Drinking and driving has become the leading cause of deaths in today’s society. Each year the amount of people engaging in drunk driving increases greatly. Young teens to adults as well partake in the consumption of alcohol. Alcohol takes a toll on the human brain to cause people to make immoral decisions. Not only is this affecting yourself but the innocent people around you. Driving drunk can lead to serious penalties. Every day we see and hear terrible tragedies about the loss of loved ones
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The Severity of Drunk Driving Drunk Driving has become a major focal point across America. Anti-drunk driving organizations are forming and laws are stiffening in efforts to put an end to it. Some people‚ however‚ believe that it is not as serious a crime as America is making it out to be. They also believe that harsher punishments are not the solution. Douglas Husak puts forth an argument that stresses why he believes drunk driving is not a serious offense and should not warrant jail time for the
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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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Each day‚ people drive drunk more than 300‚000 times‚ but only about 3200 are arrested (Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ 2014). Could people only imagine to what extent drunk driving is irresponsible and destructive nowadays. According to the president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization‚ which was created to fight with this phenomena‚ “drunk driving continues to be the most frequently committed violent crime” (Hamilton‚ 2000). Indeed‚ it is a real crime‚ which has to be punished
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Texting and Driving Adrianna Contreras Kaplan University CM220 Professor Thompson May 1‚ 2012 In the middle of the night‚ a police comes to the Johnsons door to tell them that an accident has occurred and that their teenage daughter is deceased and another teen is in critical care. The accident was caused by texting and driving. Now the Johnsons have to go the morgue and identify their daughter‚ this is an accident that could have been prevented. In the Treasure Valley‚ there have been
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the biggest problems related to irresponsible drinking is driving while intoxicated (DWI). Fatality rates related to DWI’s are astronomical. According to the data compiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)‚ in 1990 alone‚ 20‚083 people were killed as a result of alcohol related crashes. In 1995‚ fatalities were still estimated at about 17‚274. In 1998‚ DWI related death rates still amounted to 15‚936 (“Drunk Driving‚” n.d.). Although these numbers did decrease slightly each
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because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead 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
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The Problems Of Drinking And Driving Harman Singh Gahir Roll Number August 09 2010 On the night of May 14‚ 1988‚ Larry Mahoney was drunk‚ so drunk that his blood-alcohol concentration—the percentage of alcohol in his blood—was more than twice Kentucky’s legal limit at the time of .10 percent. Regardless‚ Mahoney got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and proceeded to drive northbound in the southbound lane of Interstate 71 near Carrollton‚ Kentucky‚ crashing head-on into a church bus returning
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Driving While Intoxicated Paper Claudia Ortiz Ms. Turner – GOVT 2302 Driving While Intoxicated Paper As we all know driving while intoxicated (DWI) can be very dangerous for both the sober driver and the intoxicated driver. Some of us‚ if not all of us have seen‚ known‚ and even experienced someone driving while intoxicated. There have been stories about drunk drivers on the news and other types of media that shock society. . Many times‚ the outcome of driving while intoxicated
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Drunk Drivers Should Be Imprisoned On The First Offense Drunk Drivers accounted for 32% of all traffic fatalities last year‚ which amounts to someone being killed every 45 minutes by a drunk driver. The penalties for most states is just temporary suspension of driver’s licenses for up to 1 year‚ and to only pay associated fines accessed by the court. Usually‚ drunken driving offenders are back on the road driving within a year‚ and with the assistance of a good attorney with weeks. Although
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