Argumentative Essay: A Breathalyzer For Every Car
10-20-2013
Ms. Cox English Composition/Collaborative Essay
Betsy Bowman, Tiana Lavender, Alissa Cameron, Luke Zak
A Breathalyzer for Every Car
Driving is a mundane most U.S. citizens perform every day without fully being aware of it. As a result we often daydream and visualize ourselves in some other scenario. We forget that a vehicle is in fact a multi-ton battering ram on wheels. That it can injure, maim, kill or destroy entire families in a split second. It takes only one small lapse in attention while driving to create the millisecond necessary for wonton destruction via car. Most of these lapses can be avoided by simple mindfulness of our thoughts and actions. However, when alcohol is thrown into the mix even the concentration …show more content…
Shame because the person is branded as a criminal, and their freedoms will be withheld. Also shame is felt because a person charged with a DUI experiences public humiliation when appearing in court. And fear because of the associated financial impact. The loss of transportation and a means of providing for one’s self and family add to this fear. Anger can be directed at one’s self for the decision to drive under the influence. Resentment can be directed at the family because of the stress associated with providing for them after they have lost their job due to a DUI. All of these effects are reported by DUI Attorney.org. It goes without saying our emotional states are more important than our actual circumstances. A million dollar a year attorney will still commit suicide if he is depressed, even if it appears he has everything on the outside. It is well known that stress and depression are killers. This can all be experienced as a result of one poor decision in the case of DUI …show more content…
Alcohol, you cannot be convicted or a DUI unless you have consumed it. What can we infer? Alcohol affects everyone’s decision making process, aka judgment. The only way to guard against this effect is to place a breathalyzer in every vehicle in order for it to operate. If this was the case DUI conviction would be almost completely obsolete. Deaths associated with drinking and driving would also. It may seem absurd to take such a large scale measure. It may sound absurd, unless you have been charged with a DUI and suffered the consequences of it. It may sound absurd, unless you have lost or killed someone due to drunk driving. In those cases it makes perfect
Ms. Cox English Composition/Collaborative Essay
Betsy Bowman, Tiana Lavender, Alissa Cameron, Luke Zak
A Breathalyzer for Every Car
Driving is a mundane most U.S. citizens perform every day without fully being aware of it. As a result we often daydream and visualize ourselves in some other scenario. We forget that a vehicle is in fact a multi-ton battering ram on wheels. That it can injure, maim, kill or destroy entire families in a split second. It takes only one small lapse in attention while driving to create the millisecond necessary for wonton destruction via car. Most of these lapses can be avoided by simple mindfulness of our thoughts and actions. However, when alcohol is thrown into the mix even the concentration …show more content…
Shame because the person is branded as a criminal, and their freedoms will be withheld. Also shame is felt because a person charged with a DUI experiences public humiliation when appearing in court. And fear because of the associated financial impact. The loss of transportation and a means of providing for one’s self and family add to this fear. Anger can be directed at one’s self for the decision to drive under the influence. Resentment can be directed at the family because of the stress associated with providing for them after they have lost their job due to a DUI. All of these effects are reported by DUI Attorney.org. It goes without saying our emotional states are more important than our actual circumstances. A million dollar a year attorney will still commit suicide if he is depressed, even if it appears he has everything on the outside. It is well known that stress and depression are killers. This can all be experienced as a result of one poor decision in the case of DUI …show more content…
Alcohol, you cannot be convicted or a DUI unless you have consumed it. What can we infer? Alcohol affects everyone’s decision making process, aka judgment. The only way to guard against this effect is to place a breathalyzer in every vehicle in order for it to operate. If this was the case DUI conviction would be almost completely obsolete. Deaths associated with drinking and driving would also. It may seem absurd to take such a large scale measure. It may sound absurd, unless you have been charged with a DUI and suffered the consequences of it. It may sound absurd, unless you have lost or killed someone due to drunk driving. In those cases it makes perfect