Research

In this task each person in the class was assigned to research two topics about young people being irresponsible in cars. My tasks was "games/films are a bad influence to young drivers" and "driving unsafe cars"


Games/Films influence:

It has been proven by researchers that games have a bad influence on young drivers. "Video games can have a negative impact on young drivers because it increases their complacency and their indulgence in risk-taking behavior”, "In games you race, you crash and it is a matter of pressing the buttons and off you go again. In real life it doesn't work that way, you can be killed."

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/43044/Driving-Games-are-Bad-For-Drivers

Studies also show that people that play video games may be more likely to engage in risky driving practices and get into more car accidents than non-gamers.
Researchers questioned over 198 males and females and those who reported playing video games reported more acts of reckless driving and more car accidents. The males especially reported more reckless driving if they were specifically playing driving simulators on their consoles.

"Driving actions in these games often include competitive and reckless driving, speeding and crashing into other cars or pedestrians, or performing risky stunts with the vehicle. In short, most actions in racing games imply a very high risk of having an accident or severe crash in a highly realistic virtual road traffic environment," the researchers wrote.

http://www.destructoid.com/video-games-blamed-for-car-accidents-30468.phtml

Such videogames make adolescents think of themselves as invincible and many times the police are left with the responsibility to save P-platers from themselves.

Over 2000 P-platers lost their licences for drink driving, speeding over 45km/h over the limit and other serious offences, while 1674 were caught breaking the speed limit by more than 30km/h due to the bad influence of driving games.
German researchers also said that it is the men who tend to take more risks on the road after racing in video games unlike women.

Many teens claimed that they understood the difference between video and real-life driving. However they admitted it could badly influence other drivers.

http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/india-news/video-games-worsen-driving-skills-in-teens_100120563.html

The movie The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift is a bad influence for young drivers doing illegal, uncontrolled style of drifting and street racing.

http://www.tvbsquare.com/blog/2006/06/fast-and-furious-tokyo-drift.html

The film Grand Theft Auto is another movie which is a bad influence for young drivers. Two boys copied a scene from the film and then started to fire a assault rifle from a moving car on a motorway, killing Aaron Hamel, 45, and wounding a woman motorist. A passenger riding with Hamel was also injured when his car was forced off the road.

http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/grand-theft-auto-a-bad-influence/

And this could be the result if someone was to drive under the influence of games or films





Unsafe car:

Putting your music too loud will make your car unsafe because how are you suppose to hear something like a car honking at you or an emergency vehicle if you're blasting your music so loud.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090226122138AAIkgNZ

Proper tinting can help improve daytime driving visibility by dramatically reducing glare and brightness. Excessive tinting, however, can reduce the visibility of night-time driving to a dangerous level. State laws prohibit tinting on a level that might be considered unsafe

http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4794477_window-tinting-work.html

Functional lights:

These lights not only make you to see clearly the road but allow others to see you as well so don’t take risks and make sure your vehicle has fully functional rear lights and headlights.

Worn out tyres:

They give the drive an experience of blow out on the road which is quite dangerous especially if the vehicle is on a fast-moving motorway

Tracking problems:

Lack of tracking makes the tires lose their co-ordination with the steering wheel. It is not good to see your car moving in a direction opposite to your aim.

Obstructed windows:

Several people have so much stuff in their car that they can’t see outside their windows properly which is quite dangerous; you surely would like to see what is heading toward you and the traffic behind you.

Used wipers:

These make life difficult for driver in case of rainstorm, so get new ones as you won’t like to stop your journey and wait for the rain to stop.

Broken windscreen:

A broken windscreen having either cracks or small holes is quite dangerous as it gives an ambiguous and quite distorted picture of the road moreover if you have a speed of 60+ on the motorway, the chances of it shattering. If your windscreen shatters it will fall inwards and would harm you severely.

Broken mirrors:

if you are driving you surely would like to see cars either behind you or beside you but broken mirrors would not let you do so. Install new mirrors to get a clear picture of where exactly you are in the middle of traffic.

Leaky exhaust:

These emit carbon monoxide so are very dangerous for drivers in garages on the road. If it does not get fixed it can kill somebody so be cautious and check the exhaust every now and then to avoid such mishaps.

Drivers:

The last problem is drivers who are so careless that they find it not difficult to start driving when they are drunk, sleep deprived, distracted and irritated. In that way they can’t focus on their driving and thus causes accidents.

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/128158_top-10-common-problems-in-unsafe-autos

Neon lights under your car are very dangerous. Because there are classified as a distraction to other drivers'' and, therefore, deemed unsafe for the road. But the only time you can have them turned on is when the car is parked and not on the road.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap7Inw2I0uvcZRzogGXHni1JBgx.;_ylv=3?qid=20090730100304AA3zQBo

Here is some statistics of failed car parts: