other at the beginning of the day and being perfectly all right‚ then come home later that day to find out that your loved one has died in a car crash from the choices made by the other drunk driver. Not knowing that last conversation would be your last with them! Drunk drivers not only affected the other driver and their passengers lives‚ but also hurt the families and friends of those people
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just a quick trip to the mall‚ right? I’m a law-abiding citizen who is smart enough to drive carefully. Nothing will happen.” Sure—that is‚ until another driver on the same road makes a mistake‚ or until you get pulled over for some other‚ minor reason. As an experienced attorney‚ I’ve seen a lot of pain that could have been avoided if a driver had waited to drive until his or her license was renewed. Believe me when I tell you: if you commit the illegal act of driving during the period when your
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on the blinker. Instead‚ turn the steering wheel in the direction in the direction the car needs to go. Second‚ pretend as if there are no other cars on the road and also pretend as if the knob to turn on the turn signal is broken. To inform other drivers about the decision of switching lanes‚ the car must be able to quickly move from lane to lane without stopping. Moreover‚ ignoring all driving laws is also an important factor for driving offensively. First‚ not going the speed limit will shorten
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is an organization that was founded in 1980 due to the tragic death of a thirteen-year-old year girl in California that was killed by a repeat offender drunk driver. The organization quickly grew larger when the girl’s mother had found out how lenient the laws against drunk driving were. MADD is kept alive by its founders and activist who all have strong beliefs towards what the organization stands for. In 2000 the organization had more than two million members
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In addition to prohibition there are other practices designed to prevent drunk drivers from being able to drive when to drunk whether that be by keeping them from leaving a bar while drunk or making their car unstartable when drunk. One such example are Responsible Beverage Service Laws or RBS laws which are laws that require education for restaurants and other establishments that serve alcohol on how to responsibly serve alcohol to people. These laws were created with the intention that if employees
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The thought of alcohol being involved in fatal crashes brings about an emotional response. Recently‚ there has been a movement based on emotion rather than logic to change a certain drinking and driving law. This involves lowering the Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) from 0.10% to 0.08% nationwide. However‚ this attention is misdirected. By looking at my personal experiences‚ statistics‚ and current laws‚ it is clear that there is no need for lowering the BAC. First off‚ I do not drink. Yet‚ I’ve had
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Nothing to do but Drink Life for American Indians on reservations was very difficult to live. Not only were there few jobs on the reservation for the Indians but it was very difficult for them to get jobs outside of the reservation. With this seclusion‚ many Indians turned to drinking alcohol since there was not much else they could do. This was also a way to forget the pain and misery that they faced on the reservations. This way of dealing with their reservation lives then led to violence amongst
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Earth’s radius is 3‚959 miles around. 7 Billion humans live on these 3‚959 miles. Among these 7 billion humans 8.7 million other species live. And out of these 8.7 million 100‚000 go extinct each year. Out of the 7 billion humans 25‚000 are killed in car accidents. 7 billion humans have created 75 trillion dollars. Of that 75 trillion dollars 11.5 billion dollars is being wasted every year. But what is killing off these animals? What is taking money away? What is causing these car accidents? It’s
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problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol related traffic fatalites t o decline considerably. 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
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absorbs into the blood stream and destroys the immune system. On the other hand‚ drunk drivers will be caught by police officers if they are caught with the alcohol concentration that is higher than 0.08%. Moreover‚ the color navy is telling the percentage of all the highest death tolls and the most common issue from drunk driving. The logos persuaded in this ad verify the statistic of how prejudice that drunk drivers may cause. According to the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention reports‚ 9
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