The Dangers Of Drunk Driving

When you drink and drive not only will you hurt yourself and people that you care about? But when you drink and drive, you often end up hurting or killing complete strangers. Then not only do you have dead or injured people, the drunk driver is either dead, injured, or in prison, you've got two, maybe three whole sets of families grieving. Ultimately, these accidents have an extremely negative effect on many and many of lives. It's completely selfish to inflict so much misery on so many people because you were too cheap to call a taxi. Alcohol has serious effects on both the human body and the human mind.

Imagine the idea of a college student driving back to her dorm from the grocery store. She waits patiently for the light to turn green as she sings to her favorite song on the radio. Finally, its time for her to go and she accelerates through the intersection. Little did she know a man that had too many drinks would come flying through the red light. The last thing she saw was the headlights of his car. Drunk driving is a heartbreaking occurrence. Every day drunk drivers are imprisoned, either for traffic violations, dangerous driving, or accidents. People that make the mistake of drinking and driving not only put themselves in danger; they put all of the other people on the roads in danger. Innocent lives may be lost because of another’s

The facts are plain and simple, that alcohol and driving do not mix. About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol related crash at some time in their lives. Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. To curb this national travesty, concerned Americans need to examine the problems, the effects, and the solutions to drunk driving. First of all, America has had a problem with drunk driving since Ford perfected the assembly line. Alcoholism is a problem in and of itself, but combined with driving can have a wide range of effects. The consequences of this reckless behavior can include a first time DUI or licenses suspension; a small fender bender, or worst of all a deadly crash. Most

Drunk driving is a very serious problem. I don’t understand why someone would do something so stupid. Just looking at the “Lives Affected” video really struck home to me how it really does effect these people’s lives. They were all so devastated and dumbfounded about how and why someone would do something that stupid and risk other’s lives around them including their loved ones. In the video “Lives Affected,” one of the stories was about a woman and her husband getting killed in an accident that involved a drunk driver. She was so devastated and heartbroken because she loved this man and to have his life taken by a drunk driver was sad. She could barely tell her story because she was crying and so sad to even think about what happened. There was another

"The problem with drinking and driving is the mourning after", a very simile quote has such a huge meaning behind it, in my family's case we got off lucky. It was a late night, my father received the phone call, I don't think I've seen that look ever in his eyes the 18 years I've been alive. It was about his brother he had gotten in a very catastrophic accident after making the horrible choice to drink and drive. It seemed like the longest drive to Dallas which is where my uncle was airlifted to go into surgery. We arrived at the hospital and were told he was unconscious so I waited in the waiting room with my cousins to comfort them while my aunt and dad were in the room with my uncle. After sitting in the gloomy waiting room for what seemed life forever I decided to take my cousins home we stopped by to get food. His choice to drink and drive was a very bad one, he was unfit to make such a big choice while not in the correct state of mind he had alcohol in his system and lots of it, he had no right to endanger not only his life but every other person that was around him while he was driving. Statistics show that Texas is the leading state for drunk driving cases and Harris county alone had 362 deaths in 2015 alone, driving under the influence not only has physical damage that can be done there's the emotional side that people have to deal with and what the families go through, drunk driving has more effects than just what just meets the eye. Drunk drivers

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.

Drinking and driving is not always a right thing. When people drink and drive the action of it could get extremely dangerous. Wrecks are one of the main problems that can happen when some people are drunk because some can lose control of what they are trying to do and end up wrecking. Another problem is driving under the influence of being on drugs. This can cause serious damage. When people are on drugs, they lose train of thought and half of the time, they forget what they are doing. It does not end too well. People can become abusive because they usually do not exactly know what they are doing. Usually, people do drugs to get their minds or to make them feel better when they are emotional, but when others do so much, they lose control

Alcohol increases impairments and makes driving riskier. (CGA) Impaired thinking, reasoning and muscle coordination are all crucial skills needed to work a vehicle safely. Driving while intoxicated is so serious that every day 28 people die within the US of an alcohol related vehicle crash. (NHTSA.gov) Even more concerning is most offenders who finally get caught have driven drunk at least 80 times prior. (MADD) An offender finally pulled over would receive a citation, likely a penalty to pay and possible a suspension

Drinking and driving can cause a lifetime of pain. When you get under the wheel while you are intoxicated not only are you putting yourself at risk, but also the lives of other innocent people are in danger. Everyone should have the right to drink but if you act irresponsibly, your right should be taken away. Each person is liable to suffer the consequences from endangering others. One who drives drunk not only should have their license taken away, they should have the right to drink taken away. Drinking and driving may not seem like a big deal until you see what happens when things go wrong. I would like you to read a personal narrative that Casey McCary Bloom wrote who is now serving 21 years to life in prison.

Driving under the influence of alcohol not only presents a danger to the driver, but also to every other motorist or pedestrian near the roadway. Being intoxicated impairs ones judgment, vision and reaction time, all of which is critical when operating any motor vehicle. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death for Americans aged 6–27 and alcohol is a big factor to those numbers (jstor).

There have been many cases of injuries due to drinking and driving. Whether it had to do with the driver being drunk and getting injured, or being the one affected by the drunk driver. There have even been laws that have been implemented to make it harder to get away with drinking and driving. There are also many resources a driver who is drinking can think of to avoid drinking and driving. Drinking and driving is extremely bad, especially if a person is thinking about operating vehicle. Drunk drivers need to be educated on the repercussions

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.

Drunk driving is a major risk to yourself, to passengers and occupants sharing the road with you. Innocent bystanders could also suffer. Adding the risk of humans, there is also the damage to the vehicles involved and any other property into which they may crash. Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in every state. It wrong, irresponsible and destroys many lives. Many temptations are faced in college culture and one of them is underage drinking and driving. Underage drinking and driving has essentially become an epidemic, rapidly developing among today’s youth.(Kaplan) Some people don’t see underage drinking as an issue, when in fact it is a huge issue that every teenager will face. Unless we are able to put a stop to underage drinking and driving through education.

If people go drink and drive they are risking their own life just as much as their risking everyone else's lives. People will never learn from their mistakes if they barely do anything about it. Some people have more than 20 convictions from driving drunk. People need to stress how important it is to stop and lower the fatalities due to drunk driving. “Drunken driving is deadly, killing what works out to one person every 51 minutes in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That works out to more than 10,000 deaths a year--nearly one-third of all traffic-related deaths--with children below age 14 accounting for 17% of those fatalities” (Botelho, 2016, p. 3). If they refuse to give the police a breath test they could be arrested for not doing so. Nearly one-third of all traffic related deaths are due to drunk driving. Even a little amount of alcohol consumed could get the driver buzzed and confused behind the wheel. Accidents are caused due to swerving and the inability to control the vehicle while under the influence. Before people think driving drunk is okay think about all the possible things that could go wrong. For instance, they could crash into a car that has a family in it and kill them all, they have to live with that regret and guilt their whole entire life. Another example is crashing their car into something else and taking their own life. People need to always think before they do, it could cost someone's life if they do

Driving drunk impairs you while you're driving and can impair your judgment to make decisions and judge things. Drunk driving doesn't just effect you. It can effect a lot of people in big ways such as losing a family member and changing some ones life as if you paralyzed them or something like that. I did not know that alcohol got into your blood stream and went into your brain in like 20 to 40 minutes. Also I did not know that you are impaired if the alcohol in your blood stream was 0.08. Those videos were super sad because they all lost loved ones or they were severely injured. I would feel terrible if I was drunk and hit someone. I couldn't forgive myself I don't think, so I'm not going to drink and drive or not even drink. Also you can