What Are The Effects Of Impaired Driving On Canadian Society
Impaired Driving and the Effects On Canadian Society
Professor – Rosa Evelia Sanchez
Done by – Murun Enkhee & David Dingba
Fall 2013
Proposal for SOC105 World Issues
ICM
1) Project Topic
Impaired driving is the acts of driving under influence of alcohol or drugs. Almost all people not only Canadians but also all the people in the world simply know the definition of impaired driving, but how many of them have deep understanding of what exactly it is and how it affects the society and environment. How many of us can see the real damage of impaired driving or think it is just bad? Is it really the controversial issue of community? IMPROVE HERE
This has been a serious issue in Canada for over 70 years. It
has really negative impacts on society. According to the Canadian government, statistics in 2011 there have been reported case of 90,277 impaired driving incidents in Canada and these has increased a lot by 2% in 2011. Most of these incidents due to alcohol drinking and 2% is due to drug-related (Juristat Article, 2013). Also in 2010, it has been estimated that 2541 individuals were killed by motor vehicle accident in Canada, approximately half of which is caused by impaired driving and over 60000 people were injured in impairment related crashes. It means that 3 to 4 deaths and 175 injuries are occurred every day in Canada. (Statistics, MADD). Impaired driving statistics in Canada has also shown that about 210,932 property damages were caused by impaired driving. So cost of money spent by the government for damage repair is about 20 billion dollars in 2010. This only doesn’t reduce the population drastically but also makes the economy move to negative side.
The government and the society usually use those following 5 ways to control impaired driving:
1. The use of technology – the facilities such as drunk detectors can be used by the police to enforce that if drivers are driving under influence of drugs or alcohol and if they are, should be punished according to the law.
2. Taxes and enforcement – taxes should be put on alcohol and other drugs so that drivers would be compelled to drink moderately.
3. Education and awareness – the government should be able to aware and educate people on the dangerous effect of impaired driving.
4. Laws and regulations – the government should make laws and regulations more strictly on impaired driver.
5. Agencies – agencies should be made to enforce the laws about impaired driving and arrest such people for indulging impair driving.
History from http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/c32en.html
Strategy to reduce impaired driving http://www.ccmta.ca/english/committees/rsrp/strid/strid-reports.cfm http://www.madd.ca/madd2/en/impaired_driving/stopping_impaired.html WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE?
….
CONCLUSION
….
2) Objectives of the project
2.1 General Objective
To introduce and elucidate what exactly the impaired driving is and how much damage and loss it causes to the Canadian society.
2.2 Specific Objectives
2.2.1 To give people better understanding of impaired driving and its bad effects.
2.2.2 To
3) References
Professor – Rosa Evelia Sanchez
Done by – Murun Enkhee & David Dingba
Fall 2013
Proposal for SOC105 World Issues
ICM
1) Project Topic
Impaired driving is the acts of driving under influence of alcohol or drugs. Almost all people not only Canadians but also all the people in the world simply know the definition of impaired driving, but how many of them have deep understanding of what exactly it is and how it affects the society and environment. How many of us can see the real damage of impaired driving or think it is just bad? Is it really the controversial issue of community? IMPROVE HERE
This has been a serious issue in Canada for over 70 years. It
has really negative impacts on society. According to the Canadian government, statistics in 2011 there have been reported case of 90,277 impaired driving incidents in Canada and these has increased a lot by 2% in 2011. Most of these incidents due to alcohol drinking and 2% is due to drug-related (Juristat Article, 2013). Also in 2010, it has been estimated that 2541 individuals were killed by motor vehicle accident in Canada, approximately half of which is caused by impaired driving and over 60000 people were injured in impairment related crashes. It means that 3 to 4 deaths and 175 injuries are occurred every day in Canada. (Statistics, MADD). Impaired driving statistics in Canada has also shown that about 210,932 property damages were caused by impaired driving. So cost of money spent by the government for damage repair is about 20 billion dollars in 2010. This only doesn’t reduce the population drastically but also makes the economy move to negative side.
The government and the society usually use those following 5 ways to control impaired driving:
1. The use of technology – the facilities such as drunk detectors can be used by the police to enforce that if drivers are driving under influence of drugs or alcohol and if they are, should be punished according to the law.
2. Taxes and enforcement – taxes should be put on alcohol and other drugs so that drivers would be compelled to drink moderately.
3. Education and awareness – the government should be able to aware and educate people on the dangerous effect of impaired driving.
4. Laws and regulations – the government should make laws and regulations more strictly on impaired driver.
5. Agencies – agencies should be made to enforce the laws about impaired driving and arrest such people for indulging impair driving.
History from http://www.ccja-acjp.ca/en/c32en.html
Strategy to reduce impaired driving http://www.ccmta.ca/english/committees/rsrp/strid/strid-reports.cfm http://www.madd.ca/madd2/en/impaired_driving/stopping_impaired.html WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE?
….
CONCLUSION
….
2) Objectives of the project
2.1 General Objective
To introduce and elucidate what exactly the impaired driving is and how much damage and loss it causes to the Canadian society.
2.2 Specific Objectives
2.2.1 To give people better understanding of impaired driving and its bad effects.
2.2.2 To
3) References