teen deaths in car accidents are alcohol related. Drunk driving cannot only hurt yourself but also the cars and pedestrians around you. Of the 1‚746 traffic fatalities among children ages 0 to 14‚ about one out of every six involved an alcohol impaired driver. To stop all the fatalities and injures from drunk driving awareness should be promoted‚ laws should be enforced‚ and students should know what to do if they are put in a drunk driving situation. Promoting awareness would be the first breakthrough
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First draft I let out a high-pitched shriek as my feet slid out from under me‚ and I skidded across dirty forest floor. Desperately‚ I tried to grab something–anything–as I fell‚ my ankle twisting under me. Trying to restrain myself from crying out again but I couldn’t‚ I lay on the ground‚ teeth clenched tight and hands wrapped around my ankle in the shadows provided by the huge dorm behind me. I couldn’t make out what it was behind me‚ all I knew was that I was trying to get away from it. I
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Have you ever wondered why when‚ you’re young no drinking especially no driving? teen drinking and driving‚a short nonfiction article by the CDC. Basically‚facts on how drinking and driving as a teen can and will get you in a serious car crash. You’re more likely to drink and drive at a certain ages. At age 18‚ male‚ you are at about 18%a year are going to drink and drive. So you are more likely to get into a accident but that’s only 18%. If you drink and drive at 16 you are less likely to get into
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Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs including those prescribed by physicians. In the case of alcohol‚ a drunk driver’s level of intoxication is typically determined by a measurement of blood alcohol content or BAC. A BAC measurement in excess of a specific threshold level‚ such as 0.05% or 0.08%
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person was probably drinking and driving which almost cost you your life. Just imagine what kind of situation you would be in? I would rather come home to my family‚ than be brought to the hospital. Because drinking and driving is illegal‚ dangerous‚ and can affect your memory‚ people should not put the lives of others in danger. Driving around in the daytime is not nearly as dangerous as driving around at night. The crash rates are four times higher at night due to drunk driving. According to The
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Drunk driving is one of the fastest growing problems in the United States. Statistics show that 31 percent of accident-related crashes were due to alcohol in 2013. 10‚076 people died in alcohol- impaired accidents that number has increased over time. Most people are arguing that there are reasons why someone may drive drunk so that also gives a person the right to take someone’s life‚ and we should not be fine with that. There should be no exceptions‚ and we need to do put a stop to it once and for
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Cloud Computing Is cloud computing a new rage‚ just a fad‚ a nebulous idea or a far-reaching trend? Cloud computing has become a buzz word in working and learning environments around the globe. Newsstands and Internet pages everywhere are inundated with articles‚ whitepapers and websites dedicated to defining the many facets of cloud computing such as hosting a website on the cloud‚ building a cloud infrastructure‚ cloud security‚ vulnerabilities‚ capabilities‚ pros and cons and cost. IEEE.org
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Michael Mellert LTC Strickland Advanced Algebra/Trig 8 December 2014 Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a Cuban dictator‚ he was born in Biran Cuba in 1926. Castro overthrew the government by using guerilla warfare tactics. After successfully overthrowing the government he was sworn in as Prime Minister. As Prime Minister‚ Castro established secret military and economic connections with the Soviet Union. These relations later lead to the Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1976 Castro became president of Cuba
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Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless people’s lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk but your passengers‚ as well as other people on the roads too. “Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens‚ and roughly 1/3 of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.”(DoSomething.org) These victims
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Drinking and driving has many consequences that can destroy people’s lives. Intoxicated victims of car crashes sustain worse injuries and are more likely to be seriously injured than sober victims. Drinking while driving is a serious crime all over the world‚ most of these victims are teenagers. If a driver is pulled over for driving in a manner that suggests possible intoxication‚ law enforcement officers can employ a variety of methods to determine if the driver is driving under the influence
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