Drunk Driving Persuasive Essay

Do you feel safe while driving on the road with other people whom you don’t even know? Many people think it is not safe to drink and drive, but many people still drink and drive. No matter if the person is the greatest person on Earth but I am sure that one day he or she will drive drunk. When you are drunk you obviously have no sense about what you are doing. Well if that is the case then you should have planned ahead. Not many have thought this, problem drunk driving is really getting big. “During the late 1960’s and early 1970’s, more than 50,000 people lost their lives each year on the nation’s public roads and highways, and more than half of the drivers killed had been drinking”(Jasper 17). “Drunken driving accidents can happen
Most of the people who are being killed are innocent. “According to an article a girl named Jacqueline Saburido was hit by a drunk driver”. “Early on Sunday morning, September 18, 1999, Jacqueline Saburido, 20, and four friends were on their way home from a birthday party”(“Jacqui’s Story). “Reggie Stephey, an 18-year-old star football player, was on his way home from drinking beer with some buddies” (“Jacqui’s Story”). “Reggie’s SUV veered into the Oldsmobile carrying Jacqui and the others” (“Jacqui’s Story”). Jacqueline was innocent, and so were her friends. You have to watch out who is on the road and who is
You might hit someone and hurt them or even kill the person. You might even hurt yourself, and might put yourself in danger. Just like Reggie Step hey did. “Jacqueline Saburido was burned over 60% of her body (“Jacqui’s Story”). She was burned so badly that “her fingers had to be amputated, she lost her hair, ears, nose, left eyelid, and much of her vision” (“Jacqui’s Story”). “Reggie Stephey the person who hit Jacqueline was charged with two counts if intoxication manslaughter for the death, and was sentenced to seven years in prison, and finned $20,000” (“Jacqui’s