Road Safety

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Road Safety
Lesson 17
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In this lesson you will
read a story about a car accident discuss the
issue of car accidents among teenagers learn
about ways to avoid car accidents fill in a
chart, answer questions, learn new words
connected with driving and road safety.
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Josey from Minnesota tells her story
Part One In the spring of 1998, I was in a car
accident where I was going too fast on a gravel
road and ended up wrapping my car around a
telephone pole. I was told that I slid sideways
down the road for a bit before hitting the
telephone pole. gravel road - ??? ??????
(??????), slid ?????, sideway ??? ????,
hitting ?????, pole ????
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In the sentence below, Josey described the way
that the accident happened. I slid sideways down
the road for a bit before hitting
the telephone pole. Question no.1 Josey first
__________ and then she ______ the telephone
pole. hit / for a bit / slid sideways / down
the road
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Part Two The pole was right underneath my back
when the car finally stopped and the cars
steering wheel was jammed up against my stomach.
I don't remember any of it, but I was lucky that
I was driving with my seat reclined a
little. steering wheel ??? stomach
???? reclined ???? ?????
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Question No.2 Why did Josey write, but I was
lucky that I was driving with my seat reclined a
little.
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Question No.2 Why did Josey write, but I was
lucky that I was driving with my seat reclined a
little.
1) The car stopped moving on the pole 2) The
cars steering wheel jammed up against
the seat 3) When she drove her seat was reclined
a little. 4) The pole was right underneath
her back
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Part Three The steering wheel missed both of my
legs. My seat back broke backwards so I avoided
crushing my head on the ceiling which fell down.
The drivers side was facing up towards the sky.
At this point I wriggled out of my seat and
pushed myself off the ceiling. I fell out of the
back passenger window onto the ground.
wriggled - ????, ?????? crushing ???? -
pushed off - ????? ceiling - ???? passenger
????
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Put the sentences which describe the damage to
the car, one after the other, in the order they
happened. First, the steering wheel missed both
of my legs. Next, my seat back broke backwards so
I avoided crushing my head on the ceiling, which
then fell down. Finally, the drivers side fell
so it was facing up towards the sky. 1. The
drivers side was facing up towards the sky. 2.
The ceiling fell down 3. The seat back broke
backwards
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Exercise
Choose the correct words from those in
brackets. Josey (pushed herself off / jammed
herself) the ceiling, ( reclined / wriggled) out
of the (drivers / passengers) window and fell
to the ground. wriggled - ????, ??????
crushing ???? - pushed off - ????? ceiling -
???? passenger ????
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Part Four To make a long story short, people who
passed by and saw my accident called an ambulance
and I was brought to a nearby hospital. The
doctors decided to fly me to the main County
Medical Center. All this happened on a Thursday
night, on my way home from watching the Jr. High
Band concert. ????? ???? nearby , ????? ????
to fly me
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Josey was transferred from the nearby hospital to
a County Medical Center because
she was badly hurt. she was in a life-threatening
situation. it was closer to her home. the doctors
thought that she needed special treatment.
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Part Five In the hospital they found out that I
had six broken ribs, five broken vertebrae, a
badly sprained ankle, a cut up tongue, needed
stitches in my elbow, chest tubes in each lung,
and various other things ribs ????? cut up
tongue ???? ????? vertebrae ??????
stitches - ????? sprained ankle ????? ????
elbow ???? chest tubes ??????? ???? ????
each lung ??? ????
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Exercise
Make a list of Joseys body parts that were
injured in the accident. 1_______________________
________ 2 _______________________________ 3
_______________________________ 4
_______________________________
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Part Six I was lucky! After stabilizing me, I was
not in a life threatening situation. I stayed in
the hospital only (ONLY!) 10 days. stabilizing
- ????? luck - ??? life-threatening ???? ????
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Josey learned a lesson from the
accident Something that I've learned
from this Don't speed,
especially on a gravel road
and always wear your seatbelt !!! IT IS worth
it !!! seatbelt ????? ?????? speed -
?????
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Accidental Statistics Statistics show that young
drivers are involved in more
road traffic accidents than any
other age group. 1999 StatisticsCar Accidents
in the United States There were an estimated
3,200,000 people injured in car accidents in
1999. About 41,345 people lost their lives in
traffic accidents in 1999.
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• Reasons for car accidents by young drivers
• Careless driving
• Not being patient
• Not being prepared for the unexpected
• Politeness
• Obeying traffic rules

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Teenagers involved in car accidentsCar
accidents are the leading cause of
death among teenagers in the United
States, accounting for 36 of all deaths of
persons aged 15 to 19 years. The fatal crash
rate per million miles for 16-year-old drivers
is more than 7 times the rate for drivers aged
30 to 59 years.
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Lets go into a site dealing with teenagers
involved in car accidents and see some pictures
of accidents.
http//www.car-accidents.com/pages/car_accident_pi
ctures_3.html
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• Go to this site and see
• The causes for car accidents
• Questions
• What are the five most important reasons for car
  accidents?
• Alcohol Speed Fatigue
  Inexperience Road Rage

http//hhs.suhsd.k12.ca.us/albennet/Page_2x.html
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Causes for car accidents and their consequences
Speed kills!!! It limits the ability to react
according to the conditions of the road. takes
away the ability to control the
steering wheel and thus to
control the car causes severe injuries and death.
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You need to stay focusedwhen you are behind the
wheel. Do not drive if you are not able to
estimate the condition of the road,
especially when an unexpected situation
occurs. drive according the traffic laws.
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DRINKING KEEPS YOU FROM THINKING! You are not
able to think clearly Your reactions are too
slow. You lose control of the car. Your eye sight
becomes blurred
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Fatigue and driving dont mix Fatigue
causes fatalities Fatigue makes you fall asleep
Fatigue makes you unable to control the
car Fatigue makes you unable to think
clearly
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Road Rage causes violent behavior irrational
behavior the loss of control of the car
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Write the reasons for road rage according to your
order of priorities
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In this lesson we
read a story about a car accident. learned new
words connected with road
accidents. learned about the main reasons
for car accidents. discussed ways to avoid car
accidents. answered questions and quizzes.