Drunk driving is a serious offense that not only effects the drunk driver, but also the people around the drunk driver. Drunk driving causes serious accidents that often end with someone being seriously injured, or killed. There are many ways to prevent drunk driving from license suspension to incarceration. Another way to prevent drunk driving is to rehabilitate the drunk driver by initiating the ignition interlock device. This device is installed in a vehicle of a driving while intoxicated (DWI)
Drunk Driving It is sad to say that drunk driving is very common in today’s world, it is especially common in teenagers. Teens would go to parties and drink and get behind the wheel without thinking about the consequences that lie ahead. They do not listen to those movies or information about drunk driving and they usually think that something like that could “never happen to me”. Me being a teenager myself I know how we think. That is why I think drunk drivers should be jailed, even for a first
Drunk Driving Denis Pichardo Miami Dade College Drunk Driving Life is more precious than anything else, and everybody would love to live to the fullest. In life, there are decisions that people make that can shorten their lives. Though it’s argued that life is under God’s control, there is no doubt that there exist self-inflicted injuries that shorten life on earth. The decisions people make therefore have dire consequences on their life. To drink and drive is an example of such courageous
Drinking and Driving Should Blood Alcohol Percentages for Drunken Driving Be Lowered? Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. Alcohol causes varying degrees of the following side effects in everyone who uses it; dullness of sensation, lowered sensory motor skills, lowered reactive or reflexive motor responses, impaired thought processes, impaired memory, impaired judgement, sleep or sleeplessness, and in extreme
Distracted driving is one of the leading causes of death. “Every year, about 421,000 people are injured in crashes that have involved a driver who was distracted in some way,” (Hopkins). Even though this is true, people who use a cell phone while driving are not punished as harshly as drunk drivers. A DUI, driving while intoxicated, is a misdemeanor and could result in a few months in jail, as well as a fine. The punishments for a DUI get more severe each time someone is charged. While, the punishment
The Dangers of Driving Drunk Speech Category. Central Idea Speech. Topic. The Dangers of Driving Drunk. General Purpose. To inform. Specific Purpose. The purpose of this speech is to inform students about negative consequences of the drunk driving. INTRODUCTION Attention Step. I believe many of you had experience of participation in some everyday actions under the influence of alcohol. You should not raise hands, just let’s admit these situations had place and had different levels of potential and
L. (2016). Texting, drugs, and driving: A triple threat to driving safety? Journal of Ergonomics, 6 (2), 1-4. http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2165-7556.1000154 This journal explains the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs along with texting while driving. This journal is useful in identifying the risks associated with intoxicated driving. It can also help in determining the effects of alcohol exposure in contrast to drugs and texting while driving to see if there are any performance
begun to recognize the dangers associated with drunk driving (Sutton 463). According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, this year 519,000 people, or one person per minute, will be injured in alcohol-related accidents. 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes this year – that is one death every 50 minutes. The heartbreaking part is, every injury and lost life due to driving after drinking can be prevented. Drinking while driving “accidents” are not merely “accidents.” Getting
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”)
Drunk driving is a phrase that is directly connected with alcohol consumption and consequently driving a motor vehicle. Driving under alcohol influence is accounted as a major contributor to most road accident demises (Parrillo, 42). In the context of driving drinking is strictly prohibited by authorities across the globe as this exposes the driver, the involved parties and to motorists to extreme danger. The consumption of alcohol is responsible for the impairment of an individual judgment which