Persuasive Essay On Driving

There is a term used in Northern Ontario called White knuckle driving. This is a simple description of what northern drivers experience when they are forced to drive on one of our highways after a snowfall. Our knuckles turn white from gripping the steering wheel so tight because of the life-threatening driving conditions in the North.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, eight people are killed each day in crashes involving distracted driving (Kelly, 1). This is an alarming stat that needs to be addressed immediately so this issue can be prevented allowing for better safety on the roads for drivers. In this day and age, technology has an exponentially greater impact on the daily lives of people in society as opposed to recent history, especially with millennials. Stats to the right show that 12% of teen crashes come from cell phone use distraction. From children to millennials to the older generations, phone use is almost depended on for everyday communication and staying abreast of news within their social circle and the globe.

In the United States of America over 10,000 people die each year from accidents involving an alcohol-impaired driver and according to CBS news, that number is on the rise. Drunk driving is the criminal act of driving while being impaired, alcoholically. When alcohol is consumed it is absorbed into the bloodstream. In most situations alcohol slows down the brain's ability to control the body, reflexes are also affected by this. If a driver is impaired his ability to track moving objects are affected along with the ability to control the vehicle. Drunk driving is a controversial topic because, some people think there should be more laws to prevent it while other believe the laws should be left alone.

Drunk driving is a dangerous problem that continues to take hundreds of lives each year. Is drinking and driving worth one’s life? This one decision, which may not seem important at the time, can end badly. Drunk driving is a huge problem in America. Driving under the influence of alcohol is a serious cause to road accidents and deaths.

Someone once said, “ Safety isn’t expensive, it's priceless.”  This means people should be teaching everyone about safety because it is free.  People should take advantage of these free opportunities.  Young children that are not informed of safety are getting killed by vehicles because they do not understand road safety.  According to the Auto Channel website in the year of 1999, 733 children under the age of 14 died from accidents with cars. Also, in the year of 2000, nearly 44,600 children were treated in hospital emergency rooms for pedestrian related injuries.

Was that one conversation with your friend worth the next one hundred y’all could’ve had? Was finding that certain emoji worth not being able to send it? Was your anger and lack of patience to get to your destination worth not getting there at all? Most people are distracted at least half the time when driving; whether it be a phone, trying to change the radio station, drinking, eating, reaching down in the seat, or simply having a conversation with the passenger. It’s not expected for someone to be absolutely silent when driving. The world doesn’t expect you not to sing to your favorite song and maybe even bounce to the beat of your favorite tune. Yet, people are too often killed or severely injured when our minds lose focus even if it’s

The state of Colorado is NOT doing enough to prevent distracted driving, especially among tech-savvy millennials who ignore safety precautions set by the government in order to reduce the amount of accidents each year from careless drivers. Despite road signs and an increased cost on distracted driving tickets - it is still technically legal to text and drive in the state of Colorado. In July of 2017, the government decided that using handheld devices while driving is considered safe unless the driver is being careless or reckless. What government officials refuse to acknowledge is that it takes a fraction of a second to permanently ruin your life or someone else’s. Studies have shown that distracted driving delays the body's ability to reach to urgent situations by an average of 6 seconds. Comparatively, the timing of these reactions are very similar to those results of people who consume alcohol/drugs prior to getting in the car and driving. As for the consequences, a ticket is $300 but the guilt lasts a lifetime and those who drive recklessly and take the life of another person never get over their foolish decision to prioritize a phone over their own safety. It’s important to educate the youth and future generations of the dangers distracted driving can lead to - as well as explain the effects if they are not careful.

Let’s just say driving too fast on gravel can lead to bad consequences. Everyone’s life is full of mistakes. It was the summer of my 8th grade year. My friend from Osage Madi, who was a sophomore, had her driver's license and wanted to go get our nails done together in Charles City. It was a perfect day...from what I remember. Once we got back from Charles City we stopped at her dad’s house to tell him we and some of our friends were going to drive around a bit.

On October 6th, 2011 I was scheduled at 8:45 am to take my driver’s license exam. I had been preparing for this day the moment I received my temps six months prior. Instead of my grandfather drive me to his home from high school every day, I demanded to start driving us home. When my mom would come home late at night to pick me up from my grandparents’ house to take me to my actual home I would drive us too. I was relentless when it came to practicing driving. On late nights, I would take my future car, a 98’ two- door ford to a soybean field behind my house and practice parallel parking. Although this may seem like overkill, driving was something I wanted more than anything. You see, there were many reasons I wanted to drive so bad, one, because of the freedom it would give me and two, I wanted to be able to see something I had put so much time and effort into become a reality. It was not the same as studying for a test, it was a life skill that would come in handy almost every day of my life.

Drunk Driving is one of the largest problems in today's society. Have you ever heard or seen of someone that has made a bad decision after consuming alcohol? In this paper I will tell you all kinds of things about drunk driving and what could help prevent it, i'm going to tell you what happens if you get caught drinking and driving, i'm going to tell you how many people a year get killed from drunk driving on normal days and even holidays. I'm also going to tell you how it affects everyone, such as the intoxicated driver, the police and the victim's family.

Life in the womb was beginning to get tiring for a certain fetus. “Soon to be expected” was considered too long of a wait for her. One January day, Jessica decided it was time to pop out of the womb. This caused many complications between the girl and her mother. She was born premature and had trouble breathing. She was kept in an intensive care unit for a couple of days. After a week, they deemed her healthy enough to be able to go home with her parents to meet the remainder of her family.

Everyday, 28 people are killed by drunk drivers with a blood alcohol level above .08, and each day friends and families have to hear the news that their loved one has passed away. All these friends and families needed was a way to possibly prevent such an unfortunate event. Sadly, there could've been. Over the years technology has advanced our world and provided us with life-saving, life-changing devices and in these years the Ignition interlock Device has been recently been mandated in some cars for people who have been convicted of a DUI or DWI. These devices measure the driver's BAC by having them breath into the device, if their BAC is above .08 the car will not start. Although this has cut down the few amount of fatalities, still not everyone driving the influence is caught which is very risky and dangerous, and when they do get caught they don't always stop. There are also still millions of people who are killed and if we mandate all drivers to install this device it would eliminate all injuries and all fatalities caused by drunk drivers. With these devices we would be saving the US billions of dollars, there would be less DUIs ands DWIs, and people would be safe from accidents caused by drunk driving. With all technology there are always going to be doubts. In this case people worry that there is possibility of tampering and cheating, they worry about the cost of the device, and they worry if this device is an invasion of privacy.

Imagine driving home with your family coming back from a distant relative’s house. It’s a Saturday night and you and your family are very tired from the big day that is now coming to a close. You made sure to put some sort of caffeine into your system so you won’t fall asleep at the wheel with your family behind you; knowing that you would never want anything bad to happen to them especially if you could prevent it. As you approach your hometown you feel relieved that you are now a few miles away of falling onto your nice cool pillow which you will most likely fall asleep within the first minute of hitting. You are only 4 more turns away from being in your garage, left, left, right, and then left. Suddenly you see a little Ford Fusion flying towards you in oncoming traffic. You try to get on the other side of the road as much as possible without hitting the curb but it’s no use the little Ford slowly starts to veer towards your car. You push on your horn with all your strength hoping to get the other drivers attention but it’s too late. Within another split second you feel impact as the sharp glass dive into your whole upper body. You then whiplash into the airbag which is literally the opposite of that comfy pillow you were supposed to be hitting minutes later. That’s all you remember.

actually caught up with their work. There was a smaller hassle for the teachers. There was less fines that had to be paid for skipping too many days. Just imagine how the parents would feel proud of their children because they have no missing assignments.

runk driving in America is one of the most controversial topic, and it leaves an open interpretation on if the current DUI laws in California are working. What’s essential to figuring out if they work or not is listening to both sides of the argument, if people believe they work are they admitting there’s no flaws to these laws. On the other hand, if people want to abolish these laws what specific examples do they have for reaching this important decision. Also for the people who see the positives and negatives of these laws, what would they want taken out or implemented into these laws.