Persuasive Essay On Drunk Driving
Over the years, the world has seen a rapidly increasing number of teen involvement in drunk and reckless driving cases, specifically from the time periods 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. A 12 a.m. curfew on weekends and a 10 p.m. curfew on weekdays would help to protect teens and others on the roads late at night from getting into troublesome or dangerous situations. In my town of Leesburg, Virginia, a 12 a.m. to 4 a.m. curfew is placed on anyone under the age of 18 on all days of the week. The curfew is used to minimize the amount of inexperienced teens on the road during hours where driving can be difficult due to things like fatigue and/or the influence of illegal substances. Many teens don't see the risks of driving under the influence of alcohol late at night or driving late at night at
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all, and think they can be reckless because of the lack of drivers on the roads. The curfew in place effectively prevents teenagers with the mindsets and conditions previously stated from causing problems on the road, and therefore minimizes the amount of accidents during the curfew. I have been in countless situations where my friends have decided not to go out to parties or to get food past 12 a.m. solely because they know the consequences of the breaking the curfew in place.
Last weekend, the curfew kept one of my friends from driving under the influence of alcohol. It also kept one of my friends from driving after a long and tiresome day. Driving white under the influence of alcohol or fatigue will greatly impair your driving abilities, and the curfew effectively kept my friends from being unsafe on the roads after midnight. Another example that was in the news recently that supports why a curfew is necessary is the death of a boy named Wilberto in the town that neighbors mine. The officers in this town don't necessarily enforce the curfew law, and a freshman boy's life was taken because of it. He left his home illegally (he didn't have his license) to drive with his girlfriend around 1 a.m. While he was driving, he became distracted and spun off the road, killing himself and seriously injuring his girlfriend. If the curfew law had been enforced more strictly in that town, Wilberto's chances of getting killed or hurt would have been much slimmer. An argument against a curfew might be that teens have the right to be on the road at any time they would like, and that a curfew law is imposing on their freedoms as human beings and citizens
of the United States. I can see the point of this argument, but because of the many cases where the curfew has prevented dangerous or deathly situations on the road, I disagree. A human being's life and safety is more important than an inexperienced teen driver's "freedom" to drive at all hours of the night. It's similar to the law in place in Virginia that prevents teen drivers from driving more than one non family member at a time until a year after they get their license. Teens have to build up the experience to handle many people in their car, just like teens have to build up the experience to handle and understand how to properly drive at late hours of the night. Every town should have a curfew of 12 a.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. on weekdays to prevent the risk of dangerous driving situations that teenagers are prone to after those hours. It is important to the safety of not only teen drivers, but other drivers and the community around them.
all, and think they can be reckless because of the lack of drivers on the roads. The curfew in place effectively prevents teenagers with the mindsets and conditions previously stated from causing problems on the road, and therefore minimizes the amount of accidents during the curfew. I have been in countless situations where my friends have decided not to go out to parties or to get food past 12 a.m. solely because they know the consequences of the breaking the curfew in place.
Last weekend, the curfew kept one of my friends from driving under the influence of alcohol. It also kept one of my friends from driving after a long and tiresome day. Driving white under the influence of alcohol or fatigue will greatly impair your driving abilities, and the curfew effectively kept my friends from being unsafe on the roads after midnight. Another example that was in the news recently that supports why a curfew is necessary is the death of a boy named Wilberto in the town that neighbors mine. The officers in this town don't necessarily enforce the curfew law, and a freshman boy's life was taken because of it. He left his home illegally (he didn't have his license) to drive with his girlfriend around 1 a.m. While he was driving, he became distracted and spun off the road, killing himself and seriously injuring his girlfriend. If the curfew law had been enforced more strictly in that town, Wilberto's chances of getting killed or hurt would have been much slimmer. An argument against a curfew might be that teens have the right to be on the road at any time they would like, and that a curfew law is imposing on their freedoms as human beings and citizens
of the United States. I can see the point of this argument, but because of the many cases where the curfew has prevented dangerous or deathly situations on the road, I disagree. A human being's life and safety is more important than an inexperienced teen driver's "freedom" to drive at all hours of the night. It's similar to the law in place in Virginia that prevents teen drivers from driving more than one non family member at a time until a year after they get their license. Teens have to build up the experience to handle many people in their car, just like teens have to build up the experience to handle and understand how to properly drive at late hours of the night. Every town should have a curfew of 12 a.m. on weekends and 10 p.m. on weekdays to prevent the risk of dangerous driving situations that teenagers are prone to after those hours. It is important to the safety of not only teen drivers, but other drivers and the community around them.