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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long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads. According to the most recent statistics by the National Commission Against Drunk Driving is that 17‚ 000 Americans die each year in alcohol related traffic crashes and 600‚000 Americans are injured. That’s an average of one death every thirty minutes. Just think about that. Every thirty minutes
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legal definitions of "driving" and "drunk" are open to many interpretations‚ which vary greatly from state to state. In some places‚ "driving" can include sitting still in a parked or wrecked vehicle with the motor off‚ or starting up a car in a driveway. Police can and do arrest people whom they believe are drunk before they get on the road and even when they’ve pulled off to "sleep it off‚" just if they’re in the driver’s seat. As for the definition of "drunk‚" there are several major factors to
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alcohol‚ should remain as a bad idea as well. Drunk Driving affects and hurts many people across the world. In 2014‚ 9‚967 people were killed from impaired driving.As 6‚391 of those crashes/death had a 63% BAC of .08 or higher. Approximately 1‚114 were passengers who decided to get in with the drunk driver. Also‚ drunk
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Cedrick Conley Footloose is a movie based out of 1984; the setting is in Beaumont‚ Texas with 5 high school students who were all involved in a car wreck‚ which where they all died. The teens were all coming from a party which had alcohol and a lot of dancing. Beaumont is a conservative town so if the parents of the teenagers knew what they were doing they wouldn’t be too fond of it. One of the teens involved in the car wreck was Bobby Moore and his father‚ Shaw Moore was the local town preacher;
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As a service of Christ‚ I ask you to please avoid drunk driving and consuming alcohol and focus more on the works of our Lord. Deaths linked with drunk driving and underage drinking are reported each day. I am traveling during the summer‚ so I am writing this now for you to read. As a person who has dealt with experiencing friends and family in drunk driving accidents and lost love ones due to this cause‚ I ask you to stop driving under the influence and never attempt to drive or get into a vehicle
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trouble for driving under the influence should have their licenses revoked forever. They put innocent people’s lives in danger for their own enjoyment. They also put their own lives in danger. Hundred and thousands of people die every year due to drunk driving incidents. Sometimes the people causing these tragedies‚ get the privilege to drive on our streets again. Does this sound right? Should we really risk other people’s lives just so this person is allowed to drive again? I don’t think so.
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about an accident that occurred involving an intoxicated driver? Probably an overwhelmingly high amount of times considering the increasing numbers of accidents due to drunk driving. This topic is a widespread issue that affects many lives‚ or even worse‚ ends them. According to Nolo.com‚ currently in our country‚ the punishment for drunk driving is up to six months in jail‚ depending on the state you live in and your blood-alcohol content at the time of the arrest‚ a fine ranging from $500 to $2‚000
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Put an End to Drunk Driving According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports in 2015‚ “drunk driving crashes cause 10‚265 people to die‚ one every 51 minutes.” Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder. Reasons drunk drivers should be charged with murder‚ because drunk driving can be avoidable‚ usually it’s not their first time drinking and driving‚ and should take responsibility for their actions. Drunk drivers who cause accidents with
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Drunk drivers have caused over ten thousand deaths every year. Drinking and driving is also a big deal‚ because of how it puts innocent people at risk every day. This issue can also affect the next generation of new drivers too. So since drunk driving has caused many deaths‚ and continues to happen‚ it is an issue that clearly needs to be addressed so it can be stopped. Defining and Background: To be considered a drunk driver all that it takes is to be driving while succeeding the alcohol limit
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