Pot holes are a major part of highway road maintenance. Pot holes are a major problem on rural roads and highways all over the United States. The big problem that is causing the potholes on the highways is when moisture enters the highway pavement, and then when the highway freezes the highways expand, drastic thawing creates the potholes. After thawing and heavy traffic the pavement will loosen. Highways will have multiple potholes when that takes place. All over the United States county employees and county equipment are being used to repair the pot holes on the highways with restricted budgets to fix the highways. (Potholes, n.d.) There have been studies on how Pot holes affect drivers and there vehicles. The studies have revealed that one out of five drivers admitted to swerving into oncoming traffic to avoid …show more content…
Potholes are rated in how they are fixed and when they will get fixed based on the traffic volume, the importance of the highway to the community. Highways with a lot of traffic or that are major corridors for people that effect emergency services, police, and routes to and from the hospitals. The second thing that takes precedent would be highways that give access to schools and businesses since there is a high volume of traffic coming and going from places like these. Last but not least would be the rural highways and lesser traveled highways. With the limited funds counties and states prioritize what gets fixed first and set their priorities. If there is found that there is an extremely dangerous situation with a pothole crews will be on site immediately to fix the problem. It doesn't matter what time of the day it is, emergency situations get taken care of right away. In a normal situation highway pot holes that get reported are fixed in one to two business days depending on the prioritization of the workload. (Potholes,
With the introduction of the automobile in the early 1900s, laws have been instituted to protect drivers on the road. With these laws come lawbreakers who put their agenda in front of the well being of others. Tens of thousands of lives have been lost. billions of dollars have been spent, and pollution has grown exponentially because of this. drivers travelling at high speeds on roads (Hartman).
Despite the Interstate Highway Act of 1956 being intended primarily for the use of U.S citizens, the first Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1921 was for the purpose of increasing transportation efficiency of the military during and after World War I. Although Woodrow Wilson intended for this purpose, it soon became clear that these roads were beginning to become very popular among normal citizens. The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1921 had a relatively limited $75 million budget for improving the roads; this small budget proved to be inadequate for the large project that the United States planned to embark on....
The story of the Interstate Highway System begins with several false starts. The Federal Aid Road Act of 1916 granted $75 million dollars to states based on population and the distance of roads constructed. The policy was left dead in the water with the outbreak of the Great War. In 1921, with the so-called “Phipps Act”, the bill was resurrected, and paid for the planning of “interstate routes” across the country by General John J. Pershing. This “Pershing Map” would later serve as a guideline for a large portion of the IHS.
Improving areas within Federal Infrastructure also has the economic benefit of job creation in construction and maintenance, as well as safer road systems and infrastructure for the American people. Excessive government spending in the Defense Budget is therefore irresponsible as money could be better utilized in areas of the public sector that would directly improve the lives of the American
Every person who has gets behind the wheel of a motor vehicle will be involved in some sort of automobile collision at some point in his or her lifetime. Traffic accidents account for over twenty thousand deaths each year and more than ten times as many injuries. There are a number of factors that contribute to these types of collisions, however, new and evolving laws can account for a large portion of successful preventable measures. In order for laws to be changed or added for the purpose of safer roads and highways, lawmakers have to first look at what factors contribute to such unsafe conditions. The top five causes of automobile accidents that cause injury are distracted drivers, driver fatigue, drunk driving, speeding, and aggressive driving. Laws can be proposed to reduce and even eliminate each of these risks.
When I was about seven years old, someone pulled right out in front of my parents. We missed hitting them. When I was nine, we almost backed into another car coming down the road. The lady was on her cell phone, not paying any attention to the road. When I was 13, we finally did hit someone. It was my brother’s fault. My brother should have been more focused. These are all things that happen to everyone at one point in their lives. It’s inevitable. I think if people were to pay more attention to the road, crashes would happen less often. Driving can be dangerous, and people can be even more dangerous if not focusing on the task at hand.
During the winter season, the water that accumulated beneath the roads became frozen. They, therefore, increased in mass, thus breaking the hard ground covering that were put on the roads during their initial construction. The cracks, therefore, led to the formation of the potholes.
When inappropriate drug users enter the scene of an accident personally I don’t consider it an accident. Drugs impair judgment so it’s not so much they don’t see the stop sign as maybe they thought it was farther away or the sign did not register in their minds fast enough. If the person uses drugs often enough they have intention of even putting the drugs out of reach of animals or children. Leaving the innocent at risk to consume a drug and an accident waiting to happen.
On top of that, these type of people use their cellphone, eat, don't wear seat belts, or drunk while they are driving. But these people don't realize that doing those minor thing can cause them severe pains or even deaths. There are millions of peoples are getting killed and injured every year because of car accident. I think if everyone use the traffic rules, all
lane closures and distractions to motorists. A motorist is driving the speed limit and then immediately has to slam on their brakes because another motorist sees the lane closures and decides to cut in front of them. This type of driving makes motorists mad because they know tha...
I had the privilege to observe a Nursing Research class at the baccalaureate level in Felician University. The setting was a regular classroom with 10 students sitting at their own desks. With full attendance, there would be 11 students, 1 male and 10 females. The age group varied and the students were of different cultures. The objective of the class is learning about the qualitative research method and how it is used in nursing.
Richard Petty once said “You’ll got home safe, so drive safe, and stay safe.” Being a racing legend, he is an advocate for safe driving to minimise the cases of road crushes that have been on the rise. He double up as the chairman of the Veterans’ Safe Driving Initiative, the initiative is aimed at guiding the veterans returning from deployment on safe driving tips. It is necessarily important since the infrastructure has changed over time. Another initiative is being run in Minnesota where the teens are guided on the important safe driving tips. Study shows that more crushes are likely to occur in teen driving than veteran driving. It is also evident that young drivers are more likely to cause a crush within six months of passing the driving test and young male are worse than the females in the field.
During my under graduation I have learnt only about basics of pavement materials and different layers of pavements. It was only after studying graduate courses I realized how limited my knowledge was and I need to work very hard and explore more in this vast field. During first year of my graduate study I have studied Pavements Materials, Pavement Design and Evaluation, Highway Construction Practices and these graduate courses opened a new paradigm for me to the way I looked at pavement engineering. This prompted me to look at it as a field full of challenges which make it even more dynamic and op...
“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers” -Dave Barry, comedian. The number of accidents over the last ten years have drastically increased, drivers are paying less attention to the road itself. Many individuals behind the wheel of a car believe that their driving does not affect the road conditions, however it always will. The driving habits of today are catastrophic due to the reasoning that the driving will affect other lives through reckless or distracted driving, and disobeying traffic laws.
To safely drive a vehicle, good coordination, and mental alertness is required. Sleepiness, fatigue, lack of concentration and slowed reaction times will put both the driver and other motorists on the road at risk. The consequences when driving under such dangerous conditions far outweigh the high that a person may feel when under the influence. Severe injuries such as broken bones, brain damage, and spinal injuries are very real outcomes of a car accident and severe fines and penalties also apply under most circumstances. Road traffic accidents also cause victim-related costs such as medical or funeral costs, lost labor and pain suffering, and grief.