I’ve learned that driving under the influence of any substance is very dangerous. Not only to myself, but to the people around me. Many lives have been lost due to people taking/drinking things that have messed with their state of mind, and have gotten behind the wheel. Doing this will affect my present and future, and I'm well aware of this. Alcohol will change my mental judgement for example, I may think that I am driving normally when truly I am not. Eventually the police may take notice and
Texting and Driving Do you ever just sit and think about why everything be so high? Or just be chatting with one of your friends, and one out the bunch just says” I’m tired of taxes going up”. Well car wrecks, injury, and jail time is one of the reasons why our tariffs be high. Every day in the United States somebody has been killed from a distracted driver. One of the distracted activities people do is texting while driving. I think this is extremely dangerous because people who are doing this takes
In this essay it will talk about what distracted driving is and the dangers of distracted driving. Distracted driving is the act of driving while enabling yourself into other activities and not paying attention to the road or others around you. Since cars have been invented distracted driving has been around in society. People say that distracted driving is the new drunk driving, it is actually supposably more dangerous the drinking and driving. Also they say the more a distracted driver drives with
point B as quickly as possible, and with little regard for other people on the road. Today’s drivers exhibit many dangerous habits that are causing increasingly hazardous road conditions for everyone, such as impatient decision-making, distracted driving, and intentional recklessness. Being in a hurry while operating a car leads to selfish and impatient choices that result in automobile accidents, or even worse, needless deaths. Drivers who approach a stop sign and don’t come to a complete stop are
Legal Driving Age Controversy Here’s a scenario: seventeen-year-old Ashley has mandatory play practice at her high school tonight. Because her mom and dad are at work, she doesn’t have anyone to take her. Usually, in an event like this, she would be able to drive herself to school. Except, the state has just released a law ensuring that anyone under the age of eighteen cannot operate a car. The state legislature should not raise the legal driving age to eighteen because it gives teenagers the independence
the speed limit. Although it is typically not as drastic as going 242 mph, it is still common when driving. If a person is driving a few miles per hour over the speed limit, the cops will ignore it; but if a person is driving a significant amount over the speed limit they will get pulled over and ticketed a high amount – in some situations they may get arrested. Depending on where you are driving, there are different "limits." A "limit" is how far over the speed limit a driver can drive before
but while driving her phone rang. When she reached to answer it she drove straight into oncoming traffic instead of following her turn. As a result, Jamie later died in the hospital while Angela lived but had serious brain damage. He was only five years old at the time of the accident. This is just one of the many tragic stories that come from distracted driving accidents. It only takes a moment of checking your phone or answering a text to change someone’s life forever. Distracted driving is a prevalent
risk your life and the life of others on the road with you? The people that have been injured in texting and driving accidents would tell you probably not; and the people that have died in texting and driving accidents wish they were still here to tell you it absolutely was not important enough. II. Thesis/Subject: NEED We need to educate ourselves on the risks of texting and driving. It’s not just a small problem anymore, it is major cause of many accidents in our society today and is completely
Almost everyone says texting and driving is not safe, but many people still do it anyways. In fact studies show that 97.5 percent of people cannot drive safely while using their cell phones. Is the use of your cell phone worth risking your life and everyone else around you? My goal is to make sure you actually do not have phone access in a car, because everyone knows the danger, but my point is to get it across and actually do it. “1 out of 4 car accidents everyday are caused by
Imagine driving down the freeway with your family after a long day and instantly your life is changed forever because someone crashed into you caused by consumption of liquor. 10,076 people were killed in drinking and driving cases in 2013, that’s 1 humans life taken from them every 53 minutes. Drinking and Driving which is commonly known as Driving under the Influence (DUI) is something that is rationalized in society when in reality is incredibly selfish and life threatening for not only the intoxicated