How drunk driving has impacted Me Impact of the “murder” of 4 Lake Shore High School Student’s death at the hands of a drunk driver Upon My Life Devon Spurlock was my sister’s friend. He had been to parties at my house and even attended my sister’s graduation party. That night I played basketball with him and he signed “Good Luck” on my sister’s graduation dog. When I entered high school he was the only person out of my sister’s friends to say hello to me in the hallway. On March 16‚ 2009 the
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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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forced to endure the pain and atrocities due to the carelessness of drunk driving? Drunk driving has been a problem in the United States since the introduction of automobiles; however‚ it did not become an important social issue until the 1980 ’s. At that time the political atmosphere defined crime in terms of personal choice and individual responsibility. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. It is not only illegal‚ but unsafe to
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arrested for drunk driving‚ it was a 25 year old London taxi driver named George Smith‚ he slammed his taxi into a building.He later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings. All state states have some type of ignition interlock law. In which judges require all or some convicted drunk drivers to install interlocks in their cars to analyze their breath and disable the engine if alcohol is detected. 20 states have made ignition interlocks mandatory or highly incentive for all convicted drunk drivers‚
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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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Mothers against Drunken Driving (MADD) Student’s Name: Institutional Affiliation: Mothers Against Drunk Driving Candace Lynne Lightner‚ also known as Candy Lightner‚ is well recognized as being the founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) (Overbey‚ 2006). Having been born in the year 1946 in Pasadena‚ California‚ Candace graduated from high school and proceeded to enroll in American River College in Sacramento where she also graduated (Lerner‚ 2011). She later married Steve Lightner and
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Driving is fun‚ but drinking and driving is not! Hundreds of people are killed and thousands are injured every year in an accident with a drunk driver. This issue doesn’t only affect the victim itself‚ but the families‚ loved ones and communities as well. Drunk driving amongst teens is a serious issue‚ and is growing by the minute. Drunk driving is somebody’s choice or somebody’s authorization to get behind the wheel when they are clearly impaired. The scars from a drunk driving accident take an
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ formerly Mothers Against Drunk Drivers‚ is a Texas-based nonprofit organization that fights drunk driving‚ underage drinking and assists the victims of drunk driving and their families. History The organization was founded in 1980 by Candace Lightner‚ whose 13 year old daughter was killed by a hit and run drunk driver in California. The driver was a repeat offender‚ and the sentence handed down outraged Lightner. She formed
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MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING Listening Plan When I think about attending a MADD meeting might be like‚ I’m not really sure what to expect. l know the time of the meeting; Wednesday at 5:30pm October 13‚ 2010. I’ll make sure to eat before going. I don ’t want to be hungry and I don ’t like vending machine food. l know me well enough that if I don ’t eat before going to this meeting I won ’t be a good listener. I have been this way since grammar school. I always had to have a good breakfast. The
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Drunk Driving Despite many efforts to reduce drunk driving‚ it continues to be a problem in the United States. About 10‚000 people die in the United States each year due to drunk driving. In the article Drunk Driving: Why Is MADD Among Critics of Lower Alcohol Limit?‚ NTSB chair Deborah Hersman said in a statement "Most Americans think that we’ve solved the problem of impaired driving‚ but in fact‚ it’s still a national epidemic‚" The drinking age has been raised to 21‚ and the legal limit was
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