Persuasive Essay On Drunk Driving

Although there are many commercials, ads, documentaries, seminars, etc. on the reasons why people should never drink and drive, you would be surprised how many people still get behind the wheel after having had more than just a drink or two. We might not realize it but every day, about 28 people in the United States die in car crashes that involve a drunk driver. This equals to one death every 51 minutes! It’s so sad because these statistics could be way better if people had a well thought out plan prior to going out drinking. There has been research found relating to Drinking and Driving Behaviors since this topic is now becoming more of an issue in this generation than it was in the past. For instance, Schell, Chan, and Morral (2006), found that some people who have a DUI record tend to have pretty high expectations of themselves even after having some drinks in their system (e.g., “I feel more relaxed when drinking"), so with that being said those people with higher confidence were the ones more likely to be engaged in drinking and driving activity. While intoxicated, we often don’t consider any negative consequences that can happen to us but as you’ll see on the news, on social media, in the newspapers, etc. driving while under the influence can be very dangerous and even fatal.

Driving under the influence of alcohol has been a major issue in America, spanning all the way back to more than 50 years ago (Raymond). Many accidents are caused from drinking and driving yearly, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries involving innocent people. When alcohol is mixed with driving a motor vehicle, there are no limits to who may be at risk. This means that drunk driving has been harming, hurting and killing many innocent people in America. Over the years I have witnessed many aftermaths of drunk driving accidents and have heard of multiple accidents resulting from alcohol use involving people I know, and people I do not know. Sometimes, in accidents like these, all parties involved may walk away from the accident with

Drunk driving is a dangerous problem that needs to be addressed in our society, not only to cut back on the number of deaths caused by alcohol related accidents but also to ensure safety on public roads. Drunk driving is deliberately breaking the law, as well as a sign of indifference for other drivers.

In 2013, 10,076 people were killed in drunk driving incidents. Out of those people, 65% (6,515) were drivers, 27% (2,724) were passengers, and 8% (837) were non-passengers (“Drunk Driving Statistics”). Over half of those fatalities (67.1%) involved blood alcohol levels over .15% (“Drunk Driving Statistics”). The legal blood-alcohol content is .08%. Drunk driving caused 31% of deaths in car crashes in 2013 (“Drunk Driving Statistics”). In 2012, 402 people were killed by alcohol impairment in North Carolina (“Drunk Driving Statistics”). These numbers, though they seem astonishing, have been cut in half since 1991 (“Drunk Driving Statistics”). Even though the number of fatalities has been lowered, that number is not low enough. Most drunk drivers are repeat offenders. Lives are being taken because of the careless attitude of the drunk drivers. Drunk driving is selfish; those who commit this crime do not think about the extreme consequences of their actions. In North America it is estimated that 1-5 drivers has been drinking and 1 in 10 is legally impaired on any Friday or Saturday night (Root). Many groups, including MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), are fighting to stop drunk driving. Unfortunately, drunk driving cannot be stopped. People will always commit this heinous crime. The numbers may go down, but unfortunately there will always be a number. The only way to continually decrease the amount of lives lost is to increase punishments for drunk driving.

Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved, if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic.

This paper explores the research and find results on how drinking and driving has become a big problem in the United States. Drinking and driving effects a person’s ability to operate a vehicle and therefore drunk drivers need to be educated on the repercussions with drinking and driving. Every day drunk drivers are arrested, either for traffic violations, reckless driving, and random stops on the road, or accidents. This paper also examines and explains what happens to the people affected by drinking and driving and what the people can do to avoid it. There have been many cases of injured people due to drinking and driving. Laws have been

Thesis: Drunk driving is a major risk to yourself, to occupants in the car, even innocent bystanders could even suffer fatal injuries.

Each year, 13,000 people are killed by drunk drivers with a blood alcohol level above .08. Advocates of a new standard for in-car breathalyzers say that most, if not all, of those accidents could have been avoided if the drunk driver hadn't been able to turn his or her car on. If Congress and Mothers Against Drunk Driving get their way, could your next new car could come with a breathalyzer pre-installed?

In the United States drink driving accounts for one-third of all of our driving deaths. Drunk driving has taken 10,076 people in the year 2013 alone and it will continue to rise as we remain the way we are. One person every 53 minutes’ dies from a drunk driving related incident, drink driving is an epidemic that can be stopped by getting someone else to drive for the impaired person. However, the more people that are drinking and driving on our roads the more dangerous they are for the rest of us.

Have you or someone you know been involved in an accident involving a drunk driver? Chances are, that answer is yes. Two in every three people will be involved in a drunk driving accident by the end of their lifetime (MADD). Drunk driving in the United States has become a major issue. By creating stricter laws, it will deter people from drinking and driving, employ more police officers, and make the roadways safer. In other words, drunk drivers should be imprisoned on their first offense.

In order to reduce the number of car accidents, drunk drivers should be imprisoned on their first offense; many drunk drivers are repeat offenders, and a stricter sentence is required to deter them from repeating the same offense.Drinking is a choice. It does not get any more simple than that. There is nothing wrong with consuming alcohol; however, the issues arises when people drink irresponsibly and attempt to drive.

The purpose of this paper is to make it clear that there needs to be stricter drunk driving laws and penalties. The impact of driving under the influence (DUI) has a significant risk to the safety of the public. Driving under the influence of alcohol or while intoxicated (DWI) is not a new dilemma, it has been around since the invention of the automobile. Driving needs a considerable amount of ability, such as alertness, concentration, clear vision, and reaction time. However, when a person is intoxicated, the skill set that is used for safe driving becomes greatly debilitated, leading to an elevated risk for car accidents. Driving drunk has caused many alcohol-related deaths and injuries. These disasters could be avoided with harsher

Driving can be very dangerous . We need to always be ready to react to something unexpected on the street while driving. Being able to react proficiently can save lives and keep people safe. One of the stupidest things that people will do is drive while being distracted. Not only do they put their lives at stake, they put the lives of other people in stake as well. These people could be in the same car, in another car, or on the sidewalk. Regardless, don’t drive with any distractions. Some of the worst distractions people can have that hinders their driving abilities is drinking. It is illegal in the state of Utah to drive while under the influence of alcohol if the alcohol concentration level is 0.08 grams or more. However, I think that it may have recently been changed to be .05

Have you ever watch people on the road, driving side to side that you can assume that the driver is drunk? Alcohol is a substance that reduces the function of the brain, impairing thinking, reasoning and muscle coordination. All these abilities are essential to operating a vehicle safely (reference 3). Millions of people in worldwide, do drink after drive. Most of them say or might say “Nothing happened, I got home safely, and nobody got hurt?” Just because you made it home safely does not mean that it is a right decision. Every day, almost 29 people in the United States die in alcohol-impaired vehicle crashes-that’s one person every 50 minutes in 2016(Reference1). When a drunk individual makes a decision to get on the

If you drink and drive, you are not only a danger to yourself but also to your passenger, other road users and pedestrians. In fact, every 30 minutes, someone in this country dies in alcohol-related crash. Every 30 minutes! And last year alone more than one million people are injured in