you’re wrong. It was sent while they were driving. Texting and driving is very dangerous‚ it can kill you and other people around you. Texting and driving should be illegal in every state. Most people would think that drinking and driving would be the worst possible thing to do in a car but you’re wrong. “Study’s found texting and driving is about as dangerous as driving with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent” (Hoffman). Now that is dangerous and to think. People are texting and
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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………………………… 5 UNDERAGE DRINKING…………………………………………………………………... 5 MILITARY UNDERGE DRINKING……………………………………………………..... 7 BINGE DRINKING……………………………………………………............................... 8 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..................................... 11 RECOMMENDATIONS/SOLUTIONS……………………………………………………. 11 MILITARY WINGMAN CONCEPT……………………………………………………..... 13 ENFORCING THE LAW……………………………………………………...................... 15 WORKS CITED……………………………………………………
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to get behind the wheel after having even just one drink? In 2010‚ Indiana alone had 17‚405 arrests for driving under the influence. 121 of those people arrested were under the age of 18 (centurycouncil.org). Drinking and driving can cause serious damage not just to oneself but to others around this shows that a lot of people don’t consider the repercussions of their actions. Drinking and driving is not only
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Talking on a cell phone or texting causes drivers to lose their focus‚ often with deadly consequences. Driving is not a time to multitask‚ especially if the driver is a teenager. Nearly 28 percent of all vehicle crashes can be tied to talking on a cell phone or texting‚ according to the National Safety Council. Legislators and others are speaking out and taking action to curb distracted driving. When Wil Craig tells his story‚ teens listen. In 2008‚ when he was an Indiana high school senior‚ Craig
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-THE CHOICE IS YOURS- Topic: Drinking and driving. General Purpose: To inform. Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about the dangers and outcomes of drinking and driving. Central Idea: Today‚ I will first explain the effects alcohol can have on a person’s body‚ secondly‚ the financial consequences of drunk driving and finally‚ how driving under the influence has impacted our society. Introduction A. Attention Getter: May 14‚ 1988. The worst bus accident in American history occurred
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each year in crashes due to texting while driving (Ramirez). Texting and driving not only puts a high risk of danger on the driver‚ but creates a dangerous environment for everyone surrounding them. Surpassing drinking and driving‚ the leading causes of death among teenagers is texting while driving. Virginia Tech studies show that anyone who texts while driving makes a crash 23 times more likely to be in an accident (“Dangers of Texting While Driving”). Also‚ if the driver is dialing they
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Cause & effect of drinking & driving There are many reasons why people drink. There are also many reasons why individuals’ think they can drive after they have been drinking. No one ever think’s that the cause of their drinking can have effects. During the seconds of making the selfish decision to pick up the keys and get behind the wheel‚ no one thinks about the effect. Thousands of question are asked‚ and thousands of excuses are being given. No answer is ever good enough to family or friends who
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Underage drinking and driving remains an ongoing issue‚ statistically proven as the leading cause of teen death. Teen drinking and driving is still a problem today. Several teenagers would prefer to take the risk of driving home rather than to just ask a friend for a ride. Underage drinking and driving is proven to be a major cause of economic expenses. Besides underage drinking and driving being the cause of economic expenses‚ it also is the cause of multiple other consequences. Consequences that
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are continuously put at risk every day by the people of our own country. Drinking and driving has generated into a social norm leaving lives at risk. Organizations have paid generous amounts of money to stop this treacherous decision made by the weak. Still‚ it remains apparent this irresponsible and detrimental choice will continue despite the lives affected. Why would a human gamble an innocent life as well as theirs? Why wouldn’t someone organize a strategic plan to arrive home safely without
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that dubbed the idea of driving while under the influence to be such an atrocious thing? Clearly they weren’t very bright. Sure‚ 13‚000 people are killed each year in alcohol related accidents‚ but so what? The earth is becoming over-populated anyways. We don’t need those people. We’re better off without them. Driving is so boring. In order to make it fun and more exciting‚ why not drink a few beers‚ and take a few shots before hitting the road? How great would that be? Driving with blurred vision‚
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