Emergencies in Transit

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Your Vehicle Survival Gear - Some fundamental considerations regarding the emergency, first-aid and survival equipment required on board of different vehicles, such as cars, boats and aircraft.

Thoughts on a car emergency kit. My wife's job forces her to travel throughout the western region of North Carolina regardless of the weather. Western N.C. is predominately mountainous and rural with weather that is unpredictable in any season. My intentions were to create a kit that could be useful throughout the year, provide aid and comfort for the most likely contingencies, be portable, inexpensive and simple enough for her level of survival training. With these design criteria established I assembled the following units.

Carjacking is a relatively new breed as crimes go. Using violence to hijack commercial trucks filled with goods has been around ever since the wheel was invented. While it is pretty safe to assume that the first car was stolen shortly after the automobile was invented, car theft has normally been a nonviolent property crime. Until carjacking came around.

How to Deal with Car Emergencies At one time or another, most drivers encounter some sort of emergency involving a malfunction of their vehicle or a situation requiring emergency driving techniques. If these emergencies are not handled properly, the result can be accident, injury or even death. In an emergency, panic is the real enemy. Emergency plans, like the ones described here, can help prevent panic and possibly save lives. Following are some of the most common emergencies and how they can be handled, so that accident prevention, along with pedestrian and motorist safety, are the prime concerns.

Reduce Your Risk of Becoming A Carjacking Victim Incidences of carjacking and other auto-related crimes have appeared regularly in news stories. Despite the danger, there are measures you can take to guard against crime when you are behind the wheel or walking to your vehicle. The National Safety Council suggests the following techniques to reduce the chances of becoming a carjacking victim. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Prevent Road Rage Prevent Escalation If you are looking for protection from the road rage of others, your best protection is to: Stay in the car; Do not respond with an angry gesture or action; Keep a "SORRY" sign in the car and use it when needed.

Road Rage Questionnaire A psychological research investigation designed to examine people's perceptions about road rage.

Winter Car Safety Your car maintenance responsibilities only grow as the winter approaches. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Taxes, Death, and Flat Tires Prevent and prepare for an unwanted flat. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Brake Failure Heed warning signs to avert a runaway scene. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Highway Breakdowns Smart reaction keeps a dangerous situation from getting worse. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Tire Blowouts on the Highway Keeping your tires properly maintained and inflated will greatly reduce the chance of a blowout. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

How to Drive Safely on Wet Roads Here are some practical tips to help you recognize dangerous conditions and drive safely. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Safe Driving in Winter Weather Take caution when the weather is bad. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Practicing Driving Safety During Floods Get to higher ground and stay out of your car! [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Handling Icy Roads Slick conditions present unique driving challenges. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Snowstorm Driving Snowstorms challenge cars and drivers alike. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Road Rage and Aggressive Drivers Congressional Testimony by Leon James lists symptoms of road rage, examines the problem's extent, and discusses ways to avoid it.

Ten Safety Tips for Road Emergencies : Car Junky Auto News Severe weather can be both frightening and dangerous for automobile travel. Thus, motorists should know the safety rules for dealing with road emergencies.

What is Up With Aggressive Drivers? With cases of road rage on the rise, it pays to know what you are facing and how to stay safe. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Driving and Dementia Know how to recognize the signs and take appropriate action to stay safe. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Driving Defensively Good habits behind the wheel make roads safer for everyone. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Highway Breakdowns Smart reaction keeps a dangerous situation from getting worse. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Break Out of the Car! Teach them to break free from abductors by literally breaking out the car. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Parking Lot Security Follow these parking lot safety tips to avoid becoming the next headline. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

From the Store to the Car Door: Parking Lot and Garage Safety Read on for tips on how to stay safe when getting into your car. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Garage Safety: Keep Intruders Out Don’t make an easy way in to your house for intruders! [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Garage Safety: Safety Overview Your garage is not a safe place unless you make it one! [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Car Theft: Be Ready For It Proper preparation can mean recovery! [Link recovered 6/23/11]

CO DMV Handbook - Emergencies All drivers sooner or later will find themselves in an emergency situation. As careful as you are, there are situations that could cause you a problem. If you are prepared, you may be able to prevent any serious outcomes.

Boats

Boating Basics: On the Water This handbook is designed to give Arkansas boaters the information needed to be a safe and responsible boater. Encountering Other Vessels; Navigation Rules; Night Time Navigation; U.S. Aids to Navigation; Weather Emergencies; Boating Emergencies; Sound Producing Devices; Visual Distress Signals; See also: Boating Emergencies - Delaware Boating Laws and Responsibilities

Cableways/Chairlifts

Cable Car On 9 March 1976, in the worst cable car accident ever, 42 people including 15 children died when the steel cable of their cable car broke. The cabin fell some 700 feet (200 m) down a mountainside, and then a heavy overhead carriage assembly fell on top of it. Only one passenger survived, a 14 year old girl. On 3 February 1998, an EA-6B Prowler, an electronic warfare (anti-radar) aircraft belonging to the U.S. Marines struck a cable supporting a gondola in Cavalese. The cable was severed and 20 people in the cabin plunged over 80 meters to their deaths. The plane had wing and tail damage but was able to return to the base.

SM 445-2-H CHAPTER 41 Cableway Safety This chapter covers all USGS activities and operations involving cableways. The USGS uses over 1,000 cableways across the country. The purpose of this policy is to help insure these cableways are structurally sound, well maintained, and safely used. The policy describes three levels of cableway inspection; outlines the training requirements of personnel who inspect cableways, use cableways, and review cableway construction; and defines the planning and review procedures for construction or major rehabilitation of cableways.

Incident on the Vanoise Express It sounds like a scene from the latest disaster movie. The biggest, newest and most prestigious cable car in the world hurtling out of control into the winch station. Only no explosions, injuries and Bruce Willis in a string vest, just broken windows, a damaged cabin, a derailed cable and lots of embarrassment.

Elevators

When stuck in an elevator.... Steve Wells recently found himself stuck in a "lift" (that's Australian for elevator) for 25 to 30 minutes. Our emotions can play tug-of-war with our psyches under such circumstances--especially when we are 5 floors up--and it is easy to shift into panic. Listen in as Steve tells his story, including his use of EFT to shift back from panic to calm. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Things to do when you're stuck in an elevator

Motorcycle

Motorcycle Safety Foundation Provides information on rider training, licensing, and government relations. Program description and a listing of all regional course providers.

Minnesota Motorcycle Safety Center Minnesota’s one-stop shop for rider training information, public information and educational materials, testing and licensing information, and riding safety tips. No matter where you’re from - Minnesota, the United States, or anywhere else in the world - if you’re interested in learning about motorcycle safety, you’ve come to the right place.

Planes

Aeronautical Survival: Aircraft Emergencies - Survival techniques can be applied to almost any kind of environment; in the case of aviation, the use of them begins whenever an aircraft suffers some serious trouble and enters an emergency state.

How to Prepare For a Ditching Have you ever given thought to what you would do if you found yourself strapped in upside down in a sinking aircraft? Imagine flying along on a nice warm day, the next moment, being trapped inside an aircraft with cold water rushing in. It's very dark, you can't breathe, and if you're not prepared your chances of survival are reduced dramatically. [Link recovered 6/23/11]

True Underwater Egress Story by Mark Batten "The aircraft was just becoming airborne after a normal take-off run when it began to roll to the right. I was unable to counteract the roll, and the right wing tip struck the water, causing us to strike the water nose-first and eventually come to rest in an inverted floating position. I was amazed how quickly I found myself underwater struggling to escape."…..[Link recovered 6/23/11]

Can You Survive In The Water? by Dave Fitzpatrick First published in The Aviation News & Trader, April 2000 "This course was very enjoyable and informative and has changed my outlook on how I will conduct future flights over water. The most important thing that I learned was how uninformed most of us are about this subject and how poorly prepared we are to face the possibility of water escape and survival." …..[Link recovered 6/23/11]

Download The Freefall Calculator Don’t know if this will do anyone any good – but on the off chance that it might, here it is! [Link recovered 6/23/11]

Safety Is A Tough Sell: Excellent article on aircraft safety/survival by Barry Schiff. Definitely worth a read.

Surviving a Splashdown: Online manual to successful ditching of an aircraft. This is the only "complete" manual I have seen online and is very detailed & extensive. If you plan on flying, READ THIS MANUAL!!!

Aviation Life Rafts: An exhaustive review and evaluation of aviation life rafts for light aircraft through business jets. Best review yet.

Aviation Life Vests: A comprehensive review and evaluation of aviation life vests. Includes comparisons and sections on the care and use of vests, as well as many links to companies who sell them.

Successful (Airplane) Ditching Off Baja, Mexico: This narrative was compiled from interviews with the pilot, Jim Hawley, and one passenger who played a key role in the incident, Jens Lundy. All times are local -- Loreto, Mexico is one hour ahead of Phoenix, Arizona. (Remember, AZ doesn’t do DST.)

Aerospace Medical Association Home page of AsMA covering all aspects of aerospace medicine and aeromedical certification for the international aviation community.

Subways

Customer Evacuation Procedures MTA New York City Transit is interested in your safety. In fact, it's our foremost concern. We want to let you know some simple steps you can take to avoid injury or incident in our subway stations or on board our trains and buses. This information contains more than fifty safety tips and lots of other information that can help you ride safely and securely.

Stay alive! Tips to survive a subway emergency Remaining calm and knowing your plan is the first thing you need to do. 'Today' consumer correspondent Janice Lieberman offers more.

Trains

Railway Accidents This category is to include all railway accidents which have articles. Significant railway accidents should be listed and described (particularly in terms of lessons learnt) at list of rail accidents.

CFR TITLE 49--TRANSPORTATION CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PART 239--PASSENGER TRAIN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS The purpose of this part is to reduce the magnitude and severity of casualties in railroad operations by ensuring that railroads involved in passenger train operations can effectively and efficiently manage passenger train emergencies.

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