Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography

Ichikawa M, Nakahara S, Wakai S (January 2002). "Mortality of front-seat occupants attributable to unbelted rear-seat passengers in car crashes". Lancet 359 (9300): 43-4. This article describes a common cause of death or injuries of children is from being crushed by adults who are not wearing seatbelts. Seatbelts keep the occupants from being thrown around inside the vehicle. Seat belts are designed to spread the force of impact over the strong parts of your body. Seat belts prevent occupants from hitting each other during a collision. They also helt the driver to maintain control in a collsion.

"Kids at Risk: When Seatbelts are NOT Enough", by Karp H, Reader's Digest (US Edition), November 1999. This book discusses Another cause of accidents are drinking and driving. When highway Patrol officers spot certain out-of-the ordinary driving behaviors, they immediately become suspicious it may be an alcohol impaired driver. For example, if it's very cold outside, or it's raining heavily, and a driver has the windows wide open, officers assume the driver may be attempting to sober up quickly.

Winston FK, Durbin DR, Kallan MJ, Moll EK (June 2000). "The danger of premature graduation to seat belts for young children". Pediatrics 105 (6): 1179-83. This Journal article describes the amount of sleep you need varies from person to person. If you get enough sleep, you should not fall asleep in passive situations (reading). The lack of sleep can impair your attention span and reaction time while driving. We build up a "sleep debt" for every hour of sleep that we need, but don't get. Caffeine and other stimulants unmask the problem, but don't solve the problem. Researchers have also found that sleep deprivation can compound the affects of alcohol consumption.

Adams, John (1995). Risk. London: UCL Press Ltd. University College. ISBN 1857280687. This book discusses ...