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    Drunk Driving There are many car accidents every year; several car fatalities are due to drunk driving. Therefore‚ the penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol should be more severe and we also need to increase prevention education about having drunk drivers on the road. Each year‚ many drunk drivers are on the road and this increases the risk of the car fatalities. Lost of the love ones‚ lost of the important family members and lost of friends are the results of the irresponsible drunk

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    As of 2014 9‚967 people were killed due to drunk driving crashes. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today. You could be simply leaving a friends house driving home and next thing you know your life will be over due to a driver who had a couple of drinks. Alcohol impairs your ability to make decisions especially behind the wheel. It changes your judgement and as well as your reaction time. You may think you are capable of driving but in reality you are putting yourself in danger

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    Drunk Driving Despite many efforts to reduce drunk driving‚ it continues to be a problem in the United States. About 10‚000 people die in the United States each year due to drunk driving. In the article Drunk Driving: Why Is MADD Among Critics of Lower Alcohol Limit?‚ NTSB chair Deborah Hersman said in a statement "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

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    Do you feel safe while driving on the road with other people whom you don’t even know? Many people think it is not safe to drink and drive‚ but many people still drink and drive. No matter if the person is the greatest person on Earth but I am sure that one day he or she will drive drunk. When you are drunk you obviously have no sense about what you are doing. Well if that is the case then you should have planned ahead. Not many have thought this‚ problem drunk driving is really getting big

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    Why Is Drunk Driving Bad

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    Common Topic Drunk driving should not be ignored it is dangerous and evil. Drunk driving can cause others harm. Everyone should obey the traffic laws that keep us safe. A man decided to go to the bar after having a bad day. While complaining in his head about his day he got drunk. When he was done drinking he headed out of the bar to go get in his car and go home to his family. He was about to open the door when he thought to himself I should probably get a cab because I’m drunk. He called a cab

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    founded. Hard to believe isn’t it? I am going to give everyone some information on what exactly drunk driving is‚ who may be affected by drunk driving‚ what can happen if you are one of the millions caught each year for drunk driving‚ and the tests that may come into to play if you happen to get pulled over. I could not believe how many lives were directly and indirectly affected by drunk driving. It is understandably that people die each day from non-alcohol related accidents‚ but facts from

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    arrested for drunk driving‚ it was a 25 year old London taxi driver named George Smith‚ he slammed his taxi into a building.He later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings. All state states have some type of ignition interlock law. In which judges require all or some convicted drunk drivers to install interlocks in their cars to analyze their breath and disable the engine if alcohol is detected. 20 states have made ignition interlocks mandatory or highly incentive for all convicted drunk drivers‚

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    Gallup survey‚ funded by State Farm‚ of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ drunken driving is our No. 1 highway safety problem. Through education‚ increased law enforcement and stiffer penalties‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents can be reduced. Since the early 1980’s‚ there has been a substantial decline in drinking and driving and in the number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries on the roads. However‚ drinking and driving remains one of the main causes of death and injury.

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    Driving Drunk There is a need for stricter drunk driving rules in order to reduce drunken driving fatalities. Solving the problems caused by drinking and driving will require action by friends‚ family and law enforcment. Drinking and driving not only endangers your live‚ but also the lives of others. Driving while drinking is putting yourself and others in danger. You will have less control of you reactions to traffic situations and you will also lose your ability to judge. Your body will have

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    identify 2 consequences of drinking and drunk driving‚ and also 2 safe ways you can avoid those consequences. Central Idea: Drunk driving is against the law and it causes harm to many people‚ but with the right precautions‚ many lives can be saved. Introduction Imagine receiving a call from a police officer telling you that there’s been a terrible accident due to a drunk driver‚ and they need you to come in and identify a body. We all know that drunk driving is a serious thing that has killed many

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