Blinding Anger - Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth In the play‚ “Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth” by Drew Hayden Taylor‚ the story of two sisters‚ Barb and Janice is told. They had not met each other for the first time until Janice had turned 35 and had returned for her first visit. The two are basically strangers and their relationship consists of nothing but anger. The development in their relationship seems to be impossible with the two who are unable to understand each other
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is an organization that was founded in 1980 due to the tragic death of a thirteen-year-old year girl in California that was killed by a repeat offender drunk driver. The organization quickly grew larger when the girl’s mother had found out how lenient the laws against drunk driving were. MADD is kept alive by its founders and activist who all have strong beliefs towards what the organization stands for. In 2000 the organization had more than two million members
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object that is in our day to day life but people don’t realize how deadly they can be. According to the National Safety Council‚ “estimates that at least 1.6 million crashes each year involving drivers using cell phones and texting.” (http://www.nsc.org) Innocent People could get hurt or killed because of drivers using cell phones. People can stop these unnecessary accidents by not using their cell phones while driving. Drivers’ use of cell phones while vehicles are in motion should be prohibited
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BSHS/355 Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is a nonprofit organization that was created in the United States and is also being implemented in Canada. This organization was created in 1980 by Candice Lighter‚ from Fair Oaks California‚ after her then 13 year old daughter was killed by a drunk driver. This organizations mission is to stop drunk driving as well as provides education about drunk driving‚ supports victims and their families of drunk driving‚ and fighting for strict policies
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One of the biggest problems on the road today are drunk drivers. Some of the most biggest tragedies are caused by drivers that irresponsibly get behind the wheel of a car. while intoxicated. What if there was a way to significantly deteriorate the amount of accidents caused not oy by drunk drivers but by all drivers on the road. Driverless cars are the answer. They eliminate human error by using computers and technology. drove this car should be on all roads because they promote efficiency‚ and also
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Drinking While Driving Ever lost someone close or heard of someone who lost their life to drunk driving? Drinking and driving is becoming a serious problem that is spiraling out of control. If awareness of the true danger of drinking and driving doesn’t get out to the public America could be facing serious problems. These problems can result in the average life expectancy of a person becoming smaller and smaller. Each year this situation becomes a bigger problem that affects not only the drunk driver but
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what laws they put into place. One of my best friends was killed by a drunk driver when I was a Sr. in high school so I thought it would be a good idea to learn more about what laws have been passed to prevent as many people from possible from getting behind the wheel. Interdisciplinary Evaluation This topic is definitely interdisciplinary because just one discipline such as law enforcement cannot prevent people from driving drunk. It takes education‚ communication. I don’t think people will ever
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and driving. When someone is under the influence of alcohol they really don’t know the right choices from the wrong ones. More times then not those people make the wrong choice to get behind the wheel of a car. Just because someone is drunk doesn’t mean its an automatic thing that they will crash but it does increase the chances by quite a bit. No matter what age you are‚ a new licensed driver being 16 to an elderly man being 80‚ this is always going to be bad and frowned upon by anyone. Drunk driving
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innocent person being involved in a car accident all because of a drunk driver? Some of the victims in the situation survive and recover. Often times there’s also the loss of a family member or friend to someone else. Imagine if you were in that situation. A drunk driver strikes someone really close to you‚ but thankfully the person recovers. However‚ the felon is charged and sentenced to 30 days in prison. Once the person is released‚ they can drive again and possibly put more people in danger. Wouldn’t
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D) –Single Interest Group The Mission of Mothers Against Drunk Driving is to stop drink driving‚ support the victims of this violent crime‚ and prevent underage drinking. MADD is funded by the federal government as well as donations and sponsorships. Mothers Against Drunk Driving was established to put a stop to drunk driving and underage drinking. A woman named Candace Lightner had a 13 year old daughter who was killed
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