Personal Narrative: A Safer World
A Safer World
October 31st, 2013 in Bloomington, Illinois. It is around three o’clock in the morning. A man decides that, after having numerous alcoholic drinks, he is still in the right mindset to drive himself home. He thinks he is driving just fine – making it down the highway safely. Before he knows it, though, he plows right into a police car, T boning it, and immediately killing the officer and his service dog that were inside of the car. This man is now facing not one, but two charges of murder and a DUI. If he ever gets out of jail, it will be almost impossible for him to get a job and his insurance rates will skyrocket because of the accident. For these reasons, and simply to prevent terrible accidents like this from happening, …show more content…
Steven Carter, a Colorado Springs-based photographer, voluntarily put one on his Honda Prelude last year after his third drunken-driving arrest since 1999. He had quit drinking but installed it as a "safeguard with me." This decision was a very good one, because four months after installing the breathalyzer, Carter had a relapse and tried to drive his car after a night of drinking at the bar. His car would not start, so he took a cab home and returned the next day to get it. (O’Donnell) It is as simple as that. If someone has too much to drink one night, that is fine – that is his or her decision and responsibility. It should not be an option, though, to operate a vehicle and put all other people on the road in …show more content…
The number of fatalities will decrease drastically and so would the number of injuries. If breathalyzers were installed, it would also save the government and drivers a lot of money. The government would not have to pay 132 billion dollars a year towards the cost of drunk driving accidents. Drivers would not have to pay for DUI fines and the cost of their insurance going up. Lastly, putting breathalyzers in cars would prevent people from getting arrested and getting DUIs, which would ensure that they do not lose their job or keep them from finding a job after they do jail time for causing an accident or killing someone. Putting breathalyzers in cars would simply keep the roads safe for
October 31st, 2013 in Bloomington, Illinois. It is around three o’clock in the morning. A man decides that, after having numerous alcoholic drinks, he is still in the right mindset to drive himself home. He thinks he is driving just fine – making it down the highway safely. Before he knows it, though, he plows right into a police car, T boning it, and immediately killing the officer and his service dog that were inside of the car. This man is now facing not one, but two charges of murder and a DUI. If he ever gets out of jail, it will be almost impossible for him to get a job and his insurance rates will skyrocket because of the accident. For these reasons, and simply to prevent terrible accidents like this from happening, …show more content…
Steven Carter, a Colorado Springs-based photographer, voluntarily put one on his Honda Prelude last year after his third drunken-driving arrest since 1999. He had quit drinking but installed it as a "safeguard with me." This decision was a very good one, because four months after installing the breathalyzer, Carter had a relapse and tried to drive his car after a night of drinking at the bar. His car would not start, so he took a cab home and returned the next day to get it. (O’Donnell) It is as simple as that. If someone has too much to drink one night, that is fine – that is his or her decision and responsibility. It should not be an option, though, to operate a vehicle and put all other people on the road in …show more content…
The number of fatalities will decrease drastically and so would the number of injuries. If breathalyzers were installed, it would also save the government and drivers a lot of money. The government would not have to pay 132 billion dollars a year towards the cost of drunk driving accidents. Drivers would not have to pay for DUI fines and the cost of their insurance going up. Lastly, putting breathalyzers in cars would prevent people from getting arrested and getting DUIs, which would ensure that they do not lose their job or keep them from finding a job after they do jail time for causing an accident or killing someone. Putting breathalyzers in cars would simply keep the roads safe for