abilities for safety. Alcohol and drugs can interfere with even the most skilled and experiened drivers’ safely. In order to drive safely‚ you must be alert‚ aware of your environment and able to make decisions. Your hands‚ feet and eyes are required to control the vehicle‚ and consumption or use of alcohol or drugs alter the function of your brain‚ which controls all of these. This can lead to unsafe driving for drivers themselves‚ as well as those on the road around them. Alcohol blunts alertness
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Queenie’s Story. Deputy Blank arrived on the scene at around 2:15 A.M‚ responding to Volupides 911 call. After viewing he crime scene‚ Deputy Blank noticed that in Arthur’s left hand there was an unbroken glass (presumably what he was drinking alcohol in). This raises many suspicions. If Arthur had tripped and fell down the stairs‚ then the glass shouldn’t be in his hand unbroken but instead somewhere in the vicinity of his body shattered. This is because‚ usually‚ when somebody is falling down
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drivers. There are a lot of people get killed each year because of the cell phone distraction. There are evidence suggests that the relative risk of being in a traffic accident while using a cellphone is similar to the hazard associated with a blood alcohol level at the legal limit. Car accidents caused by distracted drivers continue to become more prevalent as the number of handheld electronic devices continues to grow. It is clear that advances in electronic technology have resulted in a corresponding
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ear. A study showed that someone texting or having a conversation on a wireless headset drove as poorly as someone whose blood alcohol concentration was above the legal limits in Australia and Spain‚ where this was tested (0.5 grams per liter). The study also found that when the conversation over the headset was simple‚ the driver drove as someone under the influence of alcohol with a 0.4 g/L BAC. When the conversation was intense‚ the driver drove similar to someone with a BAC of 0.7‚ which is almost
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anxiously waiting for any news. The least bit of movement in the hallway would get our hearts racing and blood pumping. Most of us were still in shock from what had happened the previous night. We were still trying to convince ourselves that it wasn’t her in that car‚ that they had the wrong person. It had just been a birthday party she was going to‚ not a party with alcohol‚ but somehow alcohol had shown up‚ and she got caught up in it. Her first drink led to another and that one to another; it felt
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Max Nathan Gower English II 4/27/13 Alcohol Interlocks Saving Life’s Ignition interlocks have been issued in forty-eight states. Presented on June 22‚ 2000 by Pennsylvania‚ Ignition interlocks are similar to in-car breathalyzers that measure a driver’s blood alcohol concentration (BAC). They prohibit the engine from starting if an alcohol-sensing device registers above a pre-set level‚ typically around 0.02 BAC. This ignition interlock act started at one state
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Role and Functions of Law Grace N. Lockhart LAW/421 July 31‚ 2012 Sherry Goodrum Role and Functions of Law In week one the objectives were to define the functions of law in society and to define the role of law in business. Law in society is the regulation of social behavior. Laws play an essential role in the success of society and businesses. Laws in which a society operates efficiently regulate most social behavior. Laws are an essential part of any successful society. This includes
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edu/Policy/Changing_direction/documents/student_success.pdf 4. Turner‚ H. (Dec 2007). Significance of Employment for Chronic Stress and Psychological Distress among Mothers. [American Journal of Community Psychology]. Pg-181. 5. Cook‚ P. (2007). Paying the Tab: The Costs and Benefits of Alcohol Control. [Princeton University Press]. Pg-262.
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Vehicles‚ that’s more than any other cause. Most car crashes‚ one out of three are alcohol related. There is 3‚000 Teens killed every year in a car crash. This year 10‚839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes- every 50 minutes. An average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before the first arrest. Every minute one person is injured from an alcohol-related crash. One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime. Every 48 seconds‚ a drunk driver makes another
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INTRODUCTION GROWTH OF MOTOR INSURANCE Vehicle first appeared on the roads in United Kingdom (UK) during 1880’s‚ but the first motor insurance is issued during 1890’s. Therefore it is almost 10 years time people use a motor vehicle as a mode of transportation without insurance coverage. Therefore‚ through their (insurer) experiences on other classes of insurance such as fire‚ theft & liability‚ they introduce the motor insurance towards the use of transportation. Then they emphasis it (motor insurance)
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