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I an doing an essay about cars and need references can anyone tell me good websites to check out like news websites?
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Lots and lots of accident info from the Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_accidents_and_fatalities.html
Tons of info from the NHTSA (click links at the top for driving safety, vehicle safety, research and data): http://www.nhtsa.gov/
Perform your own statistical analysis at the NHTSA "Fatality Analysis Reporting System:"
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main
The IIHS has lots of info:http://www.iihs.org/
For example, why texting bans aren't working: http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr092810.html
And teenagers suck at driving (old people are actually safer):
http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/teenagers.html
Of course, if you're going to talk about safety, you need to include distracted driving and why cell phones (hands-free OR hand-held) aren't safe to use:
http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/index.html
http://statehighwaysafety.org/html/publications/pdf/sfdist11.pdf
http://www.distraction.gov/research/PDF-Files/Passenger-Cellphone-Conversations.pdf
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/traffic_safety/files/NSC%20White%20Paper%20-%20Distracted%20Driving%203-10.pdf
That should give you something to do between now and lunch. If you need more, just let me know!
Lots and lots of accident info from the Census Bureau:
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/cats/transportation/motor_vehicle_accidents_and_fatalities.html
Tons of info from the NHTSA (click links at the top for driving safety, vehicle safety, research and data): http://www.nhtsa.gov/
Perform your own statistical analysis at the NHTSA "Fatality Analysis Reporting System:"
http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main
The IIHS has lots of info:http://www.iihs.org/
For example, why texting bans aren't working: http://www.iihs.org/news/rss/pr092810.html
And teenagers suck at driving (old people are actually safer):
http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts_2008/teenagers.html
Of course, if you're going to talk about safety, you need to include distracted driving and why cell phones (hands-free OR hand-held) aren't safe to use:
http://www.distraction.gov/stats-and-facts/index.html
http://statehighwaysafety.org/html/publications/pdf/sfdist11.pdf
http://www.distraction.gov/research/PDF-Files/Passenger-Cellphone-Conversations.pdf
http://www.fnal.gov/pub/traffic_safety/files/NSC%20White%20Paper%20-%20Distracted%20Driving%203-10.pdf
That should give you something to do between now and lunch. If you need more, just let me know!
Why do they report things like car crashes and apartment fires on the news?
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The definition of newsworthy is :
Of sufficient interest or importance to the public to warrant reporting in the media.
How are minor deaths or tragidies interesting or important to the general public? We all know these things happen, I don't feel like I should have to hear about it everytime they do.
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Bored people want to look at them - so the media satisfy the demand.
I agree. 98% of them I do not need to know about.
Bored people want to look at them - so the media satisfy the demand.
I agree. 98% of them I do not need to know about.
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