Local Heroes In the short story "local Heroes" by Scott Westcott informs readers about how Brad Ray and his family saved the life of the owner of Kathy’s Korner restaurant in a horrific car accident. Due to their brave actions‚ Brad and his family received certificates of heroism and recognition from the city of Fostoria and the wood country sheriff department. The story begins with Brad and his children going to pick up their mom from work. As they made a sharp turn around a curve
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Everyday in America about 30 people die because of people who drive and are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. One day a person went out to a party and he had a lot to drink. His friends told him they would drive him home‚ but he decided he would drive himself. He was driving‚ but he couldn’t see the road‚ he was rubbing his eyes when all the sudden he heard a loud crash. He had passed the to the opposite lane. The other driver was severely hurt. People who get caught driving drunk should lose
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society. We hear about innocent people getting killed by drunk drivers all the time. It is hard to think that the roads are that unsafe. In my opinion‚ we as a society don’t do enough to keep the drunk drivers of the road. Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a mass of research evidence to show that driving performance and reaction times are seriously affected by alcohol. If you drink and drive‚ you are not only a danger to
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M.A.D.D.‚ or Mothers Against Drunk Drivers‚ is a thirty-five year old interest group whose goal is to end drunk driving. They discourage the driving under the influence of any drug‚ most notably marijuana. They have successfully begun to reduce deaths by supporting Politians and legislature that are anti‚ driving under the influence. While they have a humble beginning they have grown to become both wealthy and powerful‚ with the ability to also pressure Politians into supporting their views. As many
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MADD was created “to aid the victims of crimes performed by individuals driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs‚ to aid the families of such victims and to increase public awareness of the problem of drinking and drugged driving." It is bringing a very common problem to the doorsteps of people who drive under the influence of drugs or alcohol and hold them accountable on the social standards. The problems that lead to the creation of MADD are the amount of children‚ friends and loved ones
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Intro There’s 300‚000 incidents of drinking and driving every day. If a person makes a stupid mistake‚ not even a paramedic or hospital‚ can save a person from being ignorant. Driving while impaired isn’t okay. There are several people out there that would take a person’s home or a place that person could stay‚and that’s why we continue to have cabs as well. Drinking in general has such a bad impact on the body over time. People tend to drink/drink and drive‚ to seem cool‚ regardless to the effects
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vehicle while intoxicated isn’t a matter of chance it’s of choice. Driving while under the influence is preventable‚ unfortunately most people underestimate the seriousness of Driving while under the influence‚ we think to ourselves “Oh that will never happen.” but unaccountably it does. Many lose loved ones and choose to live their lives with the loss but others decided to do something about it. Driving while under the influence has affected numerous people in a verity of ways‚ because of this there
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thousand trips are taken by those who are driving under the influence of alcohol or better known as DUI (MADD‚ 2014). An estimate of one-third of DUI cases that end in crashes‚ deaths‚ arrests‚ and injuries‚ comes from repeated offenders. According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration‚ in 2012 about 29.1 million people admitted to driving under the influences of alcohol‚ that’s more than the population of Texas. Driving under the influence is the cause of dangerous roads in
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punishment. Teen drivers face unreasonable laws that are discriminatory‚ and should be repealed. In many states‚ for example‚ the holder of a restricted license would be allowed to drive only when accompanied by an adult licensed driver any driver under the age of eighteen. If a teen driver is found guilty of a single moving violation‚ such as running a stop sign or
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groups‚ are a necessity to reduce the amount of drunk driving in America. Introduction For many years‚ the law enforcement community has attempted to detect impaired drivers through numerous innovative efforts and measures. The problem of driving under the influence (DUI) is well known throughout society‚ yet‚ even with all of the strategies used to remove these drivers from U.S. highways‚ it continues to cause needless and tragic loss of life each year. When will this end? When will society no
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