assumes drinking and driving is an acceptable thing to do. This horrendous and selfish act is not only endangering the lives of the other citizens on the road, but the innocent lives of those who choose to drive sober. If the rate of drunk drinking continues to increase, so will the amount of accidents and fatalities. I think it is agreed by all parties that the life-threatening occurrence of drinking and driving is much to common. Two in three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash at…
Drunk driving affects so many people not just the person who decided to drink and drive but others like their family, friends the other driver’s family and friends and also whole city. Some tax could get raised if their is enough car crashes that involve alcohol. In the video the young couple were just driving along and then bang, the other lady who went to a couple bars before driving went in the wrong entrance ramp and went head on with the couple. The fact that she went to a couple of bars is…
the Difference Between Drugged Driving and Drunk Driving? The answer is, there isn’t one. Drugs and alcohol actually have a lot more common than you think. They both reduce our reaction time, and they both result in the organs being damaged causing our body to shut down. Alcohol, much like drugs affects everyone differently according to, gender, height, and weight. This makes it difficult to observe and understand how specific drugs and alcohol affect our driving ability. 4. You're Putting…
Drinking and driving has been a topic of concern for several of years, resulting in numerous fatalities and accidents. With that, there has been multiple campaigns spreading awareness in hope to reduce the rising issue, however, these advertisements have become virtually ineffective. Each advertisement has become repetitive and unfortunately the redundancy has caused the audience to lose site of the bigger picture. You will never fail to see a drunk driving advertisement result in the someones…
then drive home. One evening after having a great practice with her coaches and teammates, she jumped into her car, eager to get home and spend time with her family. Just a few minutes from home, everything turned horrific in a matter of seconds. A drunk driver crossed the centerline and hit her head-on. Rushed to the hospital, she was in critical condition. Family, friends, teammates, and coaches all sitting in the cold waiting room, patiently, waiting to hear the seriousness of her injuries.…
In the United states alone we have more drunk driving deaths, people in this country put people in danger by getting behind the wheel of a car while impaired. Cops set up roadblocks from time to time to catch whoever might be driving impaired mostly on holidays like the 4th of July or Christmas. Everyday in America about 28 people are killed in drunk driving traffic accidents and about 10,076 people were killed in 2013 in drunk driving accidents. This is an issue that needs to be stopped and…
Imagine this: a kid drives to a house party and gets blacked out drunk to talk to a pretty girl that is across the room because obviously no guy has the balls to do it sober. He ends up getting the girl to come home with him, but doesn’t want to pay for a taxi so he decides to drive back with her. As he’s driving, he passes a red light and loses control of the car and crashes into a tree. He loses consciousness for a couple of minutes. He then wakes up and sees that the girl’s body through the…
Driving under the influence of alcohol is a serious problem because it can lead to effects such as impaired driving, serious financial penalties, and health problems. First of all, driving while intoxicated is responsible for impaired driving. The NHTSA article states that, “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” (1). This quote shows that it is very…
In the video there are many families that are affected by these drunk drivers who killed people they love. In one of the stories a man lost two children and his wife. His wife was also pregnant. Think of how sad you would feel if you were responsible for the deaths of those people. There were a lot of the stories that someone young died. In another story there was like a four month old child got killed. There are many things you can do to prevent this from happening. In the video a few of the…
caught drunk driving, what happens to them? 27 people are killed daily due to drunk drivers. In 2014 1.1 million drunk people driving are arrested. So what would happen if the punishment for the first time getting caught were more severe? Would less people commit the crime? Those that are getting caught driving intoxicated should have a more severe punishment. They have committed a serious crime. What if they had killed someone, or killed themselves. If the punishment for drinking and driving…