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 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, everything in the article is relevant to the article topics. In a topics of "Cultural Context," and "The rules of road," we need more specific information.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * It is neutral because they generally focus on the United States even though each state has different driving rules and speed limits.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Information in "Cultural Context" can be more detailed, so it is underrepresented. Information in "Lane discipline and overtaking" is overrepresented because it has information more than enough and it does not have to bring example of Vermont State.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * No 5, 6, 7, and 8 in the citation list did not work.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * Some data do not have some citation to support information. They are neutral because they come from DMV.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * No, all reference have date, but we need to update because 4 of them does not exist anymore.
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There are conversations relating to topics of "Cultural Context" and "Drunk driving."
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is rated by Stub. It is a part of "WikiProject United States" and "WikiProject Transportation."
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * We have not discussed any topics, yet
 * Is everything in the article relevant to the article topic? Is there anything that distracted you?
 * Yes, an article, "Environmental Impact of Transportation" is relevant to my topic because how the transportation including driving cars affect the environment. There is strong information about impact of driving cars ti environment, but it also discusses about other transportations.
 * Is the article neutral? Are there any claims, or frames, that appear heavily biased toward a particular position?
 * It is neutral. It is biased because the article brings not only specific data about Gas Emission in the United States, but also Europe and Australia.
 * Are there viewpoints that are overrepresented, or underrepresented?
 * Information about transportation in Australia is underrepresented compared to other data about the United States and Europe. It is not significantly needed or add more information to compare to other two countries.
 * Check a few citations. Do the links work? Does the source support the claims in the article?
 * There are a few links (#10, 11, 16, and 25 out of 26 links) that do not work, but other sources are supportive to the article.
 * Is each fact referenced with an appropriate, reliable reference? Where does the information come from? Are these neutral sources? If biased, is that bias noted?
 * It is referenced with an appropriate reference. They are very neutral and not biased because most information come from Government.
 * Is any information out of date? Is anything missing that could be added?
 * No, all reference have date, but we need to update because 4 of them does not exist anymore.
 * Check out the Talk page of the article. What kinds of conversations, if any, are going on behind the scenes about how to represent this topic?
 * There are additional information about emission figures of rail travel. They also discuss about the Land Use Impact of Transportation.
 * How is the article rated? Is it a part of any WikiProjects?
 * It is rated by Stub. It is a part of "WikiProject Environment" and "WikiProject Transport."
 * How does the way Wikipedia discusses this topic differ from the way we've talked about it in class?
 * We have not discussed about the topics in out classes yet.

 Draft Your Articles 


 * 1) The effects of fuel subsidy reforms
 * 2) * The United States has serious issues of traffic congestion and green house gas emission due to the use of cars. As one of ways to solve this issue, the fuel subsidy reforms can be used and effective. As one of successful example, Indonesia has proved serious traffic jams based on traffic data from 19 Indonesian toll roads from 2008-2015. In order to ease the heavy traffic, the effects of fuel subsidy reforms on motor vehicle on toll roads were investigated. Using the monthly data of reforms, the estimate suggested an immediate fuel price elasticity of vehicle flows on the toll roads. The fuel subsidy reforms between 2013 and 2014 had reduced Indonesian traffic pressure on the toll roads and another 10% of traffic pressure had been cut in 2015. Reformed cost of gasoline and diesel and toll road system would contribute to more smooth flow of traffic and generate for the infrastructure. Therefore, the fuel subsidy reforms should be also conducted in the United States in order to reduce traffic congestion on free-way and greenhouse gas emission.
 * 3) Meaning of SignTraffic Signs.png
 * 4) * To convey the massage immediately, the roadway signs in US use symbols rather than words. The use of symbols is not bothered by any language barriers, and can be instant communication for drivers and pedestrians in order to manage the transportation and the traffic safety. According to Federal Highway Administration, it states “the color of roadway signs is an important indicator of the information they contain. The use of red on signs is limited to stop, yield, and prohibition signs. A white background indicates a regulatory sign; yellow conveys a general warning message; green shows permitted traffic movements or directional guidance; fluorescent yellow/green indicates pedestrian crossings and school zones; orange is used for warning and guidance in roadway work zones; coral is used for incident management signs; blue indicates road user services, tourist information, and evacuation routes; and brown is for guidance to sites of public recreation or cultural interest. Sign shape can also alert roadway users to the type of information displayed on a sign. Traffic regulations are conveyed in signs that are rectangular with the longer direction vertical or square. Additional regulatory signs are octagons for stop and inverted triangles for yield. Diamond-shaped signs signify warnings. Rectangular signs with the longer direction horizontal provide guidance information. Pentagons indicate school zones. A circular sign warns of a railroad crossing."
 * 5) Environmental impact of Driving vehicles
 * 6) * Eco-driving has featured of reduction of CO2 emission reduction and revealed to lead one of best climate change strategies. The investigation of Eco-driving is consistent of assessment of accelerating and decelerating under varying traffic and environmental volume and composition. Using micro-simulation, they analyzed the impacts of Eco-Driving on network-wide traffic and environmental performance at the speed of 30 km/h. It shows that increasing uses of Eco-Driving in certain road networks has significant impact on a cause of traffic congestion and heavy traffic at the investigated roads. As a result, it causes an increase in CO2 emissions of up to 18%. Using Eco-Driving under limited speed and control of acceleration and deceleration can possibly have impact on CO2 emission issue.
 * 7) * Several pollutants can be made by car-driving such as carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbon, and lead. They pollutes environment and affect human health. Carbon dioxide is the dominant greenhouse gas that is one of causes of global warming. It includes flooding, droughts, storms, and disruption of ecosystem. Carbon monoxide implores the flow of oxygen in blood to brain and other body parts. It affects people with heart disease and the central nervous system. Sulphur oxides is the cause of acid rain that damages the nature and human health. It particularly aggravates heart and lung diseases in children and the elderly. Nitrogen oxides is the main ingredients in the formation of acid rain and ground level ozone that contributes to the global warming. Hydrocarbons are pollutants of air toxics and hazardous to the lung and other body parts. It causes cancer and birth defects. Finally, high-lead level in air can damage organs and affect the blood, nerves, brains, and heart. The urban areas relatively have higher traffic density, so they tend to have higher lead level and more risk to health.