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  2. Driving at night can get harder starting as early as your ...

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    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 ...

  3. What You Need to Know About Driving an RV at Night - AOL

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    Driving an RV at night? Here are some tips to keep you and your family safe while driving after dark. Skip to main content. News. Need help? Call us! 800-290-4726. Login / Join. Mail ...

  4. Distracted driving: Why staying safe means staying focused - AOL

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    Before we get into the dangers of distracted driving, we need to establish what distracted driving is. Put simply, distracted driving is any activity that impairs your ability to focus on the road.

  5. Effects of cars - Wikipedia

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    External costs which can arise from using cars and trucks in everyday life are of different kinds (covering also material costs such as damages to buildings and materials), but health costs are the most common. In this case cars might cause cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. [11] Such costs have to be paid by the society as a whole. [8]

  6. Highway hypnosis - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Drunk walking - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  8. New distracted driving PSA makes highly emotional impact - AOL

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    Texting and Driving Simulator As we all know, texting and driving is extremely dangerous, as is shown in the video above. However, this notion does not necessarily stop people from distracted driving.

  9. Transportation safety in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles, [89] [90] while for driving, the rate was 1.5 per 100 million vehicle-miles for 2000, which is 150 deaths per 10 billion miles for comparison with the air travel rate.