In some countries, such as Colombia, Guatemala, and Peru, more than 70% of fatalities on the roads are in this group, while in …doi:10.1136/BMJ.B2464J. ZarocostasBMJ : British Medical JournalZarocostas, J. (2009). Deaths from road traffic injuries will nearly double to 2.4 million a...
In recent years about 7,500 persons have been killed annually in road accidents in Britain. This 'slaughter on the roads' represents a mortality rate of around 150 per million persons living per annum (henceforth, pMa).1 A[nnual] A[bstract of] S[tatistics], Central Statistical Office, ...
but once again we see that all previous safegusrds have been thrown out of the window with COVID. Until the SARS-COV2 virus which causes COVID appeared on the radar it had always been the case that any new medication, either
British Medical AssociationBmjPilkington Paul. Increasing visibility of speed cameras might increase deaths and injuries on roads. BMJ. 2002 May 11; 324 (7346):1153–1153. [ PMC free article ] [ PubMed ]Pilkington P (2002). Increasing visibility of speed cameras might increase deaths and ...
hybrid" and electric cars have increased nine times since 2006, but account for just 0.5% of the entire fleet. Second-hand cars are particularly poisonous, but even newer ones have not been as clean as hoped. Many cars that let out few pollutants in tests produced more...
While pictures of cars being swept away have been spread widely on social media, town infrastructure has also been torn apart by the flooding. Pictures taken by the Associated Press show roads broken in two and entire walls pulled from the side of homes. ...
Accidents were most often on 2 lane roads and one half were near a road junction. Law violations were recorded in half the accidents; alcohol intoxication contributed only rarely. While injuries to the head were the commonest reported direct cause of death, Inner London deaths were frequently ...
According to CityLab, the device featured a “grooved roller” attached to an extension beam on the car. Inactivated, it acted akin to a bumper. But when a pedestrian was in danger of getting hit, the driver needed only to pull a lever, and the grooved roller deployed to the ground. ...
"I haven't yet done everything, but by the time I'm finished, I won't have missed much. … If I [crash] tomorrow, it won't be with a frown on my face. I've had a ball."David Prowse Lucasfilm He was the man, and dominating presence, behind the mask. British actor and ...
The bricks on the Great Wall are carried off by countryside people to build their houses,sheep corral(畜栏) and pigsties(猪圈).Some were taken away to build roads.Bricks carved with people’s names are put away as remembrance.Rubbish is spread over the battlements(城垛).The bricks can be...