1. Cause and Effect True statements from accident reports from Tilden, a Canadian car rental business.

2. #1-Write down the cause, then the effect. Coming home. I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don’t have.

3. #1 Answer 1 st Cause—Coming home 1 st Effect—Drove into the wrong house 2 nd Cause---Drove into the wrong house 2 nd Effect--- Collided with a tree

4. #2 -Write down the cause, then the effect. I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.

5. #2 Answer Cause--a stationary truck Effect—Hit the truck

6. #3-Write down the cause, then the effect. An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle and vanished.

7. #3 Answer 1 st Cause—An invisible car 1 st Effect----Came out of nowhere 2 nd Cause---Came out of nowhere 2 nd Effect---Struck my vehicle and vanished

8. #4-Write down the cause, then the effect. The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its path when it struck my rear end.

9. #4 Answers 1 st Cause—The telephone pole was approaching fast. 1 st Effect---I was attempting to swerve out of its path 2 nd Cause---I was attempting to swerve out of its path 2 nd Effect—It struck my rear end.

10. #5 Write down the cause, then the effect. When I saw I could not avoid a collision. I stepped on the gas and crashed into the other car.

11. #5 Answer 1 st Cause---I could not avoid a collision 1 st Effect---I stepped on the gas 2 nd Cause—I stepped on the gas 2 nd Effect---Crashed into the other car

12. #6 Write down the cause, then the effect. The pedestrian had no idea which direction to go, so I ran over him.

13. #6 Answer Cause---The pedestrian has no idea which direction to go Effect---I ran him over

14. #7 write down the cause, then the effect The accident occurred when I was attempting to bring my car out of a skid by steering it into the other vehicle.

15. #7 Answer 1 st Cause---I was attempting to bring my car out of skid 1 st Effect---Steered it into the other vehicle 2 nd Cause---Steered it into the other vehicle 2 nd Effect---The accident occurred

16. #8 Write down the cause, then the effect. In my attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.

17. #8 Answer Cause---I attempted to kill a fly Effect---I drove into a telephone pole

18. #9 Write down the cause, then the effect. I had been driving my car for forty years when I fell asleep at the wheel and had an accident.

19. #9 Answer 1 st Cause---I drove my car for forty years 1 st Effect---I fell asleep 2 nd Cause---I fell asleep 2 nd Effect---I had an accident

20. #10 Write down the cause, then the effect. I was taking my canary to the hospital. It got loose in the car and flew out the window. The next thing I saw was his rear end and there was a crash.

21. #10 Answer 1 st Cause---Taking the canary to the hospital 1 st Effect---It got loose in the car 2 nd Cause---It got loose in the car 2 nd Effect---It flew out the window 3 rd Cause---It flew out the window 3 rd Effect---I saw its rear end and there was a crash

22. #11 Write down the cause, then the effect. The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth.

23. #11 Answer Cause---a little guy in a small car with a big mouth Effect---an accident