Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to never leave a child alone in a vehicle. ... You may not know it, but vehicles can be very deadly to a child. ... Even 5 minutes in an overheated car is too much for a small child. ... Usually the person who backs over the child has no awareness that the child has left the vehicle. ... When she got back in her SUV, she looked through both rear-view mirrors, and then backed. ...

• Word Count: 1363
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A driver talking on his cell phone ran a stop sign and murdered this helpless child (Partnership for Safe Driving 2002). ... They got into more rear-end collisions and were unresponsive to unpredictable things like a car breaking down in front of them or a light changing ("Cell Phone Related Accidents." 2003). ... Pena, the mother of a child who sadly was killed by a motorist preoccupied by his cell phone said "While many other forms of distraction affect driving ability, cell phones so far have been unparalleled in the degree of distraction they create and their widespread use by motorist...

• Word Count: 951
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Ford is a multi-million dollar and multi-national company, but what actually makes it tick? What are some of the specifics of the company? Not what types of cars it makes or how many factories it has, but more like the financial history and the actual company structure? How does Ford keep its cus...

• Word Count: 2682
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Headrests were made to provide protection against whiplash in rear-end collisions. ... Examples include: steering components that may break suddenly causing partial or complete loss of vehicle control; complete or partial loss of brakes; problems with fuel systems that results in a fuel leak that could cause a fire; buckles on child safety seats that release in a crash; car ramps or jacks that collapse causing injury to someone working on a vehicle; wiring problems that result in a fire or loss of lighting; accelerator controls that may break or stick; and improperly designed/constructe...

• Word Count: 1408
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Well, according to the Bicycle Helmet and Safety Institute, child helmet ownership and use increases with family income and educational level, yet decrease with age. ... If you are going to be out riding at dusk or during the night you cannot operate unless you are equipped with an emitting white light visible for at least 500 ft. and also have a red reflector with a diameter of at least two inches visible from the rear for at least 50ft. ...

• Word Count: 1741
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School