Practicing Safe Driving: How to Prevent Accidents on America's Roads In 2006 alone, the total number of automobiles registered with the U.S. Bureau of Transit topped 135.3 million (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). With the amount drivers on the road, one must question the protection a driver gives and receives while driving. Advancements in technology and increasing time constraints are grounds for the escalating concern of distractions. These same time constraints are having

Cars and driving are emblems of American culture, and have defined American lifestyle and identity. American cities are built around the car, and so is the urban and suburban sprawl. It is no small coincidence, therefore, that both Flannery O'Connor and Dagoberto Gilb use a car as a central symbol in their short stories. In O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find," a road trip turns deadly when the

Cars On the surface, autonomous cars do not seem to present any serious ethical challenges. Their technological marvels herald a new era of transportation, in which roads can be potentially safer, less expensive, and more efficient. The technology includes a combination of sensory input devices such as GPS, radar, and cameras to enable the car to maneuver itself on roadways, and their processors allow for learning from experience. They are programmed

Will Flying Cars Ever Be a Feasible Means of Personal Transportation?The concept of flying cars is certainly not new, and the historical record is replete with accounts of flying vehicles of various types in mythological and religious texts that date to antiquity. More recently, the flying cars featured in science fiction books, the television series, �The Jetsons� and the movie, �Blade Runner,� among numerous others, have popularized the idea with

Today, such knowledge is essential and only by assessing the workforce needs and revising specifications can a company remain current and relevant with the demands of the age. Q6. In the first paragraph of the case study, what is meant by turnover? Turnover is used to mean the net value accrued by the company. Q7. Why is it important for a business such as Enterprise Rent -A -Car to have aims? The rental

The Limits of Deontology and Utilitarianism in the Trolley Problem Introduction The trolley problem is an old moral quandary that essentially has no wrong or right answer. It is a kind of worst case scenario in which one must choose the lesser of two evils. For example, a runaway trolley is set to crash and kill five people, but by throwing a lever you might spare those five but take the life