fatal accidents and repeat offenders. The best ways to combat these offenses are to increase fines‚ make the prison sentences more severe‚ and enforce alcohol interlocks into all vehicles. There are approximately 16‚000 deaths a year in America. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving Organization‚ par. 3.) Clearly the consequences of driving under the influence need to be altered in order to stop these easily avoidable tragedies. Driving can be dangerous in the U.S. There are roughly two deaths every thirty-three
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are diagnosed with cancer a year‚ estimated 2‚000 of that 16‚000 die from it. That’s 14‚000 lives‚ with the 87.5% of lives being saved a year‚ spared another day to live‚ it’s higher that the rate of people surviving DWI accidents. As stated in Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ every day in the U.S‚ about 30 people die from drunk driving accidents‚ that’s about 10‚000 people a year. Rates of individuals dying from drunk driving is higher than the cancer death rates. From the data above it’s given that
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are doing. (2 sentences at least)The MADD is one organization trying to help solve the problem of teens drunk driving. The mothers against drunk driving they have started a help line and magazine along with other things. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name the group and what they are doing. (2 sentences at least)SADD the students against drunk driving. They spread awareness and help their peers make the right decisions about drunk driving. Web sites where this
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Bay Area Rapid Transit Weekend Extension Project California State University‚ Chico HCSV 579 December 9‚ 2013 Authored by: Executive Summary Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) requests $5‚541‚285 to extend train operating hours until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The Weekend Extension project will provide safe public transportation for the 7.15 million Bay Area Residents (bayareacensus.ca.gov) and decrease drunk driving arrests. Bay Area Rapid Transit
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are so many advocates working to get these violators off our streets. I admit the number of victims of alcohol related crashes have gone down‚ but there are so many innocent lives still being taken. This just isn t enough. Organizations‚ like Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ have acted along with law enforcement to lower the horrific statistics.
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The toll of alcohol-related deaths‚ repeated offenders‚ and accidents is still rising‚ leaving the streets dangerous and families devastated. Over half the drivers arrested for drunk driving in the nation‚ are repeated offenders. I stand strongly against drunk drivers; They are a threat to themselves and society and believe that they should be taught a tough lesson when caught. Therefore‚ the charges for Driving Under the Influence laws need to be more severe. In the following paper I will present
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Neha Reddy Informative Speech On the night of May 14‚ 1988‚ Larry Mahoney was drunk‚ so drunk that his blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was more than twice Kentucky’s legal limit. Regardless‚ Mahoney got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and proceeded to drive northbound in the southbound lane of Interstate 71‚ crashing head-on into a church bus returning from an amusement park. The collision ruptured the bus’s gas tank‚ causing a fire that killed twenty-three children and four
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"Most Americans think that we’ve solved the problem of impaired driving‚ but in fact‚ it’s still a national epidemic‚" The drinking age has been raised to 21‚ and the legal limit was lowered to .08 BAC. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) was formed by a grieving mother‚ SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) was founded by a teacher after two students were killed in drunk driving accidents‚ and many other laws have been put into place. Unfortunately‚ the problem persists. One effect of drunk
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laws on driving drunk‚ and even though the percentage lowered ever since then it still hasn’t completely stopped it yet. There are also many programs trying to help and stop kids from drunk driving. A few of them are called Mothers against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ Students against Drunk Driving (SADD)‚ and Doctors for Designated Drivers (DFDD). The MADD’s initiative was started in 1980 with goals to stop drunk driving‚ support the victims of drunk driving crimes‚ and prevent underage drinking. Over the
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2008-2009 93% of all offenses on campus were drug and alcohol related (Alcohol). This shows that no matter how much UTSA tries to prevent these incidents it can never stop unless the students are willing to become responsible about alcohol. According Mothers Against Drunk Driving; 48% of all alcohol consumed by students attending a 4-year college is consumed by underage students (Underage). In order to start classes at UTSA it is mandatory for all incoming freshmen to take the AlcoholEdu course. This course
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