Red Means Stop

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Red Means Stop

• By Corey DeFamio

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2004 Arizona Red Light Crash Statistics Total
Crashes 8121 Total Killed 83 Total Injured 7550
YOU ARE ALL PASSENGERS IN THE CARS AND CAN BE
EDUCATED TO HELP THE DRIVERS TO OBEY THE LAWS. I
ALWAYS SAY EVEN A 4 YEAR OLD KNOWS RED MEANS STOP
SO WHY ARE THERE SO MANY ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY RED
LIGHT RUNNERS WHEN THEY ABSOLUTELY KNOW IT IS
WRONG AND DANGEROUS. The words of Mary Ann
DeFamio of Phoenix, Arizona
A four year old knows to stop on red
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Major Arizona Cities - 2004 City
Crashes Fatalities Injuries Phoenix 2886
24 3095 Scottsdale 359
7 347 Glendale 339 5
285 Mesa 676 9
562 Tempe 507 3 419 Chandler 281
1 266 Peoria 101 1
84 Gilbert 126 0 82 Tucson 1026 7
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SOMEONE RUNS A RED LIGHT EVERY 5 MINUTES IN RUSH
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States With Highest death rates in red light
running Crashes per 100,000 people, 1992-98
Population Deaths
Rateper100,000 Arizona 4,280,998 305
7.1 Nevada 1,529,841 59
3.9 Michigan 9,665,540 355
3.7 Texas 15,557,046 663 3.5 Alabama
4,225,686 143 3.4 New Mexico 1,670,580 56
3.4 Florida 14,197,723 434
3.1 California 31,645,023 956 3 Delaware
717,459 21 2.9
STOP ON RED
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Cities With Highest death rates in red light
running Crashes per 100,000 people, 1992-98
Population Deaths Rate per
100,000 Phoenix, AZ 1,125,599 122
10.8 Memphis, TN 614,087 49 8 Mesa, AZ
333,756 26 7.8 Tucson, AZ 445,840
34 7.6 St. Petersburg, FL 237,480 18
7.6 Birmingham, AL 256,986 18 7 Dallas,
TX 1,047,815 73 7 Albuquerque, NM 412,825
28 6.8 Louisville, KY 250,572 17
6.5 Detroit, MI 998,523 65 6.5
1998 National Statistics 1,800,000
intersection crashes nationwide 1,000,000
Injuries Traumatic brain injuries occur in
45 of intersection injuries 7,000 killed
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Red Light Runners
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Even the passenger of a car can help the driver.
All you have to do is remind the driver just tell
the driver to look left then right then left
again before crossing an intersection. In
Arizona, this program has helped save lives. It
will do the same here if everyone follows this.
The worst feeling is in when you have to bury
one of your students. I cant imagine how the
parents of the student must feel. I have had to
bury four of my students in the fourteen years
Ive worked at Ironwood High School in Glendale,
Arizona. (quote from Mary Ann DeFamio)
Look left, right then left again
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Thanks
I would like to thank the Department of
Transportation nationally and for Washington
State. Also, I would like to thank my grandmother
for getting me info and helping me with my
project. Last, but not least, I would like to
thank Mrs. Edwards for showing me what to do and
helping me with my project. Thank you.
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My Grandmothers Project from Arizona

• Corey and his grandmother present program to Mrs.
  Olsons health class. Students were given tokens
  to remind them to stop at red lights.

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