Driving Under The Influence Of Drunk Driving
DRINK DRIVING
Part A.
Driving under the influence (DUI), commonly called "drunk driving," it refers to operating a motor vehicle while one's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit. Alcohol really impairs your ability to react quickly, make good judgements, and drive as well as you might normally.
Social and Environmental Influences are factors that can contribute to alcohol impaired driving which often comes from friends and the situations their friends helped to create. These influences account for one third of all the decisions to drink and drive. Heavy drinking often occurs in response to encouragement from friends. For example, hosts may give the impression that they expect over consumption and do not appreciate moderation drinking. Friends may also promote heavy drinking to feel more …show more content…
comfortable in their own over consumption.
Drink driving is a factor in about 20% of all fatal car accidents due to over drinking. Even if you have a blood alcohol content of 0.05 (the legal limit) it still doubles your risk of having an accident, a 0.08 blood alcohol content there is a 7 times risk of having accident. Very few people set out to drive while impaired by alcohol. Instead, alcohol impaired driving results from a combination of decisions about drinking and decisions about driving, which brings the two acts together. A person willing to allow impaired friends to drive often arises from the need for a ride in the absence of an available designated driver. This can happen because the driver did not think of the need for a designated driver in advance, there was no sober passenger present, or the other drinking passengers were unwilling to drive, even though less impaired. Some passengers are less concerned about their scenario of being injured as a passenger than about the possibility of being arrested as a drinking driver. About one fifth of the decisions to
drink and drive come from within the individual. These Personal Influences ranged from drinkers need for relaxation, to the desire to "get wasted." One of the leading influences upon the decision to drive impaired was simply a person's failure to recognize or admit that they were under the influence of alcohol.
Part B.
If a person is caught driving over the legal limit, penalties including: • A fine of up to $5000 • Loss of licence for 6-12 • Jail time if more then two times over the legal limit • Car impounded for 3 months • Community service on weekends
To promote safe driving through my poster, it could be placed outside of pubs and nightclubs and in the car parks so when people come out and are impaired by alcohol they will see the poster showing what drink driving can do and they will find an alternative way home. Posters could be placed out the front of alcoholic shops like liquor land to show the people that are buying alcohol that it is illegal and extremely dangerous to drive while impaired. It could also be produced as a billboard on freeways so that a lot of people will see it and when they go out next they will organise a designated driver or for someone to pick them up.
I believe my planned strategy with successfully promote safe driving to the public as no one would like the harsh penalties that are involved with drink driving so people will avoid driving impaired by alcohol. Also killing/injuring someone or even yourself is not worth the troubles your family would have to deal with after your loss for a thing as simple as getting a lift home.
Facts
• One third of all drink drivers in fatal crashes are aged 17-24 years • In 2009, 1000 young drivers were fined for drink driving • 501 L and P plates were caught drink driving with a BAC of 0 - 0.02 • A 0 BAC whilst on learner and provisional licences
Part A.
Driving under the influence (DUI), commonly called "drunk driving," it refers to operating a motor vehicle while one's blood alcohol content is above the legal limit. Alcohol really impairs your ability to react quickly, make good judgements, and drive as well as you might normally.
Social and Environmental Influences are factors that can contribute to alcohol impaired driving which often comes from friends and the situations their friends helped to create. These influences account for one third of all the decisions to drink and drive. Heavy drinking often occurs in response to encouragement from friends. For example, hosts may give the impression that they expect over consumption and do not appreciate moderation drinking. Friends may also promote heavy drinking to feel more …show more content…
comfortable in their own over consumption.
Drink driving is a factor in about 20% of all fatal car accidents due to over drinking. Even if you have a blood alcohol content of 0.05 (the legal limit) it still doubles your risk of having an accident, a 0.08 blood alcohol content there is a 7 times risk of having accident. Very few people set out to drive while impaired by alcohol. Instead, alcohol impaired driving results from a combination of decisions about drinking and decisions about driving, which brings the two acts together. A person willing to allow impaired friends to drive often arises from the need for a ride in the absence of an available designated driver. This can happen because the driver did not think of the need for a designated driver in advance, there was no sober passenger present, or the other drinking passengers were unwilling to drive, even though less impaired. Some passengers are less concerned about their scenario of being injured as a passenger than about the possibility of being arrested as a drinking driver. About one fifth of the decisions to
drink and drive come from within the individual. These Personal Influences ranged from drinkers need for relaxation, to the desire to "get wasted." One of the leading influences upon the decision to drive impaired was simply a person's failure to recognize or admit that they were under the influence of alcohol.
Part B.
If a person is caught driving over the legal limit, penalties including: • A fine of up to $5000 • Loss of licence for 6-12 • Jail time if more then two times over the legal limit • Car impounded for 3 months • Community service on weekends
To promote safe driving through my poster, it could be placed outside of pubs and nightclubs and in the car parks so when people come out and are impaired by alcohol they will see the poster showing what drink driving can do and they will find an alternative way home. Posters could be placed out the front of alcoholic shops like liquor land to show the people that are buying alcohol that it is illegal and extremely dangerous to drive while impaired. It could also be produced as a billboard on freeways so that a lot of people will see it and when they go out next they will organise a designated driver or for someone to pick them up.
I believe my planned strategy with successfully promote safe driving to the public as no one would like the harsh penalties that are involved with drink driving so people will avoid driving impaired by alcohol. Also killing/injuring someone or even yourself is not worth the troubles your family would have to deal with after your loss for a thing as simple as getting a lift home.
Facts
• One third of all drink drivers in fatal crashes are aged 17-24 years • In 2009, 1000 young drivers were fined for drink driving • 501 L and P plates were caught drink driving with a BAC of 0 - 0.02 • A 0 BAC whilst on learner and provisional licences