Car Accidents
You would not believe how many accidents occur in one day. I remember I saw this accident on the side of the freeway where there were at least 3 cars involved, each of which were completely flipped over. Luckily there were only a few injuries. I think the cause for most Utah accidents is that a lot of people aren't aware of their surroundings. If someone is going extremely fast and coming up on your tail, get out of the way and let them pass. If you make the speeder slam on their brakes because you're driving "cautiously" going 55mph in the carpool lane, I wouldn't be surprised if the speeder were to rearend you. Also, If you're talking on your phone and aren't paying attention to the road, pull over and talk. Don't risk the lives of others because you're looking down at your phone every 2 seconds to text to your friends "hey, see you in 2 minutes." I have to admit, I do talk on the phone when I'm driving but I pay more attention to the road than to who I'm talking to. That seems like a better way of doing things (If you're going to talk/text and drive at the same time).
The cities of Provo and Orem are pretty small. On a side note, Utah had the lowest rate of alcohol-related car fatalities in 2005, according to a new study from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. This statistic stands on its own, except that it's dramatically lower in Utah (24 percent). By comparison, Alaska (31percent) and Vermont (33 percent) were its closest competitors. Nearly half of all highway fatalities in Montana, Texas, Louisiana, Wisconsin and South Carolina were related to drunken driving. Everyone knows that Utah has a large population of nondrinking Mormons. Yet you can get a drink in any medium or large city in the state. Texas, Louisiana and South Carolina, on the other hand, have relatively strict liquor laws. And yet this hasn't reduced their alcohol-related fatalities. Obviously, cultural imperatives--including the don't-drink-and-drive campaigns in America's low-fatality Blue States--have a greater effect on drunken driving than do plain-Jane liquor laws. What Utah begs the rest of the country to consider is whether stricter enforcement and punishment will make a difference where cultural influences fail.
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