Driving Challenge
Driving Challenge

Author: Phil Berardelli

Publisher: Mountain Lake Press

Published: 2011-09-10

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0984651233

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20,000 Collisions Waiting to Happen.That's what faces America's driving population each and every day. No wonder. An exploding population of poorly-trained, overconfident, aggressive drivers cram themselves into a barely-growing network of pavement. That's why crashes shut down parts of our metropolitan arteries almost daily. It's why bad weather always brings a spike in the number of incidents. And it's why driving remains the most dangerous thing most of us do in our lives. The Driving Challenge was written to help reduce the odds that you'll be involved in one of those 20,000 daily collisions. It is drawn from Phil Berardelli's years of painstaking observations and research, and from his own experiences as a reformed aggressive driver. Just as in Safe Young Drivers, his acclaimed book for parents and teens, Phil provides sound advice and simple rules that can make a big difference in your safety - starting with the next time you slip behind the wheel. You can be safer and happier on the road. All it requires is a willingness to change - to refuse to accept the status quo on the roads any longer.

The Driving Challenge
The Driving Challenge

Author: Phil Berardelli

Publisher:

Published: 2021-03-30

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13:

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During 2020, when millions and millions of people obsessed - sometimes to the point of outright panic - over a contageous virus called COVID, a different plague, which had been gradually receding, began re-emerging with a vengeance. It turned out that 2020 was also a landmark year for deaths and injuries from highway collisions. Both rose by stunning amounts over the previous year. Overall, the jump in highway deaths per miles traveled spiked by 24 percent, the worst such figure in the entire century-long history of such statistics. Why did this happen? It seems that as traffic diminished because of the country's limits on travel and business and social gatherings, those who remained on the roads exhibited unrestrained boldness, with tragic but predictable results. In the 20 years since Phil Berardelli first published The Driving Challenge, experience has shown his safe-driving techniques to be reliable and easy to follow. Now, with the carnage on our highways again spiraling upward, drivers need Phil's advice perhaps more than ever. So, make a small investment in your safety -- take The Driving Challenge!

Is it You, Me, Or Adult A.D.D.?
Is it You, Me, Or Adult A.D.D.?

Author: Gina Pera

Publisher: 1201 Alarm Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 0981548709

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Everyone involved with AD/HD will find the information in this book invaluable, especially people with AD/HD and couples therapists, who often mistake AD/HD for communication problems or personality differences. Meticulously researched and presented with empathy and humor, _Is It You, Me, or Adult A.D.D.?_ offers the latest information from top experts, who explain the science and proven protocols for reducing AD/HD's most challenging symptoms. Real-life details come from the partners themselves, who share their stories with touching candor yet plenty of humor.

Autonomous Vehicles Plus
Autonomous Vehicles Plus

Author: Chander Dhawan

Publisher: FriesenPress

Published: 2019-02-19

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1525539825

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Autonomous Vehicles Plus: A Critical Analysis of Challenges Delaying AV Nirvana is a valuable compendium of information for autonomous vehicle (AV) industry professionals. The book offers a critical analysis of this emerging technology and business models through a holistic and multi-faceted discussion by a consultant who has done extensive research of underlying technologies. Among other things, Autonomous Vehicles Plus provides an independent and comprehensive viewpoint of the history and basic technology concepts of AVs, along with an explanation of their artificial intelligence underpinning, architectural framework, and key components. Here is all the minutiae on driverless cars, including the challenges facing the industry, predictions for their future, advice for entrepreneurs looking to capitalize on their emerging importance, and the roiling confusion that attends it all. Autonomous vehicle industry professionals and those seeking a broad understanding of the emerging technology will find much to distract and delight them in this serious book. Autonomous Vehicles Plus will be of special interest to technology and business development professionals who want to understand the fundamentals that determine technology adoption.

Psychoactive Pharmacology
Psychoactive Pharmacology

Author: Edeaghe Ehikhamenor

Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

Published: 2014-08-28

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1631354272

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This incisive book offers an epidemiological study of road users’ consumption of psychoactive substances in Nigeria. It examines psychoactive drug screening and the use of driving simulators to evaluate skills impairment after drinking alcoholic beverages. Portable electronic digital screening devices such as “Oral Screen,” along with other screening devices were used to establish the prevalence of substances of abuse among road users in some selected cities in Nigeria. Blood, saliva, urine, and other biological fluids were screened. Skills impairment, characterized by unsafe driving actions based on the level of blood alcohol concentration (BAC), was evaluated using a driving simulator. The findings were validated by application of a Field Impairment Test (FIT) or modified clinical test of impairment. The implication of the results on everyday highway utilization and the best approach for research into screening for psychoactive drugs are highlighted, along with several recommendations to enhance highway safety.

Driving Scientific and Engineering Discoveries Through the Integration of Experiment, Big Data, and Modeling and Simulation
Driving Scientific and Engineering Discoveries Through the Integration of Experiment, Big Data, and Modeling and Simulation

Author: Jeffrey Nichols

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-03-09

Total Pages: 474

ISBN-13: 3030964981

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This book constitutes the revised selected papers of the 21st Smoky Mountains Computational Sciences and Engineering Conference, SMC 2021, held in Oak Ridge, TN, USA*, in October 2021. The 33 full papers and 3 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 88 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections of computational applications: converged HPC and artificial intelligence; advanced computing applications: use cases that combine multiple aspects of data and modeling; advanced computing systems and software: connecting instruments from edge to supercomputers; deploying advanced computing platforms: on the road to a converged ecosystem; scientific data challenges. *The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.