Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a safety alert about the dangers of driving while stoned last month, after it concluded an investigation that found cannabis played a role in ...
High Fiber Foods. You should rethink eating foods like beans and broccoli until you reach your destination. While good for your body in general, fiber can cause gas and bloating. Digestion of high ...
While there are long-standing social stigmas and laws against drunk driving, only more recently have the personal and social dangers of drunk walking become apparent. One study on pedestrians struck by vehicles found that alcohol users were twice as likely to cross against the signal or outside of a crosswalk than sober pedestrians. [ 2 ]
According to the market research platform Gitnux, 10% of drivers reported having problems with night vision, while 62% feel less confident driving at night compared to during the day. Those ...
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety proposes restrictions for new drivers, [64] including a "curfew" imposed on young drivers to prevent them driving at night, an experienced supervisor to chaperone the less experienced driver, forbidding the carrying of passengers, zero alcohol tolerance, raising the standards required for driving ...
Two drivers emerging from their cars to express anger at a road situation. Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by people driving a vehicle. These behaviors include rude and verbal insults, yelling, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted at other drivers, pedestrians or cyclists in an effort to intimidate or release frustration.
“These include driving while fatigued which impairs concentration.” The ten cities with the highest nighttime fatality rate as ranked by the study: San Bernardino, California — 74.58%
The idea of a hypnotic trance while driving was first described in a 1921 article that mentioned the phenomenon of "road hypnotism": driving in a trance-like state while gazing at a fixed point. A 1929 study, Sleeping with the Eyes Open by Walter Miles, also addressed the subject, suggesting that motorists could fall asleep with their eyes open ...