energy conversion: Steam engines. Thomas Savery, an English inventor and military engineer, studied Papinâs work and built a steam-driven suction machine for removing water from coal mines. Saveryâs machine (patented in 1698) consisted of a boiler, a closed, water-filled reservoir, and a series of valves.
How big is the problem? In 2014, 9,967 people were killed in alcohol-impaired driving crashes, accounting for nearly one-third (31%) of all traffic-related deaths in the United States.1. Of the 1,070 traffic deaths among children ages 0 to 14 years in 2014, 209 (19%) involved an alcohol-impaired driver.1.
In countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia drunk driving and deaths caused by drunk driving are considerably lower than in the USA. Drunk driving deaths in the UK (population 61 million, 31 million cars) were 380 in 2010 (12% of all fatal accidents).In California (population 36 million, 32 million cars) there were 1,489 deaths from traffic accidents related to alcohol or other drugs in 2007 (22% of all fatal accidents).runk driving deaths in the UK (population 61 million, 31 million cars) were 380 in 2010 (12% of all fatal accidents). In California (population 36 million, 32 million cars) there were 1,489 deaths from traffic accidents related to alcohol or other drugs in 2007 (22% of all fatal accidents).