Drinking and Driving
The Dangers of Driving Under the Influence Did you know that more than 10,839 people will die this year with one dying every 30 minutes?(Main) Just thinking about one person dying every 50 minutes is very eye opening! Now think about if you were that person under the influence, got in someones car, started driving and next thing she knows she see bright car lights and her life is changed. One should take more caution when thinking about drinking. Drinking is getting way out of hand for teens and people over 21. Teens should not be drinking. They are getting a higher chance of turning into an alcoholic as they drink more and more. Those people need to learn to have a sober driver that is willing to drive one person home safe. One person may get in trouble with the adult or the cop but it’s way better than losing his/her life with a stupid mistake he/she made. The punishment for drinking under the influence needs to be more strict. With so many deaths caused by drinking and driving the government has tried to propose a device that would have saved thousands of lives. Those devices are called Ignition Interlocks. The main reason they wanted these devices in the cars was because; they wanted people who liked to drink in excess a lot not to be out about on the road. Many of the BAC (Blood Alcohol Content) offenders are repeat offenders(Snyder). The device is similar to the breathalyzer police use, the drivers blow into the Ignition Interlock before starting the car. If the device detects alcohol in the persons breath the car will not start. These are used for people who are on probation. The restoration of limited driving privileges also comes with the Ignition Interlocks(Kluger). New Mexico passed this law in 2005, since then 6,000 Interlocks have been installed and 75% fewer drunk driving arrests than those without Interlocks. (Teigen) It may sound like a mixed message: Alcohol may offer some health benefits, especially for your heart. Then again, alcohol may