Drunk driving is a very serious subject. After drinking‚ your driving is impaired and it becomes harder to react to things. In the article‚ it states that “After alcohol reaches your stomach‚ it enters your blood and goes to all parts of your body and reaches your brain in 20 to 40 minutes.” The parts of your brain that it effects are the ones that control your judgment and motor skills. After drinking it becomes harder to judge distance‚ speed‚ and even to control your car. In the same article
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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‚dangers and reason’s not
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Annotated Bibliography: Drunk Driving Burke‚ Sheila. "TN Supreme Court to Hear Field Sobriety Case." The Tennessean. N.p.‚ 23 Mar. 2013. Web. 28 Mar. 2013. This is a very interesting newspaper article out of the Tennessean. There is a huge case going on about drunk driving and field sobriety tests. This case consists of a 2009 DUI charge in Sevier County that was dismissed because car driver‚ David Bell‚ passed six field sobriety tests. The Tennessee Supreme Court has approved to take this case that
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result of drunk driving crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011.) II. Central Thesis Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved‚ if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic. III. Body A. Need: Drunk driving occurs everyday‚ and many lives are taken because of one person choice. 1. Every 52 minutes on average‚ someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (10
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an accident that occurred involving an intoxicated driver? Probably an overwhelmingly high amount of times considering the increasing numbers of accidents due to drunk driving. This topic is a widespread issue that affects many lives‚ or even worse‚ ends them. According to Nolo.com‚ currently in our country‚ the punishment for drunk driving is up to six months in jail‚ depending on the state you live in and your blood-alcohol content at the time of the arrest‚ a fine ranging from $500 to $2‚000‚ and
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“Mm-hmm‚” Katie cocked her MAC-11 and kept her eyes straight ahead to the van. As I neared the van again‚ the man loaded another drum magazine into his RPK‚ cocked the action and resumed firing at us. A civilian car swerved in front of us in an evasive maneuver‚ and I tried to get around it but clipped its left rear corner‚ and it spun out on the side of the road. “Shit!” I looked back at the car which had screeched to a halt then turned my attention back to the van. The man in the back fired some
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Drunk driving‚ and driving under the influence of any drugs‚ is a bad idea. But many mistake it for accidents only causing physical damage. But the consequences are far more severe. The most obvious effects of driving under the influence is safety. This not only affects those who do decide to drink‚ but also those who are driving safely. It is for this reason‚ that drunk driving is so dangerous to all of us. One driver can affect numerous lives‚ and even cause multiple fatalities in one crash. It
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Alina Zubenskaya Sue Pesznecker WR 121 Don’t Drink and Drive Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads
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Put an End to Drunk Driving According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports in 2015‚ “drunk driving crashes cause 10‚265 people to die‚ one every 51 minutes.” Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder. Reasons drunk drivers should be charged with murder‚ because drunk driving can be avoidable‚ usually it’s not their first time drinking and driving‚ and should take responsibility for their actions. Drunk drivers who cause accidents with
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Texting while driving has become more common in today’s society and while seemingly innocent‚ the act of texting while driving can also be one of the most dangerous and possibly fatal forms of communications. Whether the driver is texting‚ emailing or talking on the cellular device it can cost many lives. Cellular device texting is the number one distraction in the United States. Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents happen when people text while driving. Why do people text and drive
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