I Made it Home” “Should she be driving right now?” I heard come from the back seat of my car‚ as me and some friends were on our way home from a concert. I only had a few drinks‚ I was fine‚ I remember thinking. I didn’t know my life was about to change in a way I never would have expected. When I arrived home and walked into my house that night‚ I heard my little sister yell from the couch “did you get the call?” She told me that my grandpa was hit by a drunk driver and was taken to Hennepin
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Drinking and driving Almost every day 30 people in the U.S die because of drunk driving. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes. Driving under the influence of alcohol was associated with age in 2010‚ the rate was highest among people aged 21 to 25 (23.4 percent). An estimated 5.8 percent of 16 or 17 year olds and 15.1 percent of 18 to 20 year olds reported driving under the influence of alcohol in the past year. Beyond age 25‚ these rates showed a general decline with increasing age. One
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Drinking and Driving Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in every state. It is wrong‚ irresponsible and wastes many lives. People who abuse alcohol hurt everyone around them‚ endanger public safety‚ and create chaos on the nation’s highways. There is nothing positive that can come out of drunk driving‚ so why do people do it? It is society’s job to punish these people and try to take control of this “out of control” issue. America doesn’t want to watch quietly as hundreds of people are killed
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and engage in more harmful activities‚ like drunk driving. Although surveys have documented a decline in recent years‚ consumption rates remain highest from late teen years to the late twenties. Despite the long-term decline since 1982 in alcohol related traffic deaths‚ a 4 percent increase occurred between 1994 and 1995 among young adults of the age 21 and over. As alcohol impaired driving persists‚ The biggest problem with drunk driving by young adults is the high rate of traffic accidents
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Should Drunk Drivers be Imprisoned on Their First Offense? There are many accidents that occur because of drunk drivers. Many people lose their lives because people aren’t responsible when they drink. They think that they are “just fine” and can drive‚ but in reality once they’ve had a drink they shouldn’t be behind a wheel. It is a fact that on average one person is killed by a drunk driver every forty minutes. While being intoxicated signals on the road can be missed or read wrong. Drunk drivers
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Topic: Paying interest on a product when you have cash in your pocket. Have you found yourself going into a mall‚ clothing store‚ or even a grocery store‚ and find something that catches your eye? You think to yourself; “Hmm should I purchase this now on credit or buy out cash”. Paying interest on a product when I have cash in my pocket should be my first thought. My credit interest is 9%‚ and the outfit I want to buy is about $80.00 clearance item. If I were to place the outfit on my credit
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Hello everyone‚ I would like to talk to day about significant topic which is How to reduce Test Anxiety . Most teachers agree that it s normal to feel some nervousness or tension before a test .you usually perform better when you are little nervous because you try harder So feeling nervous is healthy and a natural part of test taking . However‚ it is not healthy to feel so nervous that you go blank when you read the questions Therefore‚ in order to reduce test anxiety you have to do the following
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Janette Spinks Susan Johnson Nutrition Report 9 May 2002 Vegetarianism and Cancer Being a vegetarian is becoming more and more popular in today’s society with the need to be politically correct. As doctors look further in to this lifestyle they are finding more and more benefits to a person being a vegetarian. In an article entitled "Vegetarian Diets During Cancer Treatment" written by Donna Paglia‚ M.S.‚ R.D. discuss the benefits to being a vegetarian as far as cancer goes. Within
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Interest Rates Write two paragraphs with about how interest rate affects our purchasing decisions. Paragraph One Changes in interest rates can have positive and negatives effects. According with the interest rate that we have is the amount of money that we are going to paid every month for a loan. If we have a high interest rate we have a high monthly payment‚ and we need to make sure that we can afford that. If we have a low interest rate our monthly payment is less. If the
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Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder.Nowadays‚ driving while intoxicated has become the deadliest crime. There were more than 11‚000 alcohol-impaired deaths in 2009‚ sadly those deaths were preventable if the government had more severe laws against this issue. Drivers are well aware of the laws and consequences against drunk driving‚ especially after destroying families due to their carelessness decision. Victims’ families entire life is ruined because of
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