Although the number of deaths caused by drunk driving has shown a slight decrease over the past few years‚ alcohol still plays a major role in motor vehicle accidents. According to Transport Canada ‘Alcohol use by drivers was a factor in almost 30 percent of deaths from vehicle crashes during 2003-2005’. That may seem like a lot but it is actually a 10 percent decrease from the number of alcohol related fatalities between 1996-2001. The age of the driver also plays a role in the number of alcohol
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Drunk for life Debbie Crowell worries that 7-month-old Sabrina may have fetal alcohol syndrome. Crowell‚ a recovering alcoholic‚ was forced into treatment after Sabrina’s birthday. Now seven months sober‚ she’s learning to be a good mom to her seven children. EDITOR’S NOTE: Tucsonan Debbie Crowell has graciously agreed to share her personal nightmare with Tucson Citizen readers. She hopes her story will prevent another child from being born under the influence of alcohol. Crowell is turning her
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Drunk driving is one of the most dangerous activities you can partake in because it can not only deprive you of life and happiness‚ it can also affect others in huge ways. According to the information given in the lesson‚ alcohol can start affecting you in a major way after as few as twenty minutes. These effects include slower reaction times and impaired judgement which can be extremely dangerous because you are not aware of the risks you are taking and how your actions affect others. You can be
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Drunk driving has been a huge phenomenon in the United States and has taken lives of innocent people. Laws have been becoming stricter on this manner by raising fines and also jail time. This is to make people second guess themselves before putting themselves behind the wheel and putting innocent lives at risk. This doesn’t have an affect on everyone‚ but it does on some. Typically people from the ages 16-24 are the more common people to drive drunk. Now there are not many pros to drunk driving‚
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legal definitions of "driving" and "drunk" are open to many interpretations‚ which vary greatly from state to state. In some places‚ "driving" can include sitting still in a parked or wrecked vehicle with the motor off‚ or starting up a car in a driveway. Police can and do arrest people whom they believe are drunk before they get on the road and even when they’ve pulled off to "sleep it off‚" just if they’re in the driver’s seat. As for the definition of "drunk‚" there are several major factors to
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Blinding Anger - Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth In the play‚ “Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth” by Drew Hayden Taylor‚ the story of two sisters‚ Barb and Janice is told. They had not met each other for the first time until Janice had turned 35 and had returned for her first visit. The two are basically strangers and their relationship consists of nothing but anger. The development in their relationship seems to be impossible with the two who are unable to understand each other
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My topic is about drunk driving. Drunk driving is important as a result of people need to understand the consequences of what happens when you are under the influence and driving. It’s also important due to the fact it will save people lives if people knew about driving under the influence. Drunk driving has a tremendous impact on the criminal justice system as a result more police officers would have to go and investigate drunk drivers‚ charge them with DUI’s‚ then later have to process them into
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Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken
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was 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
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Having explained the wide-reaching impacts of drunk driving‚ I think we can all agree that this is an especially troubling issue for the DFW area. Looking at information published by the CDC‚ driver education is recommended as one of the foremost ways to make a meaningful reduction in drunk driving incidents. There is also data showing that introducing Uber services to an area causes a reduction in DUI arrests. The city of Seattle saw nearly a 10% drop in DUI arrests after Uber began servicing the
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