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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Each day‚ people drive drunk more than 300‚000 times‚ but only about 3200 are arrested (Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ 2014). Could people only imagine to what extent drunk driving is irresponsible and destructive nowadays. According to the president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization‚ which was created to fight with this phenomena‚ “drunk driving continues to be the most frequently committed violent crime” (Hamilton‚ 2000). Indeed‚ it is a real crime‚ which has to be punished
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Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injurys. It is thought that drunk drivers have a long history of doing this and many prior arrests. In addition‚ most of those killed are just innocent victims whose behavior did not contribute to their deaths. These last two statements are both false. On
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Annotated Bibliography: Drunk Driving Burke‚ Sheila. "TN Supreme Court to Hear Field Sobriety Case." The Tennessean. N.p.‚ 23 Mar. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013. This is a very interesting newspaper article out of the Tennessean. There is a huge case going on about drunk driving and field sobriety tests. This case consists of a 2009 DUI charge in Sevier County that was dismissed because car driver‚ David Bell‚ passed six field sobriety tests. The Tennessee Supreme Court has approved to take this case that
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Drunk driving is a very serious subject. After drinking‚ your driving is impaired and it becomes harder to react to things. In the article‚ it states that “After alcohol reaches your stomach‚ it enters your blood and goes to all parts of your body and reaches your brain in 20 to 40 minutes.” The parts of your brain that it effects are the ones that control your judgment and motor skills. After drinking it becomes harder to judge distance‚ speed‚ and even to control your car. In the same article
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What is the Best Solution to Preventing Drunk Driving in BC? It is true that automobiles make it convenient for people to get around. Drunk driving is a serious crime - in terms of its prevalence and its consequence. A statistic from British Columbia Ministry of Justice shows‚ from 2008-2012‚ 472 people were killed in road crashes that involves at least one driver with a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) over 0.08 in BC‚ and these alcohol-impaired-driving fatalities accounted for 26 percent of the
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Alina Zubenskaya Sue Pesznecker WR 121 Don’t Drink and Drive Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads
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Drunk driving has a profound impact on not only the victim of the crash but the family of the victim. When you are in an accident it can be stressful enough but when someone dies in the wreck it is life changing. Suddenly you realize things like a birthday or holiday is now a dayof mourning. Nearly one third or (twenty nine percent) of car accidents in the United States of America are drunk driving related. Drunk driving is totally preventable. You have one of two choices either
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Mark‚ but thought about how mad his parents were going to be. He was already five minutes late. Saying to himself "Just this one time‚" he decided to get in the car. John never made it home that night. Mark had rolled the car off the bridge one mile away from his house. John lost his life all because he was afraid of getting grounded. There are many situations similar to John’s‚ and in a lot of them‚ no one survives. Because of all the death and tragedy as a result of driving under the influence
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How many times on the radio or television have you heard something about an accident that occurred involving an intoxicated driver? Probably an overwhelmingly high amount of times considering the increasing numbers of accidents due to drunk driving. This topic is a widespread issue that affects many lives‚ or even worse‚ ends them. According to Nolo.com‚ currently in our country‚ the punishment for drunk driving is up to six months in jail‚ depending on the state you live in and your blood-alcohol
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