How to avoid car accidents and the ways to minimize of harmful effects of accidents?
Car safety is the avoidance of car accidents or the minimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as pertaining to human life and health. Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the safety of car's occupants only, some for the safety of others.
Distance crossed by vehicles in a city (here, Paris) during 1 second (typical time to react to an emergency)
Road traffic injuries represent about 25% of worldwide injury-related deaths (the leading cause) with an estimated 1.26 million deaths in 2000 (Peden 2002).
Major factors in accidents include driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs; inattentive driving; driving while fatigued or unconscious; encounters with road hazards such as snow, potholes, and crossing animals; or reckless driving
Garage Safety by Intercom and safety devices for the garage
Intercoms are safety devices that let you know who's at the front or back door and if you should open it, as well as energy savers, eliminating the need to walk up and down stairs, to and from the garage, or from room to room when you need to talk to someone.
Use an intercom system in baby's or younger children's rooms, so you know when they are waking up, coughing too much, or, in the case of older children, playing instead of going to sleep. Simple two-speaker setups that are relatively inexpensive can be used to listen in on baby when you don't want the expense of installing a full house system.This system is also great fort he garages.Hooops…is there someone in the garage?
Leaving the Home Behind and take safety measures for the garage
Make arrangements for someone to keep your house looking "lived in."
Rather than canceling newspaper subscriptions and having your mail held for
you (which alerts a lot of people whom you don't know and tells them exactly
how long you'll be gone), ask a reliable friend or relative, or pay someone to
house-sit.
Most major cities have house-sitting services in which bonded people check
your house daily; pick up newspapers, flyers, and mail; water your house plants;
feed your fish; and take care of your cat and/or dog. The fee you pay is worth
it if you get peace of mind. Always ask for references and check them out when
you hire a sitter service for anything.
Set lights on timers so that lights go on and off instead of staying on 24 hours
a day (which advertises that somebody is gone and is trying to make the house
look occupied)
If you are going on an extended trip of several months, and you want to rent
out your house or condominium apartment, check with your insurance agent
about your policy's coverage.
If you have an automatic garage door, unplug it to avoid having the door
opened by someone with an opener on your frequency. Most people who have
automatic garage doors report occasional mysterious openings due to others
having the same-frequency openers
If you think that someone can enter your house through your attached garage, a C clamp can provide extra security. If your garage door lifts on a track, the door cannot be opened if you tighten the C clamp on the track next to the roller.
Installing best smoke detectors to garages and homes
In fact, install smoke detectors on each floor of your home, usually in the hallway near each separate sleeping area.
In fact, install smoke detectors on each floor of your home, usually in the hallway near each separate sleeping area.
When you buy your smoke detectors, you will get instructions for proper placement and for checking the batteries to make sure they are still working. CAUTION: If the batteries are dead, you are not protected.
More people are overcome by smoke and inhalation of chemicals produced by burning textiles and other parts of the building than are burned by fire. If you have to go down a smoke-filled hall, crawl on the floor and put a wet cloth over your nose and mouth to serve as a filter.
If you are in a room and suspect there is fire outside it because of smoke or an actual alarm, touch the door before opening it. If it is hot, DON'T open it. The fire is likely to rush—more likely, explode—into the room before you can get the door closed again.
Heat rises, so the top of the door will warm up first. If the door feels cool but you see smoke curling in at the bottom, the area on the other side is filled to the floor with smoke, and you must find another way out. Smoke rises and fills a room or a hallway from the top down. If you are on the first floor, get out through the window and don't worry about breaking it or pushing out the screen. If you have to break a window, put a blanket over yourself or find a way to protect yourself from cuts.
The universal signal to fire fighters when you are in a multi-story build¬ing is to hang a sheet out of a window to say, "Somebody's in here; come get me."
CAUTION: Before you open any windows, if you are in a hotel or apart¬ment, take wet sheets, blankets, towels, and stuff them around the door. Opening the windows can cause the heat and smoke from the hall to explode into the room.
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