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This digital document is an article from The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), published by The Register Guard on February 8, 2010. The length of the article is 820 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Police to target driving dangers.(City/Region)(Officers will watch for speeding, impaired drivers and violations of seat belt laws)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: February 8, 2010
Publisher: The Register Guard
Page: B9

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This digital document is an article from State Legislatures, published by National Conference of State Legislatures on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 2242 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Driving While Calling -- What's the Legal Limit?
Author: Matt Sundeen
Publication: State Legislatures (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
Volume: 27Issue: 9Page: 24

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This digital document is an article from NZ Business, published by Adrenalin Publishing Ltd. on October 1, 2009. The length of the article is 1074 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Eyes on road, hands on wheel: from November 1 it is illegal to talk or text on hand-held mobile phones while driving, but using hands-free devices is permitted. NZBusiness reviews the technology and the implications for employers.(TECH BIZ)
Author: Unavailable
Publication: NZ Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2009
Publisher: Adrenalin Publishing Ltd.
Volume: 23Issue: 9Page: 48(2)

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There are more than 175 million licensed drivers in the United States. Combined with the many pedestrians, bicyclists, motorcyclists, and other road users, this creates an interesting mix of elements with very different characteristics. Moving these elements efficiently and safely to their destinations presents a major challenge, particularly in densely populated areas. This book will provide guidance in how to identify these elements in your collision investigations. The authors introduce you to the ways in which designers of vehicles and roadways historically often did not take into account the full range of road user characteristics. The book discusses the substantial improvements in design principles and standards achieved over the years due to the concerted effort by concerned individuals interested in roadway and vehicle design and its impact on traffic safety.

Most importantly, this book introduces you to the behavior of the road user. Driver limitations and driver or pedestrian error are the major factors in traffic accidents, contributing to about 90% of roadway crashes. Driver behavior, however, is often the most complex and yet least understood element in the roadway system. A wide variety of perspectives on human factors and driver behavior are covered ranging from the design of roads, vehicles and traffic control devices to emotional and motivational determinants of driver behavior. Many traffic safety experts have contributed to this book in order to give you a comprehensive introduction to human factors as it pertains to driver and pedestrian behavior and traffic safety. This new edition has been extensively revised, and contains new chapters on driver education and driver distraction. If you are involved with accident investigation or the promotion of traffic safety in any capacity, this book is an essential part of your library. ... Read more

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A "must have" for the Crash Reconstructionist
This is an excellent resource for any Accident Investigator. There is alot of useful information pertaining to human behavior before, during, and after an accident ... Read more

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In the United States, as well as worldwide, there has been substantial growth in the use of mobile wireless telecommunication services ("mobile telephones"). The use of mobile telephones by the drivers of motor vehicles has been the subject of certain state and local restrictions that were written because of concerns for driver safety. At the present time, eighteen states and the District of Columbia have enacted legislation concerning the use of mobile telephones by drivers of motor vehicles. The existing state laws vary greatly and are summarised in this book. Fifty-three pieces of legislation have been introduced in 2004 in twenty-six states and the District of Columbia concerning the use of mobile telephones by drivers of motor vehicles. The current status of state legislation is summarised state by-state in this book. The book includes a bibliography of other books regarding this issue, as well. ... Read more

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Hypocrisy--Too High a Price to Pay?
This book is a breath of fresh air in a world where hypocrisy runs
rampant. Political correctness applies to everyone else--never ourselves.
Conversely, Tayolor's treatment on this subject is more objective
and even-handed. His suggestions are not couched in
demagoguery but rather he seeks to resolve a
problem, that society in its short-sightedness has only
exacerbated.

Isn't it somewhat vindictive to slap a felony charge and
possibly a prison sentence on drunk drivers, especially when they
do not become involved in a collision? Moreover, even if they
do, it's just an accident, right? Drunk driving is currently
held as a felony in all 50 states. If such statutes are
justifiable, shouldn't the same venom that is thrust upon drunk
drivers also be spent on those whose driving becomes impaired by
fatigue or emotional distress? Furthermore, the same resources
spent on housing drunk drivers within prison walls, would be
better spent towards programs that administer to alcoholics,
treating the disease rather than just the symptoms. It seems
that the same government who passed and then repealed laws
governing Prohibition should again reconsider its position
concerning drunk driving.

I found this book very helpful in writing a research paper concerning
this issue. The ideas expressed here were not politically correct when
it was written, so the ideas here were met with skepticism.
Today, drinking and talking, is the latest rage as cell phone use
has proliferated; and so now maybe the P.C. police can reassess
their views concerning subjects of this sort.

Kudos all around for James Jacobs!

A Factual Book
I read this book for a report, and I found it very factual and helpful. I don't think it would be the kind of book someone would just pick up and read. I would only read it if I wanted to research or find information on Drunk Driving.

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This book examines a wide range of issues related to traffic accidents, including prevention, safety, prediction, precipitation, mitigation, and related law enforcement issues. ... Read more

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Great but DON'T pay big bucks
This little book is priceless for anyone planning to drive in Britain.It covers all the details that make the experience confusing for North Americans... and I'm not talking about driving on the left.Britain has a lot of road signs and street markings that are completely unknown in the U.S. and Canada and not knowing what they mean can cause confusion and occasionally danger.

It also covers the niceties of on-street parking regulations and rules for cyclists and pedestrians.It even explains the subtle difference between Pelican, Puffin and Toucan crossings.This has nothing to do with birds and even the British have trouble keeping them straight.

HOWEVER....Don't pay big bucks for this 1999 edition.The new 2005 edition sells in Britain for 1.99 pounds (less than $4.00.)You can order it from www.amazon.co.uk if you have something else to order to justify the postage or you can buy it in most any large bookstore in Britain and read it in under 2 hours. ... Read more

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The Bob Bondurant School of High Performance Driving near Phoenix, Arizona, is one of the most-respected driving schools in the world. It's also the site of Bondurant's highly regarded police and pursuit driving course. Law enforcement officers throughout the United States know of the class and incessantly lobby their superiors for the opportunity to attend. More than 2,000 actually take the class every year. Now Bondurant and veteran law enforcement officer Ed Sanow put to print all elements of police and pursuit driving as taught by Bondurant-the terminology, the car, the road, and, of course, safety. Bondurant's methods for controlling weight transfer, following lines through corners, tail-braking, and more, are also illustrated and addressed. With the recent media focus on police pursuit driving in the U.S., this book is sure to find a place on the shelves of numerous law enforcement officials, as well as general driving enthusiasts. ... Read more

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Can't learn to race from a book
Can't learn to race from a book, but it does make me want to take the Bondurant course in person.

One of the best books.
Police and Pursuit Driving is a really good book that explains clearly to the reader how to do. It start out very basic such as how you should sit in the car, hold your hands etc to shifting weight, breaking techniques, skid control etc. Usually I never give a 5 star to any book (have never happened)unless it is very, very good but this one is almost as perfect as it could be, so for the first time a 5 star it is.

Excellent
Excellent book! Describes several concepts of how a car functions during driving and describes how to use them to your advantage. Highly recommended!

Far superior to High Performance Driving
Police and Pursuit Driving (P&P) is far superior in every way to Bondurant's High Performance Driving (HPD).Whereas over half the content of HPD is anecdotes from Bob's racing days and plugs for Bob's school and sponsors, P&P skips all that.Instead, P&P is written for busypeople -- cops -- who want "just the facts."Unless you areactually going to become a racer -- in which case, the last chapter of HPD,on buying a race car and finding sponsors, may be interesting to you --there is no useful information in HPD that isn't also covered in P&P. The special Bondurant braking techniques, cornering techniques, seatingposition, etc. -- they're all in here.Furthermore, the presentation inP&P is geared toward applying your skills on the street -- where almostall of us spend most of our time driving anyway -- rather than on thetrack.Finally, if you are interested in participating in the "highperformance driving schools" sponsored by local chapters of car clubssuch as the BMW Club or the Porsche Club, then Police and Pursuit Drivingis even more useful, because it goes over optimal techniques for the coneexercises that these clubs do in their entry-level schools, whereas HighPerformance Driving, despite its title, does not.

Bob Bondurant on Police and Pursuit Driving
This is probably the most advanced book on the subject of police driving in emergency and pursuit mode.Bob Bondurant and his co author bring together some new ideas on steering and vehicle control.The book has lots of pictures which help to explain the ideas expressed in "Police andPursuit Driving."Well Done.This book should be in every EVOCInstructor's library.

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This digital document is an article from State Legislatures, published by National Conference of State Legislatures on October 1, 1998. The length of the article is 465 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Individuals who are not fit to safely drive a car due to physical or mental impairments are a health hazard to other motorists, pedestrians and themselves. The curtailment of driving privileges, however, is frequently a difficult and humiliating process which can rob impaired drivers of their dignity. The Missouri House Legislature has proposed a law which provides new solutions for removing unfit drivers from the road.

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Title: Reporting unfit drivers.
Publication: State Legislatures (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1998
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
Volume: v24Issue: n9Page: p7(1)

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This digital document is an article from Trial, published by Association of Trial Lawyers of America on October 1, 1994. The length of the article is 583 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Traffic fatalities involving alcohol declined by 2% in 1993, according to statistics from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). However, NHTSA also states that alcohol was a factor in 44% of fatalities which did take place. The decrease can be attributed to public education campaigns advising sensible drinking, dram shop acts suits, increased enforcement and growing public disapproval of open drunkenness. Various groups disagree on whether lowering the blood alcohol threshold for drunk driving convictions would help.

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Title: Reduced incidence of drunk driving deaths encourages tougher laws.
Author: Donald C. Dilworth
Publication: Trial (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 1994
Publisher: Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Volume: 30Issue: n10Page: 111(1)

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2008. The length of the article is 772 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Motor Carrier Safety: Preliminary Information on Challenges to Ensuring the Integrity of Drug Testing Programs.
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony (Report)
Date: January 1, 2008
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 2008Issue: 1Page: NA

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