death‚ and devastation every year. 3. Drunk Driving Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous behaviors on the road today. Over 1.41 million drivers were arrested in 2010 on suspicion of driving under the influence. MADD – Mothers Against Drunk Driving – estimates that 300‚000 incidents of drunk driving occur daily. It goes without saying that drunk driving is hazardous and irresponsible. Accidents that occur by way of drunk driving are completely preventable. Do your part by always
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fatal accidents and repeat offenders. The best ways to combat these offenses are to increase fines‚ make the prison sentences more severe‚ and enforce alcohol interlocks into all vehicles. There are approximately 16‚000 deaths a year in America. (Mothers Against Drunk Driving Organization‚ par. 3.) Clearly the consequences of driving under the influence need to be altered in order to stop these easily avoidable tragedies. Driving can be dangerous in the U.S. There are roughly two deaths every thirty-three
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Drunk Driving‚ Groups‚ Affects‚ Laws How much longer will it take to get rid of careless drunk drivers? Drunk driving has been a problem in the United States since the beginning of automobiles; however‚ it did not become an important social issue until the mid 1980’s. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals or groups. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. It is not only illegal‚ but unsafe to operate an automobile if you are under the influence of alcohol. When a person
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are diagnosed with cancer a year‚ estimated 2‚000 of that 16‚000 die from it. That’s 14‚000 lives‚ with the 87.5% of lives being saved a year‚ spared another day to live‚ it’s higher that the rate of people surviving DWI accidents. As stated in Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ every day in the U.S‚ about 30 people die from drunk driving accidents‚ that’s about 10‚000 people a year. Rates of individuals dying from drunk driving is higher than the cancer death rates. From the data above it’s given that
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are doing. (2 sentences at least)The MADD is one organization trying to help solve the problem of teens drunk driving. The mothers against drunk driving they have started a help line and magazine along with other things. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name the group and what they are doing. (2 sentences at least)SADD the students against drunk driving. They spread awareness and help their peers make the right decisions about drunk driving. Web sites where this
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The toll of alcohol-related deaths‚ repeated offenders‚ and accidents is still rising‚ leaving the streets dangerous and families devastated. Over half the drivers arrested for drunk driving in the nation‚ are repeated offenders. I stand strongly against drunk drivers; They are a threat to themselves and society and believe that they should be taught a tough lesson when caught. Therefore‚ the charges for Driving Under the Influence laws need to be more severe. In the following paper I will present
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Neha Reddy Informative Speech On the night of May 14‚ 1988‚ Larry Mahoney was drunk‚ so drunk that his blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was more than twice Kentucky’s legal limit. Regardless‚ Mahoney got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and proceeded to drive northbound in the southbound lane of Interstate 71‚ crashing head-on into a church bus returning from an amusement park. The collision ruptured the bus’s gas tank‚ causing a fire that killed twenty-three children and four
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Bay Area Rapid Transit Weekend Extension Project California State University‚ Chico HCSV 579 December 9‚ 2013 Authored by: Executive Summary Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) requests $5‚541‚285 to extend train operating hours until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The Weekend Extension project will provide safe public transportation for the 7.15 million Bay Area Residents (bayareacensus.ca.gov) and decrease drunk driving arrests. Bay Area Rapid Transit
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are so many advocates working to get these violators off our streets. I admit the number of victims of alcohol related crashes have gone down‚ but there are so many innocent lives still being taken. This just isn t enough. Organizations‚ like Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ have acted along with law enforcement to lower the horrific statistics.
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"Most Americans think that we’ve solved the problem of impaired driving‚ but in fact‚ it’s still a national epidemic‚" The drinking age has been raised to 21‚ and the legal limit was lowered to .08 BAC. MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) was formed by a grieving mother‚ SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) was founded by a teacher after two students were killed in drunk driving accidents‚ and many other laws have been put into place. Unfortunately‚ the problem persists. One effect of drunk
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