Keep Kids Alive Drive 25
Sunday, 30 October 2005 04:48
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| Young Children: Priority One Keep Kids Alive Drive 25™ | |
| Fast Facts from the Omaha Police Department (Check these out in your neighborhood): |
| Speeding in residential neighborhoods represents the single greatest complaint issue to police departments and city council representatives throughout the U.S. (KKAD25) | | Most speeders in your neighborhood live in your neighborhood. (KKAD25) | | It is not unusual for speeders to be clocked in excess of 40 mph (and even 50 mph on occasion) in 25-mph zones. (KKAD25) | | Speeding extends the distance necessary to stop a vehicle. | *At 20 mph the total stopping distance needed is 69 feet. | | *At 30 mph, the distance needed is 123 feet. | | *At 40 mph, the distance needed is 189 feet which may not be enough distance and time for you to avoid hitting an object or person on the road (USDOT, NHSTA) |
| | At night, when you can see only as far as your headlight (160 feet in front of your vehicle), the situation worsens. | | The effectiveness of restraint devices like air bags and safety belts, and vehicular construction features such as crumple zones and side member beams decline as impact speed increases. (USDOT, NHSTA) | | Speed, defined as exceeding the posted speed limit or traveling too fast for the conditions, is cited as a contributing factor in approximately 30% of fatal crashes. (NHSTA) |
Based on the “General Estimates System” database of police-reported accidents, incapacitating pedestrian injuries rose from 18.2 percent in 25 mile-per-hour zones to 23.4 percent in 30 mile-per-hour zones. Pedestrian fatalities spiked respectively from 1.8 percent to 5.4 percent. This fatality rate represents a 3-fold increase just for that 5-mph increase. This is significant, especially if your family member or neighbor is injured or killed. |
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