Motor vehicle ownership has become easier to attain. In our modern world, car travel has become the primary mode of transportation.
With the increased numbers of vehicles on the roadways, along with the increased travel mileage, risks of motor vehicle crashes increase.
Injury remained to be the leading causes of death and disability across different age groups, with motor vehicle crashes as the leading cause of injury and or death.
Motor vehicle crash causes
There are a number of factors that contribute to motor vehicle crashes. It may be categorized under three headings, that is, behavioral circumstance of the driver, infrastructural defects and vehicular defects.
Under the behavioral circumstance of the driver, inclusive from the list are driving in excessive speed, substance use, aggressive behavior, driver’s distraction or inattention, non-compliance of the safety standards such as use of seatbelts and helmets.
In the manner of infrastructural defects, among the list are dangerous and defective highways, road or weather conditions, poor road maintenance, repair or modifications and roadway deficiency. Usually, responsibility for this concern is with state of federal agencies tasked for their control.
In vehicular defects, within it are the failing to meet the federal quality standards or specification of safety levels in the car manufacture, unsafe airbags and poor vehicle restraint system. Also, poor vehicular structural design, such that the crash zone component of the vehicle cannot absorb much crash force falls under this heading.
Singly or a combination of the aforementioned causes lead to motor vehicle crashes.
It can be said that the public highways are not a safe haven for the traveling folks. Nobody is safe on the streets.
No amount of solution or prevention can bar the inevitable risk of motor vehicle crash on public roads and highways. Motor vehicle crashes are unavoidable eventualities that motorists and pedestrians faced in their daily lives.
No matter how well you drive or how well the road signs or infrastructures are built or how sophisticated the safety features of your car was you cannot escape the danger that vehicle crashes brings.
In fact, when you are traveling on the road, you are taking the crash course.
