislation would allow police to use a so - called «textalyzer» to determine if a
driver had been clicking, tapping or swiping a mobile device
in the moments before an
injury - involved accident.
The law imposes penalties on
drivers who fail to «exercise due care»
in accidents that result
in injuries to pedestrians and cyclists.
The aim
in getting New York
drivers to slow down is to prevent crashes and protect New Yorkers from
injury and save lives.
The budget states that workers» compensation insurance for ride - hailing service
drivers will be offered through the New York Black Car Operators»
Injury Compensation Fund, an
injury compensation fund that gives benefits to
drivers in New York City.
The new bill establishes a Transportation Network Company Accessibility Task Force that will include ride - hailing service
drivers in workers» compensation insurance offered through the existing Black Car Fund, an
injury compensation fund that gives benefits to
drivers in NYC.
«There is really an embarrassing and disgraceful history of non-compliance with federal regulation,» New York Congressman Seam Patrick Maloney, told CNN, who lost a friend
in the Metro North derailment at Spuyten Duyvil
in 2013, when the
driver took a corner at high speed, leading to four deaths and 61
injuries.
Reports indicate that the
driver tried to overtake a car, but
in an attempt to dodge another oncoming car
in the opposite direction to prevent a head - on collision, the car skidded off the main road and somersaulted, resulting
in injuries and the loss of lives.
There were several minor
injuries to the
drivers and passengers that included the 24 - year - old female
driver of the Honda from Suffern; a 64 year old man from Pomona with a 59 year old female passenger
in the BMW; a 27 year old male from Thiells
in the Jeep, along with a 25 year old female passenger, and a 68 year old woman from Hillburn driving the Ford Fusion.
The «Hayley and Diego Law» increases penalties for
drivers whose failure to use caution results
in injury or death.
The new law will punish
drivers whose failure to exercise caution behind the wheel results
in injury or death to pedestrians or bicyclists.
The bill would allow for charges to be imposed on a
driver involved
in an accident where a pedestrian, cyclist or other road user suffers
injury or death as a result of unsafe driving.
NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez is proposing a fund that would pay up to $ 1,000 to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a
driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted
in serious
injury or death.
The proposed fund, suggested by city Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, would pay the money to anyone who gives information that leads to the arrest and conviction of a
driver who leaves the scene of a crash that resulted
in serious
injury or death.
QUEENS — A man suffered life - threatening
injuries when a hit - and - run
driver pinned him against a parked car
in Middle Village on Tuesday night, NYPD officials said.
«From 2005 to 2011 [there was] a 143 % increase
in the number of fatalities and
injuries from distracted
drivers,» Cuomo says.
Like the most recently passed Senate bill, the current Assembly bill would establish a Transportation Network Company Accessibility Task Force that would provide workers» compensation insurance for ride - hailing service
drivers through the New York Black Car Operators»
Injury Compensation Fund, an
injury compensation fund that gives benefits to
drivers in New York City.
Drivers less than 21 years old who engaged
in drinking while driving would also benefit substantially, with 194,886 deaths and
injuries potentially prevented.
If every new car made
in the United States had a built -
in blood alcohol level tester that prevented impaired
drivers from driving the vehicle, how many lives could be saved,
injuries prevented, and
injury - related dollars left unspent?
«Similar reactions are also typical
in other
injury situations, such as car accidents; it was the fault of another
driver or «just one of those things.»
Furthermore, drowsy or fatigued
drivers are responsible for an estimated 56,000 crashes annually with more than 40,000 of them resulting
in fatal and non-fatal
injuries.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates that an average of 328,000 annual crashes
in the U.S. involve a drowsy
driver, including 109,000 that result
in injuries and 6,400 that involve a fatality.
«We've shown that there are strong links between damage and disease
in this study, now we're interested
in understanding and managing other potential
drivers of diseases that involve
injury - such as outbreaks of crown - of - thorns starfish, cyclones, and recreational activities like anchoring.»
Further, these younger
drivers are involved
in 11 percent of accident fatalities and 14 percent of reported crashes that result
in injury.
Discovered that BET bromodomain epigenetic regulators function as critical
drivers of heart failure pathogenesis and vascular
injury responses that can be pharmacologically targeted
in vivo
(f) The BRAIN Initiative has the potential to be a major
driver of new industries and jobs
in biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and information technologies, as well as a catalyst for major breakthroughs
in brain - related diseases,
injuries, and illnesses, including Alzheimer's disease, which is programmed to cost California over thirty billion dollars ($ 30,000,000,000) a year by 2030.
Fibrinogen is an important blood protein that promotes autoimmunity and demyelination, the major causal
drivers of MS.. However, fibrinogen is also present
in the brain
in other neurological conditions, including Alzheimer's disease, other dementias, stroke, and traumatic brain
injury.
Patients
in the study were 65 or over and had experienced
injuries ranging from a minor rib fracture from a bad fall to a serious head
injury or multiple fractures as a
driver, passenger, or pedestrian
in a motor vehicle accident.
So on balance, by analyzing the muscle - tendon length changes
in the hamstring strain
injury research specifically, it seems more likely that energy absorbed is the key
driver of a muscle strain
injury, rather than the size of the strain.
A: He took his wife for granite so she left him Formula 1 legend
driver Michael Schumacher suffered life - threatening
injuries following a ski accident
in the French Alps over four years ago.
After being forced to leave due to
injury in 2004, Driver went to study theater at Julliard, and on graduating in 2009, became an Off - Broadway mainstay, most notably by replacing «Star Trek» star Zachary Quinto in the 2010 revival of «Angels In America.&raqu
in 2004,
Driver went to study theater at Julliard, and on graduating
in 2009, became an Off - Broadway mainstay, most notably by replacing «Star Trek» star Zachary Quinto in the 2010 revival of «Angels In America.&raqu
in 2009, became an Off - Broadway mainstay, most notably by replacing «Star Trek» star Zachary Quinto
in the 2010 revival of «Angels In America.&raqu
in the 2010 revival of «Angels
In America.&raqu
In America.»
For example, a judge
in a recent
injury case regarding a young girl with life changing
injuries has awarded up to # 23m
in compensation and care costs against the
driver who negligently crashed into the car the girl was travelling
in, killing her mother.
The program is open to high schools
in Michigan counties with the highest number of teen
driver crashes involving fatalities and serious
injuries.
Failure of the side impact air bags and seat belt pretensioners to deploy
in a crash increase the risk of
injury to the
driver and front seat occupant.
This was a golden era for motor racing, and sports car competition
in particular: cars that could exceed 220mph, and match or even exceed F1 lap times; extreme and often treacherous circuits, from the steep banking of Daytona to the 3.4 - mile straight of Le Mans and the tortuous mountain course of the Targa Florio; hero
drivers, facing the ever present prospect of serious
injury or worse, the whole vibrant madness immortalised
in the film «Le Mans», the ill - fated brainchild of Steve McQueen.