Cause/Effect: Drinking and driving

Driving Drunk

Everyday people are killed in an instant by the choice of an intoxicated person. Many times the people that are killed are the intoxicated person themselves. As well they put their passangers, other people on the road and pedestrians. Whether the person crashes the vehicle our splatters a helpless person into the cement the probability that somebody dies is high. There are many sideffects from drinking and driving.

First of all, the brain slows down, which results in a dangerously slow reaction time. When drinking speech can get slurred and ones judgment is impaired. A person may think that their a good enough judge to tell when they have had too much to drink but that would be the alcohol impairing their judgment. Once their convinced that their sober enough to drive the mayhem begins. Several studies show that it only takes one alcoholic beverage to slow reaction time and impair ones judgment. By far the worst side effect of driving under the influence is death.

One of the most frequently type of person that will drive a veichcal impaired are adolescents. Surprisingly enough this happens o so often, and when mixing alcohol and inexperience driving the result is deadly. Many teens have done this and have either killed themselves and or other innocent people. An organization called Mothers against Drunk Driving was formed to inform adolescents about the effects of driving under the influence.

There are many things that a person driving drunk may do. These things include speeding, ignoring traffic signals and not paying attention to ones surroundings. When one exceeds the speed limit it is dangerous even with out being under the influence of alcohol. When speeding while under the influence is dangerous because of the slow reaction time, which also results from the action of drinking. Ignoring traffic signals is also extremely dangerous because if as person is following the traffic signals they assume that others will to so they will be vulnerable to damage from a drunken monkey who is driving. When one is driving drunk they tend to not see the whole picture which can result crashing the vehicle and or killing somebody else.

If the authorities catch one drinking and driving the consequences are dreadful. There will be a colossal fine and ones license will get taken. One will have to go to court to attain further punishment. Punishment might include the attendance of Alcoholics Anonymous and a hefty community services requirement. After all is said and done the violator will be left with a criminal record and no way to legally drive a vehicle for a long period of time.

Is risking death and the possibility of killing somebody else really worth the drinking and driving. There are many solutions to this problem, one could call a taxi to come pick them up from their location and obtain their vehicle after the alcohol has weared off. Another solution is going out with a group of people and taking turns begin a designated driver. These are the many solutions that are available but the best solution is not to drink and drive. This is the only guaranteed solution that will not result in death of a living person or damage to our vehicle. There are also many organizations that have been created to help people that have a drinking problem or that would like more information.