promote inactivity such as the use of cell phones‚ email‚ etc. We ignore this problem and often look beyond these factors because we consider them “standard” in our lives. Although‚ before obesity rates spiked‚ fast food was not as unhealthy or cheap‚ driving an automobile was only possible for a select few‚ and technology did not exist like it does now. In order to eliminate such high obesity rates in America I believe we must raise awareness on the damages obesity can have on our well-being. In order
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New Study Reveals Alarming Aggressive Driving Statistics A report released by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reveal statistics that are frightening and alarming for drivers and others who use our roads each day. Research found that almost 80 percent of drivers experience road rage‚ aggression‚ or anger while driving. This is extremely troubling since aggressive driving is a major factor in traffic accidents in the United States. With more aggressive drivers on the road‚ the risk of being
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Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless people’s lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk but your passengers‚ as well as other people on the roads too. “Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens‚ and roughly 1/3 of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.”(DoSomething.org) These victims
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Driving can be a dangerous task when people do no remember the rules of the road. There are many important laws that people can forget from the age they take driver’s ED to the age of 75. By taking a knowledge test every year‚ we can eliminate a responsible driver’s forgetfulness of simple laws. US citizens should have to take a driving test every year because most American deaths/ injuries are cause by irresponsible drivers‚ and a test would help people remember and follow laws more closely.
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drinking with driving established a powerful link through which MADD and other groups were able to create and impose their definition of the problem . Like other policies ‚ the process of problem definition creates a social construction of the targeted groups ‚ helping us to understand which policy tools will be adopted Introduction Drunk driving is a primary cause of highway traffic accidents causing deaths and injuries with enormous monetary costs to society . The drunk driving was first recognized
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Academic Writing Task Assignment 1 Q2 “drink-driving” Student number: 12016039 Group: A7 Name: Wang Xiaoyu (Tony) At the moment‚ more and more people are killed in the UK each year as a result of drink-driving. So people think the law about drink-driving in UK can’t enough to control people. According to the new about drink-driving that a princess consort who named Diana was killed in accident. This is because of her driver who is named Paul fast driving after drinking. The purpose of this essay
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the biggest problems related to irresponsible drinking is driving while intoxicated (DWI). Fatality rates related to DWI’s are astronomical. According to the data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ in 1990 alone‚ 20‚083 people were killed as a result of alcohol related crashes. In 1995‚ fatalities were still estimated at about 17‚274. In 1998‚ DWI related death rates still amounted to 15‚936 (“Drunk Driving‚” n.d.). Although these numbers did decrease slightly each
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Driving intoxicated impacts thousands of peoples lifes every year. Driving drunk costs the United States 132 billion dollars a year. It costs on average per United States citizen 500 dollars a year. Drinking and driving can be preventable. Almost every 90 seconds a person is injured by a drunk driving accident. You can even prevent it today. High Schoolers today that use alcohol or other substances are 5 times more likely to drop out of highschool. Children who start drinking young
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Drinking and Driving Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in every state. It is wrong‚ irresponsible and wastes many lives. People who abuse alcohol hurt everyone around them‚ endanger public safety‚ and create chaos on the nation’s highways. There is nothing positive that can come out of drunk driving‚ so why do people do it? It is society’s job to punish these people and try to take control of this “out of control” issue. America doesn’t want to watch quietly as hundreds of people are killed
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reasons‚ the driving age should be raised to 18‚ Safety and financial problems will get better. The first reason should be because financi the driving be raised to 18 years old is because teenagers have more capacity to understand the responsibility of driving. In the United States at the age of 18 teenagers are graduating from High School. It seems that the more mature they are show better judgments while driving rather than expose themselves to injuries. According to the teen driving statistics
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