Ingles tecnico. Licenciatura en seguridad vial.

Special Assignment.
1) a) Translate these sentences into Spanish. (See Ing ending in the book just for them, page 60)

The government is considering launching a new programme on Safety Road and Transportation. El gobierno esta considerando el lanzamiento de un nuevo programa de Seguridad Vial y Transporte. Police can charge drivers with careless driving if they do not pay full attention to the driving task La polica puede multar a conductores negligentes si ellos no prestan atencin a la tarea de conducir A continuing education programme on Safety Road and Transportation is necessary to reduce road accidents Un continuo programa de educacin en seguridad vial y transporte es necesario para reducir accidentes de trnsito. California has laws prohibiting the use of mobile phones while driving. California tiene leyes prohibiendo el uso de celulares durante la conduccin. Different strategies for preventing road accidents are very useful for drivers. Diferentes estrategias para la prevencin de los accidentes de trnsito son muy tiles para los conductores You can avoid road accidents by stopping at railway crossings where road and rail meet T puedes evitar accidentes de trnsito parando en los cruces del ferrocarril donde est la interseccin de la calle y de las vas frreas.

Driving is a task that requires your full attention every time you get behind the wheel. Conducir es una tarea que requiere toda tu atencin cada vez que tu te pones detrs del volante.

b) Now, go to page 60 of the book just for them and say what the function of the word with ing is on the sentence. Example: Sentence N1: is considering is a progressive tense (present continuous) 2) Find a text about Safety Road and Transportation (One sheet of paper, at least). Then, translate it into Spanish. You can choose the topic you prefer: Drink driving, driver tiredness, driving to work, drug driving, new drivers, rural speed, urban speed, etc.

2) Find a text about Safety Road and Transportation New research shows that driving for only three hours at night has a similar effect to driving under the influence of alcohol, and even two hours can be equivalent to a couple of drinks. Researchers at Utrecht University in the Netherlands decided to find out how being tired affects driving ability. They recruited 14 subjects, all healthy males aged 21 to 25, and asked them to drive at night, under supervision, for two, four and eight hour stretches. The driving periods were 3 am to 5 am, 1 am to 5 am, and 9 pm to 5 am. The volunteers drove along a motorway at a constant speed of 130 km/h (80 mph) and were required to remain in the center of their traffic lane at all

times. Driving safety was monitored using video recordings, and the deviations from the center of the lane was measured. The researchers, led by Dr. Joris C. Verster, compared the results to the known effects of alcohol on driving and found that two hours of driving produced the same errors as 0.05 percent blood alcohol. After three hours driver performance was equivalent to 0.08 percent, and after four and a half hours it matched the performance of a driver with a blood level of 0.10 percent of alcohol. The report, published in the Journal of Sleep Research, concluded that drivers should take tiredness seriously as it is one of the major causes of accidents on motorways. Drivers may be unaware of their own reduced level of alertness and their tiredness. The researchers also said playing loud music or opening windows had little effect. The paper concluded that continuous driving time at night should not exceed two hours, and recommended governments impose a maximum two-hour limit at night to try to reduce the number of accidents and fatalities caused by tiredness while driving. They acknowledge that this may be difficult to police as there is no accurate way of measuring the extent of a drivers tiredness. According to the researchers up to 20 percent of traffic accidents in industrialized countries can be attributed to sleepiness while driving because of long periods behind the wheel, or because of the use of medicinal drugs.

Translate into Spanish Una nueva investigacin muestra que manejar por slo tres horas en la noche tiene un efecto similar a manejar bajo la influencia del alcohol, y hasta dos horas pueden ser equivalentes a un par de copas de bebidas Los investigadores de la Universidad de Utrecht en los Pases Bajos decidi averiguar cmo el cansancio afecta la capacidad para conducir. Ellos reclutaron a 14 sujetos, todos los hombres sanos de entre 21 y 25 aos, y les pidieron que conduzcan por la noche, bajo supervisin, por tramos de

dos, cuatro y ocho horas. Los tiempos de conduccin fueron de 3am.-5am., 1am a 5am, y de 9pm a 5am. Los voluntarios manejaron a lo largo de una autopista a una velocidad constante de 130 km / h (80 mph) y estaban obligados a permanecer en el centro de su carril de circulacin en todo momento. Seguridad en la conduccin fue supervisada usando grabaciones de vdeo, y los desvos del centro de la pista fueron medidos. Los investigadores, dirigidos por el doctor. Joris C. Verster, compararon los resultados con los efectos conocidos de alcohol en la conduccin y encontraron que dos horas de manejo produce los mismos errores de conduccin de 0,05 por ciento de alcohol en sangre. Despus de tres horas el rendimiento del conductor fue equivalente al 0,08 por ciento, y despus de cuatro horas y media este coincida con el desempeo de un conductor con un nivel en sangre de 0,10 por ciento de alcohol. El informe, publicado en el Diario de Investigacin del Sueo, concluy que los conductores deben tomar en serio el cansancio, ya que es una de las principales causas de accidentes en las autopistas. Los conductores pueden ser inconscientes de la reduccin de su nivel de vigilancia y cansancio. Los investigadores tambin dijeron que escuchar msica en alto volumen o abrir las ventanas ha tenido poco efecto. El documento conclua que el tiempo de conduccin continua por la noche no debera exceder de dos horas, y recomendaba a los gobiernos imponer un lmite mximo de dos horas por la noche para tratar de reducir el nmero de accidentes y las muertes causadas por el cansancio durante la conduccin. Ellos reconocen que esto puede ser difcil para la polica ya que no hay forma precisa de medir el grado de cansancio del conductor. Segn los investigadores de hasta 20 por ciento de los accidentes de trnsito en los pases industrializados puede ser atribuido a conducir en estado de somnolencia debido a los largos perodos detrs del volante, o por el uso de los medicamentos.