The Speed And Driving : The Dangers Of Driving

Question: 1 Young children can sustain serious injuries from ______, which deploy even in a low speed crash.

I was pulled over by a police officer because I was going faster than I was supposed to in that designated area. The zone was a sixty-five mile per hour zone and I was do eighty. I have agreed to the terms that I was found guilty of this and now come to you the reader explaining why it may be dangerous to be speeding in certain areas and ultimately everywhere. During this experience I have learned that there are many consequences for not driving safe, because there is never a good reason to speed. I have learned that it is extremely dangerous to speed and that there will be consequences, even if they are minor like, obtaining a ticket, and occasionally they are major, like killing running into someone else. It does not matter what happens after, you should not be speeding ever because there is never a good

     Imagine being a police officer doing your daily routine job. You are in a patrol car on the highway, watching the cars and trucks drive by. You are also looking for speeders to warn them to be more careful and maybe you’ll ticket them. It has been a very boring day for you, since you have only been called on your radio once, and it was for an accident (fender bender). Almost at the end of your shift, a blue car drives by going ninety miles an hour, but you know the speed limit is only fifty-five miles an hour. You pull the patrol car out of the gravel area that you had been sitting in and you start to follow the car. You put your lights on and catch up to them. After a few minutes you pull the person over.

There are so many reasons that speed limits are important. The safety of those who are driving, and those who are not is first and foremost. Having a speed limit to me, is close to the same as having laws against drunk driving. I for one, do not see an argument against having a speed limit. Its nonsense to think that one would want to be on a road, where there is no limit to how fast one can drive.

In the United States, Reckless driving is the number one cause of teenage death in the nation. Reckless driving can be classified as anything from speeding and swerving, to purposely trying to run someone over, or hurt them while driving. In America, there are countless organizations calling to help end the high death rate in teenagers that reckless driving takes. People such as Parents, Drivers Education Instructors and even state legislators have realized the problem and are seeking reform. In 2011 alone 2,650 teens between the ages of 16-19 were killed due to reckless driving. (CDC) Reckless driving is a death that is very preventable, with proper education and warning. As well as problem that is not taken seriously by the juvenile’s committing the act. Most juveniles don’t worry what so ever about dying in a car crash because they think that it won’t happen to them. Under Reckless Driving, in Green Bay, speeding, not paying attention and lack of caring are three of the biggest issues with teen drivers and juveniles.

What is one of the most evil and deadly acts? Drunk-driving? Oh no! These two words together are uncordial behaviors. The crime of driving a vehicle or operating a motorized machine while under the influence of alcohol is totally against the law of the land, but some people still won’t stop. Is there any gain in drunk-driving than loss of lives, loss of driving privileges, and property—vehicles? One-third of traffic deaths involve alcohol-impaired driving (MADD). Therefore, a behavior that involves a tiny proportion of drivers is one of the key causes of death on the roads. This is an indication that retaining the licenses of drivers involved in drunk driving is not enough to deter drunk driving because some people in this category are still driving even though their licenses have been suspended or revoked. For this reason, it is necessary to adopt more strict measures to deal with the problem. In particular, drunk driving can be prevented through the use of ignition interlock systems and sobriety checkpoints at an individual level while a school-based instructional program can help to prevent the problem at a community level.

Drinking and driving is an issue that will most likely affect everyone at some point in their life. Drunk driving or Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is operating a motorized vehicle while having a Blood Alcohol Level (BAC) of .08% or higher. This is a social issue because even though the consequences are always negative, still many people decide to drink and drive. Effects of drinking alcohol includes a slower reaction time, alteration of depth perception, confusion, drowsiness, a lack of awareness of surroundings and more. On average an alcohol related death due to a vehicle accident occurs once every 51 minutes. This adds up to about 28 people a day or over 10,000 deaths a year, just in the United States. In the last 10 years on an anonymous self-report survey, over 100 million adults admit to alcohol impaired driving each and every year. However, there are only 1.5 million arrested for drinking and driving. So why do people continue to drink and drive knowing that the results could be very punishing for them? Reports from a survey done by a car insurance company show results that just over 10% of people believe they were still capable of driving after drinking more than the legal limit. On reasons why people let other friends drink and drive they found that 40% let them do because they themselves have done it before and 20% of men and 7% of women allow their friends to drive drunk simply to avoid an argument. One of the most shocking results was that 25% of drunk drivers are on their way to a “hook-up”. And on average males are more likely to be involved in drinking and driving rather than females. Regardless of the reason, drinking and driving is a problem that occurs every day. Whether it be themselves, a family member, friend or neighbor, or maybe they were the ones that were involved in an accident, but wasn’t the ones drinking, every American will have to deal with drunk driving at some point in their lives.

Since the first gasoline powered vehicle was invented, automobile technology has advanced at a rapid pace to bring us faster, safer vehicles (Managing Speed). Roads have improved from dirt and gravel to asphalt and concrete, and the number of vehicles on the road has increased exponentially. The motor vehicle has become the backbone of today’s society. Speed limits in the United States are at the highest they have ever been, yet vehicles today are powerful enough to easily exceed those posted speed limits. There are two very different groups of people advocating for what a reasonable speed limit is: a group lobbying for extreme safety and a group lobbying for faster travel times. Driving is an inherently risky undertaking no matter what the speed limit is, thus a compromise is tried to be met by increasing safety while allowing for practical travel times. There have been various methodologies theorized in setting speed limits, but which one is the best for today’s technologies and environments?

Nearly every driver is aware that speeding is dangerous. They are taught this fact in their driver's education course before getting their license and have doubtless heard plenty of public safety messages stating this. Yet, they continue to speed and contribute to the yearly carnage of speeding related fatalities. Why do they do this? As it turns out, there is no one single reason. Here are six common reasons why people speed:

Impaired driving is when a teen/adult is driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. It's not safe to drive when you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol. If you drive when you're drunk or high because you can cause wrecks or kill someone or run into something and damage your car. Driving can be hard enough being sober, so it’s even harder to drive impaired. In 2015, 10,265 people died in alcohol impaired driving crashes, and they continue to happen everyday. When you're impaired, everything is blurry or slowed down and your brain works differently and it’s a lot harder to do things. Somethings that are harder to do are like walking and driving and talking and just normal things. But when our group made a game to use when we had

A. Driving is a huge responsibility, and cannot be taken for granted. When driving, the driver must take this responsibility seriously and must not be carried away by this privilege.

Speeding in the youth contains a high factor in crash rates which commonly occur amongst the youth. One-third of all speeding drivers in serious crashes are males aged 17 – 25 and 6 per cent are females aged 17 – 25. Young drivers (17 – 25 years) represent one-quarter of all Australian road deaths, but are only 10 – 15% of the licensed driver population. These statistics prove that it’s more likely for the youth to be involved in fatal car accidents. A trend apparent in all these statistics is the age group in which starts when a teenager is first receiving their licence(17yrs) and is still inexperienced and

When you drink and drive you are putting other lives in danger for your stupid actions. There are lives affected every day my drunk driving. Some of the stupid actions of the drink drivers are like driving on the to the off ramp of the free way.

Driving become one the most dangerous activities we do on a daily basis. We all play apart in creating a more hazardous environment for drivers and passengers, either by choosing to answer that text message, or a call, or driving under the influence of alcohol. So why do we risk it? Why do we risk our lives and other human lives while driving? There are things out of our control that can cause accidents, such as weather, or car problems. Paying attention while driving is a key factor of getting home safe. Anyone who drives a vehicle knows that it needs all of your attentions and reflexes. It is easy to get distracted while driving like, daydreaming, a billboard, or just a view can get our eyes off the road for a second and that could cause an accident. Both driving under the influence of alcohol and using a hand held device can causes distraction and impaired driving that can result in following too closely, not being able to brake on time or weaving into oncoming traffic. Going out with some coworkers after work for a drink can turn deadly. Checking a text message from a love can cause a live. We put more lives in danger while distracting ourselves with technology, so why do we make the bad decisions of doing that. Is a hand held device more dangerous than driving under the influence?

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 driver, but innocent citizens. Although drinking and driving is illegal in all states, most states are either lenient of the law and/or the tolerance is .08. Depending on the person, a blood alcohol count of .08 could mean that someone has ingested one beer or 5 shots depending on body weight and how much alcohol was consumed in a period of time. Every state should have a zero tolerance for drinking and driving because it creates harm to not only oneself but innocent civilians. It creates a danger and puts lives at risk every time someone who is intoxicated gets behind the wheel even if they think they can control themselves.