Numbers reveal driving, parking realities

Nicole Miguez and Haley MedeirosAugust 21, 20181 Comment

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Nicole Miguez

These graphs, created by Nicole Miguez, with research assistance from Haley Medeiros, offer facts dealing with teen driving and parking lot incidents. On Friday, Aug.17, a minor accident occurred between two student vehicles at the edge of Parking Lot B on the gymnasium side of the school.

According to the National Safety Council one in every five vehicle accidents occur in parking lots, and one of those occurred in the school’s Parking Lot B last Friday.

Yet, also according to the NSC, students – and adults – can take these six specific actions to avoid future parking lot incidents:

Stay in lanes and avoid cutting across lots.
Drive slowly and use directional signals.
Anticipate the actions of other drivers.
Obey stop signs and no-parking signs.
When backing out, be mindful of vehicles and pedestrians.
Watch for small children and parents with baby strollers.

Other statistics gathered include these facts:

More than 50,000 crashes occur in parking lots each year. Those incidents combined yielded these results:
- 60,000 injuries and …
- 500-plus deaths.

Here are a few more of the NSC’s parking stats:

Records show 66 percent of drivers nationwide said they would make phone calls while driving through parking lots. Respondents also said they would take the following actions:
- Program GPS systems (63 percent)
- Text (56 percent)
- Use social media (52 percent)
- Send or receive emails (50 percent)
- Take photos or watch videos (49 percent)

Pedestrians also should be cautious in parking lots as 20 percent of all pedestrian-vehicle accidents happen there.

Sources used in gathering this information includes these sites:

https://www.nsc.org/road-safety/safety-topics/distracted-driving/parking-lot-safety

http://blog.driversed.com/parking-lot-safety-for-new-drivers/

https://newsroom.aaa.com/tag/teen-driver/

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About the Contributors

Nicole Miguez, Graphic Designer

Nicole Miguez is a 17-year-old student, writer and artist. She grew up homeschooled in Addison, Texas, until August of 2017 when she moved to Prosper. Nicole has always been an animal enthusiast. She currently owns multiple exotic pets, specifically two different types of geckos and an axolotl. When she isn't caring for her animals, she enjoys spending her time writing books or crying over the latest episode of whatever TV show she's fixated on for the week. She is dedicating her life to becoming an animator for Disney Animation Studios.

Haley Medeiros, Social Media Director, Reporter

Haley Medeiros was born in New Jersey, calls Massachusetts home, but has also lived in California and Texas. She moved to Prosper the summer of 2017 and is currently a junior. Haley is the Social Media Director for ENO this year and is so excited for the challenge. She loves to write, play with her German Shepherd and Golden Retriever, and sleep. She is excited for her second year on staff, and can't wait to cover more stories.

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Capo • Aug 24, 2018 at 6:02 am

I love this idea! That said, I hope that there will be adequate parking available on the perimeter of the pedestrian zone. We were there a few weeks ago and it seems that parking is even more limited with the recent over-haul of one of the parking lots and some construction blocking another parking lot. We locals like to enjoy Dockyard too!


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