July 19

Type 2 Arriving at a green light Mickey Rentas Jr.

When you want to time your arrival so that can arrive at a green light, the first thing you want to do is see the light in your target area. Then You have to see the red light as a closed front zone. Now check your rear zone. Now alert the rear by tapping the brake. Next begin constant braking-your control braking. Finally, time your arrival into an open zone. If you arrive at a green light then scan the intersection. If you arrived at a red, stop smoothly.

Type 2 four second following distance advantages Mickey Rentas Jr.

There are some very good advantages of keeping a 4 second following distance. One of these benefits is that if the person in front of you suddenly slows down you have more time to react to it. This gives you the opportunity to brake or even swerve out the way. This way you don't rear end anybody- especially if their driving a '95 Mustang Convertible. That would just be ugly!


http://wbztv.com/topstories/local_story_200072737.htmlConcrete Smashes Cars On Route 495
(WBZ) LOWELL Chunks of concrete hit as many as four cars on Route 495 North in Lowell late Wednesday night.It happened near the Boylston Street overpass between Exits 37 and 38 around 11 p.m. State and Lowell police say they don't know if it was construction debris falling from the bridge or an act of vandalism.A family from Maine was in the area at that time when concrete shattered the window of their SUV. The driver had to have shattered glass washed out of his eyes.Other cars were hit on the hood and doors by debris. There were no serious injuries.Police looked at the overpass, but saw no signs of crumbling.A double high chain link fence is already on the bridge to make it difficult for people to launch debris on the highway.

The way this article is related to what we have discussed in class in the way that the police think that the debris was caused by people throwing stuff over the overpass/bridge. If the driver would have been scanning the are properly, then I think he would have been able to see people on overpass with the debris. Or at least he should have been aware of this possibility, if he had searched 15 seconds ago into his target area.


http://www.reformer.com/search/ci_6409864
No serious injuries after two-car crash in Chesterfield
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Thursday, July 19CHESTERFIELD, N.H. -- A Bedford woman was sent to the hospital after a two-car crash at the intersection of Routes 9 and 63 in Chesterfield, Wednesday.
Teresa Geib, 43, had to be extracted from her 2007 Honda Civic using the Jaws of Life. Both the front and back driver's side door had to be removed, according to Chesterfield Police Lt. Duane Chickering.
Geib was transported to Cheshire Medical Center in Keene with injuries that were not life-threatening, Chickering said.
According to Chickering, Geib was driving west on Route 9 with her husband Eric, when the car of George Idelkope, 54, of Chesterfield, heading north on Route 63 across Route 9, hit the driver's side of the Geib car, and eventually came to a stop down a bank 30 feet from the roadway.
Neither Idelkope nor Eric Geib were hurt in the collision. "All parties were wearing seat belts," Chickering said. He also said due to the deployment of air bags in the Geib car, injuries were likely reduced.
Responding to the scene were Chesterfield police, fire and rescue, Spofford Rescue and the Keene Fire Department. Traffic was slowed in both lanes of Route 9, but continued to move. Traffic

The way this article relates to what we've talked about in class is in the way that they said that the lack of major injuries were do to all parties wearing their seatbelts and their airbags fully deploying. We have also taliked in class about the advanages and near NEED to waer a seatbelt and how other safety devices help out.



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Connecticut man dies in ATV crash
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Monday, July 16WINHALL -- A 45-year-old man from Connecticut died Saturday night after an ATV crash, Winhall Police and Rescue said Sunday.
Robert C. Brown, of Woodbury, Conn., a husband and father of two children, was riding with friends around the area of Old Snow Valley Road when he left to ride on his own at about 10 p.m.
When Brown did not return, friends went looking for him and found his Kawasaki 700cc ATV crashed into a tree. Brown was found a short distance away. He was declared dead at the scene.
Police said Brown, who was not wearing a helmet, was thrown from the ATV into a tree and suffered a massive head injury.
"It appears alcohol may have played a factor in the crash but at press time the crash investigation is continuing and anyone with additional information is asked to contact Sgt. Thomas Crowe at the Winhall Police Department at 802-297-2121," police said in a press release.
Crowe said Brown was visiting with four other friends, one of whom has a second home in Winhall. The area where they were riding is an abandoned road about eight feet wide that leads to a trail into the national forest.
The Manchester Rescue Squad responded to
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the scene along with Winhall police.
Woman cited for high speed
DUMMERSTON -- A New York woman was cited after her vehicle was clocked at a speed on 100 mph on Interstate 91 Saturday night.
Carolyn Q. Fisher, 19, of Scarsdale, N.Y., was driving her 2003 Volkswagen south when a trooper from Vermont State Police clocked her speed.
She was stopped and arrested for careless and negligent operation and was released on a citation to appear in Windham District Court in August.
Man cited for DUI
PUTNEY -- A Boston man was arrested for DUI following a stop for speeding on Interstate 91 Saturday night.
Benjamin Small, 31, was stopped by Vermont State Police after he was seen driving 82 mph in his 1998 Volvo S70.
Police said while speaking to Small, a trooper smelled alcohol on his breath as he spoke. After sobriety tests, Small was taken into custody for DUI.
He was cited to appear in Windham District Court at a later date.
Woman cited for DUI
BRATTLEBORO -- An Island Pond woman was arrested for DUI on Saturday, police said.
Rebecca Murray, 29, was stopped by Vermont State Police on Route 5 for a traffic violation.
She was then arrested for DUI and cited to appear in Windham District Court to face the charge.


I know we don't really talk about ATVs and stuff like that, but we did talk about safety devices and drinking an driving. If this man hadn't been drinking and driving AND had been wearing his safety device (seatbelt) he might have faired better.