The three leading causes of fatal collisions are__________________.Failing to maintain lane position, speeding, and impaired drivingSpeeding, impaired driving, and the weather conditionsFailing to maintain lane position, speeding, and inexperienced driversImpaired drivers, weather conditions, and weaving in and out of your lane
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The three leading causes of fatal collisions are__________________.Failing to maintain lane position, speeding, and impaired drivingSpeeding, impaired driving, and the weather conditionsFailing to maintain lane position, speeding, and inexperienced driversImpaired drivers, weather conditions, and weaving in and out of your lane
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The three leading causes of fatal collisions are failing to maintain lane position, speeding, and impaired driving.
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Propose two reasons for the decrease in road fatalities in the graph shown below.
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