Several factors are considered in car accident analysis. Human factors research has shown that different perceptual and cognitive factors influence driving performance, leading to improvements in vehicle and road design. This case study provides a deeper understanding of the potential influence of major perceptual and cognitive variables on driving performance in general, including (a) driver e...

We report an ethnographic fieldwork on the highly valued mobile phone use in conjunction with car driving. The study is motivated by recent discussions on possible regulations in this area. Our fieldwork reveals different ways, e.g. adaptation of button pressing on mobile devices to traffic situations and provision of remote awareness through conversational cues, in which drivers combine drivin...

A Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) plays a central role in maritime traffic safety. Regulations are given by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Guidelines Association of Marine Aids to Navigation Lighthouse Authorities (IALA). Accordingly, VTS facilities utilize communication sensor technologies such as an Automatic Identification System (AIS), radar, radio others. Furthermore, opera...

Preliminary communication For mobile internet network (Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks, VANET), resources allocation, transportation industry regulations and service business requirements, this paper builds a stable and efficient mobile internet topology and designs multi-radio nodes in vehicle, and then raises the virtual-force oriented ant colony optimization algorithm through primal approach topol...

This study investigates the impact of beer taxes and a variety of alcohol-control policies on motor vehicle fatality rates. Special attention is paid to omitted variables biases resulting from failing to adequately control for grassroots efforts to reduce drunk driving, the enactment of other laws which simultaneously operate to reduce highway fatalities, and the economic conditions existing at...

1 The term stakeholders refers to all of the different groups who are affected by an accident in that domain and by changes to operations, regulations, equipment, policies, etc. as a result of reactions to that accident. For example, an accident in aviation affects the public as consumers of the service, the FAA as regulators of the industry, pilots as practitioners, air traffic controllers as ...

Additionally, there is an increasing need to maintain easy access to historical information for business or regulatory requirements. For example, a company may need to protect its interests by retrieving historical financial transactions to satisfy customer inquiries and resolve claims. In other cases, corporate policy or government regulations dictate that data must remain accessible for years...

1 Monsanto Company (Monsanto) has petitioned APHIS for a determination that MON 87705 soybean is unlikely to pose a plant pest risk (Rogan, 2009) and, therefore, should no longer be a regulated article under APHIS’ 7 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 340. APHIS administers 7 CFR part 340 under the authority of the plant pest provisions of the Plant Protection Act of 2000 . This plant pest ...

This Comment illustrates how government regulation, criminal justice, private legal actions, and market forces contribute to the security of online transactions. Further, it argues that government regulation aimed at the prevention of cybercrime should be the primary focus of the efforts to improve online security. Ultimately, the Comment argues that as more businesses more online, securing onl...

The savings and loan debacle of the 1980s was a costly but important learning event for depository regulation in the United States. The origins of the debacle lay in restrictive government regulation that eventually led to financial difficulties for savings and loan institutions in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Congress and at least three presidential administrations delayed for far too l...