Vehicle backover injuries and deaths occur when someone, without a driver’s knowledge or awareness, is positioned behind a vehicle as the driver is backing out of a driveway or other parking spot. Most victims of backovers are the elderly and children.
2 To add to the tragedy of backover injuries and deaths, the driver is often a neighbor or relative. When a child is the victim, the driver may even be the child’s mother or father.
3 Since most of these heartbreaking incidents occur in private driveways rather than on the road, they are not typically included in traffic-crash fatality data. Therefore, experts often don’t agree on the exact number of children injured or killed in backover incidents each year.
4 But even one child who dies from a backover incident is one too many. Awareness and understanding of the problem are the first steps toward reducing the risk of backover deaths.
All Vehicles Have Blind Spots
5 In the case of a backover incident, the blind spot is the place behind your vehicle that you cannot see in the rear or side view mirrors — or even by craning your neck out the driver’s side window. Generally speaking, the larger the vehicle, the larger the blind spot.
6 Blind spots for shorter drivers tend to be significantly larger as well. In addition, the elevation of the driver’s seat, the shape of a vehicle’s windows and mirrors, and the slope of a driveway can affect the size of the blind spot behind a vehicle. In addition, the smaller stature of children can make them particularly difficult for a driver to see when backing up.
Based on the passage, you can infer that these accidents are particularly devastating because
victims are often adults.
the driver is often a relative.
there are usually no witnesses.
they happen on private property.
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Which statement is the BEST main idea?
Most victims of backovers are the elderly and children.
Backover accidents are a tragedy and can be prevented by precautions.
Generally speaking, the larger the vehicle, the larger the blind spot.
Blind spots for shorter drivers tend to be significantly larger as well.
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the driver is a relative.
backover accidents are a tragedy and ...
Based on the passage, you can infer that these accidents are particularly devastating because the driver is often a relative.
The BEST main idea of the passage is: Backover accidents are a tragedy and can be prevented by precautions.
Based on the passage, you can infer that these accidents are particularly devastating because the driver is often a relative. This is mentioned in paragraph 2 where it states that "the driver is often a neighbor or relative" and "the driver may even be the child’s mother or father."
The BEST main idea from the given options is "Backover accidents are a tragedy and can be prevented by precautions." This main idea encompasses the overall message of the passage, emphasizing the importance of awareness, understanding, and taking precautions to reduce the risk of backover deaths.