Driving Under Influence
Jennifeer Flores R.
LA 202: Creative Persuasion: The Art of Argument
Masha Rumer
3:30 pm – 6:20 pm
Brannan st.
March 23, 2009
Proposal Essay: Driving Under influence of Alcohol
Drunk drivers continue to plague American highways. They crash, they injure, and they kill. In 2000, 16,653 traffic fatalities — 40 percent of all highway deaths —involved at least one drinking driver. Every year, just in U.S.A, almost 20,000 people are killed in accidents involving people under the influence of alcohol. That means that someone is killed from alcohol-related accidents approximately every 7 hours and 29 minutes. This means that every seven and a half hours someone out there is losing a friend, a parent, a brother, a loved one. At certain points of our lives, we have seen signs on the side of a highway in memory of a victim of drinking and driving, witnessed the pain and suffering from people on the news or have read their stories on newspaper. But the reality about driving under the influence of alcohol is much worst than what we can perceive. It is true that every state has an elaborate system of laws, enforcement, courts, and punishments for drunk driving, but these systems do not work as well as they should. Arrest rates are low. Some laws allow some offenders to escape any punishment. Other offenders can avoid getting convicted for DUI through a plea bargain. Sanctions are not applied consistently. These problems are not well known because many states do not have good record systems. Drunk drivers have little fear of being stopped, arrested, convicted, and punished — so they continue to drink and drive.
This study proposes effective and practical actions to improve the drunk driving control system along with specific strategies to implement these recommendations. These actions will help prevent and minimize the many cases of drunk driving.
Through research studies and interviews done by Jones RK, JH Lacey, and CH Wiliszowski,
LA 202: Creative Persuasion: The Art of Argument
Masha Rumer
3:30 pm – 6:20 pm
Brannan st.
March 23, 2009
Proposal Essay: Driving Under influence of Alcohol
Drunk drivers continue to plague American highways. They crash, they injure, and they kill. In 2000, 16,653 traffic fatalities — 40 percent of all highway deaths —involved at least one drinking driver. Every year, just in U.S.A, almost 20,000 people are killed in accidents involving people under the influence of alcohol. That means that someone is killed from alcohol-related accidents approximately every 7 hours and 29 minutes. This means that every seven and a half hours someone out there is losing a friend, a parent, a brother, a loved one. At certain points of our lives, we have seen signs on the side of a highway in memory of a victim of drinking and driving, witnessed the pain and suffering from people on the news or have read their stories on newspaper. But the reality about driving under the influence of alcohol is much worst than what we can perceive. It is true that every state has an elaborate system of laws, enforcement, courts, and punishments for drunk driving, but these systems do not work as well as they should. Arrest rates are low. Some laws allow some offenders to escape any punishment. Other offenders can avoid getting convicted for DUI through a plea bargain. Sanctions are not applied consistently. These problems are not well known because many states do not have good record systems. Drunk drivers have little fear of being stopped, arrested, convicted, and punished — so they continue to drink and drive.
This study proposes effective and practical actions to improve the drunk driving control system along with specific strategies to implement these recommendations. These actions will help prevent and minimize the many cases of drunk driving.
Through research studies and interviews done by Jones RK, JH Lacey, and CH Wiliszowski,