us/alcohol-drug.htm#what http://www.nysdwi.com/newyorkdwi.html http://alcoholism.about.com/od/about/a/symptoms.htm In New York State‚ the crime Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) consists of an individual testing a Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) of .08 or higher. Producing a BAC of .05 to .07‚ or any other evidence of impairment results in Driving While Ability Impaired (DWAI). Both DWI and DWAI offenses carry with it a range of penalties and consequences. First offenders for DWI and DWAI are fined
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Use a Cell Phone While Driving Cell Phones Kill Philip Theibert Philip Theibert‚ Yahoo Contributor Network Jan 13‚ 2010 MORE:Cell Phone DangersTexting While Driving FlagPost a comment Here are 25 reasons not to use a cell phone when driving. 1. There are a thousand ways to die in a car crash and they are all permanent 2. No message is important enough to die for 3. Do you want a free nose job when your head hits the windshield 4 .Everyone around you is texting. You need to watch
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------------------------------------------------- Using a Cell Phone While Driving: It Can Wait In recent years‚ a new and extremely dangerous epidemic has plagued our roads. The use of cell phones while operating vehicles is an ongoing controversy that is resulting in more and more deaths each year. Consequently‚ we are now dealing with much more than the occasional switch of a radio station‚ or a casual conversation with a passenger; we are faced with constant preoccupation while driving. Talking/texting while in the car is an extreme
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CGHS AP World Summer Work 2014 Directions • Go online to Broward Schools BEEP and access the AP World textbook. • Directions to BEEP • Go to http://beep.browardschools.com/ssoPortal/index.htm • Look for grades 9-‐12 • Click on Social Studies • Scroll down to Advanced Placement World History • Click
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Distracted Driving If you had the chance to save a life‚ wouldn’t you take it? If stopping one action would give you a 28.3 times more likely to not crash wouldn’t you stop? This one simple action is using a cell phone while driving. Only 10 out of the 50 states ban cell phone usage while driving. Using a cell phone while driving is distracting‚ it has major consequences‚ and there aren’t really any “safe” ways to do it other than totally eliminating it. From the mere fact that driving while using
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Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless people’s lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk but your passengers‚ as well as other people on the roads too. “Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teens‚ and roughly 1/3 of these accidents involve alcohol or another substance.”(DoSomething.org) These victims
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glasses‚ before you know it you are drunk and you need to get home. You figure everything will be fine‚ considering you are a great driver‚ right? Wrong‚ drinking and driving is a deadly combination. One drink and you can reduce you ability to concentrate and react to different situations properly. The more alcohol that is injected into ones system‚ the more difficulty you have judging distances and reacting to sudden problems on the road. Impaired driving‚ is considered an unacceptable and dangerous
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Distracted Driving in Tennessee Cellular devices have become a natural part of everyday life. People wake up check their texts‚ emails‚ Facebook‚ twitter and even the weather with the touch of a button. New generation smartphones are now constantly glued to every hand or head that passes by. The result of this obsession is the ongoing issue of distracted driving. This issue started when drivers would get constant phone calls while on the road causing them to lose focus on their surroundings. Now
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Cell phones and Driving Why is this such a problem for teen drivers? * Many teens mainly focus on staying connected with their friends and family‚ now with all the new technology it is easier to do so. Cell phones are now so much more portable and easy to use teens will take advantage of it‚ resulting in texting and driving or talking on the phone while driving. * Most teens don’t realize that using a cell phone while driving is dangerous. Most teens believe that they are “good drivers”
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Did you know drunk driving is the Nation s most frequently committed violent crime? About three in every five Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash at some time in their lives. It s a scary thought isn t it? Drunk driving takes the life of a person approximately every thirty seconds. Those injured and killed in drunk driving collisions are not accident victims. The crashes caused by impaired drivers involve two choices: to drink AND to drive. The injuries and deaths sustained each
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