they ca ll a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol related traffic fatalites t o decline considerably. Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes
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At this age group teenagers are consuming more alcohol than ever. As our generation of kids are growing too fast . One of the major issues in the U.S is Teenage Drunk Driving. Young drivers ages 16-18 make up only 15% of licensed drivers they cause 30% of alcohol related driving deaths. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people younger than 25. Specific factors that pertain to this fatal problem are blood alcohol content (BAC)‚ failure to wear seatbelts‚ and inexperienced
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whether you are driving or you are a passenger. Which States Have the Most Drunk Drivers There are some states within the U.S. that tend to have a higher rate of drunk drivers. Seeing that many accidents are caused by drunk driving‚ this is a problem across our country. The largest amount of problems tend to be across the Midwest and in Hawaii‚ although some of the western states top the list as well. Hawaii has 995 drunk
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or texting when they should be focusing on the road. In my opinion not one is more dangerous than the other because they’re both life threatening. There are many similarities and differences between texting while driving and driving while drunk. One that everyone should be aware of is that they’re both illegal. The wireless communications device (no texting) law took effect January 1‚ 2009. If he or she is seen texting while operating a vehicle‚ the base fine for the first offense is
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very upset with them and stormed out and drove herself home. That was the last time Kim’s friends were able to spend that kind of time with Kim. 13.2 percent of people who drive drunk get into an accident. Growing up Kim’s mom was an alcoholic and she never thought that she would do what her mom did all the time‚ drive drunk. When she was mad‚ she made that fast choice and it changed her life forever. Statistics show that 25-50 percent of peoples whose parents were alcoholics end up just like them
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Diary of a Madman‚ published in 1918‚ was written by Lu Xun‚ pen name of Zhou Shuren‚ who was considered the most important Chinese Modernist writer. The Daydreams of a Drunk Woman‚ was published in 1960 with a collection of other short stories called Family Ties‚ written by Clarice Lispector‚ who went to law-school‚ and worked as a journalist before becoming a full-time writer. Both of these writers portray a rather dark story‚ one that focuses on a central character who’s view on the society around
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Australian Film Finance Corporation with assistance from Film Victoria and the New South Wales Film and Television Office. The film was made on a total budget of $4.4 million. ’Two Hands’ went on to make $5‚478‚485 at the box office‚ it was the first Australian film to open in top position at the Australian box office within the last six years prior to its release. With a total budget of $4.4 million‚ it was an exceptionally modest amount considering the average Australian feature film budget at
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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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Like every popular topic‚ driving while under the influence of alcohol is surrounded by myths. With the help of the Internet and popular media‚ unsubstantiated beliefs about drunk driving can spread further and appear more credible. Unfortunately‚ these myths also perpetuate the thousands of alcohol related deaths on our nation’s highways each year. Here are four of the more common myths: You Can Drive While Intoxicated by Going Slower The idea behind this one is that if your reflexes are slower
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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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