While the basic concept of impaired driving is not hard to grasp‚ that doesn’t mean Illinois drunk driving laws are simple‚ or that charges of driving under the influence (DUI) are so lacking in complexity that just anybody can understand and defend against them. DUI is defined in Illinois as operating a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or drugs‚ including medically prescribed marijuana. Since mid-July 1997‚ Illinois has used a blood alcohol content (BAC) level of 0.08 percent or above as
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Cause and Affect Essay: Drunk Driving Drinking and driving is a very bad combination. Mixing the two would be very deadly for many people on the streets. Drinking reduces your concentration and your reactions to sudden hazards which can lead to fatal accidents or severe injury. “MADD estimated that there are between 1‚350 and 1‚600 impaired crash fatalities in Canada each year.” This meaning that there are an approximate of 1‚450 lives stolen to drunk driving that can be saved if one person
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sometimes drunk driving still isn’t taken as serious as it needs to be; but with an annual cost of 50 billion dollars‚ alcohol related crashes are clearly still a problem. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers‚ especially if impaired‚ (Preventing). Impairment is defined as the amount of alcohol in the blood‚ (Drunk). The way the government/law enforcement can tell if someone is impaired is their BAC level. The government has also helped decrease the statistics of drunk driving
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Drunk Driving Statistics In a study conducted by MADD (Mother’s Against Drunk Driving)‚ during the years 1999 to 2008 there were a total of 2‚050‚132 impaired driving accidents. The total cost of these accidents was an estimated $205.3 billion. That is approximately $6‚221 per Canadian. Broken down annually‚ the estimated cost to Canadians is $20.53 billion‚ or approximately $622 per person per year. Besides the cost‚ fatalities are a massive issue when it comes to driving under the influences
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Alcohol and Driving Imagine being in a bar with a few of your good friends. Everyone is drinking and having a good time. Your are going to leave and go home‚ but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they ca ll a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol
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kids are growing too fast . One of the major issues in the U.S is Teenage Drunk Driving. Young drivers ages 16-18 make up only 15% of licensed drivers they cause 30% of alcohol related driving deaths. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people younger than 25. Specific factors that pertain to this fatal problem are blood alcohol content (BAC)‚ failure to wear seatbelts‚ and inexperienced driving. BAC makes up most of the deaths between the 3. Alcohol related traffic
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Drinking While Driving While being behind the wheel in a vehicle‚ he or she should always be alert and aware of what they’re doing. A good amount of recent car accidents have been from feeble-minded people driving while intoxicated‚ or texting when they should be focusing on the road. In my opinion not one is more dangerous than the other because they’re both life threatening. There are many similarities and differences between texting while driving and driving while drunk. One that everyone
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how do you keep yourself safe whether you are driving or you are a passenger. Which States Have the Most Drunk Drivers There are some states within the U.S. that tend to have a higher rate of drunk drivers. Seeing that many accidents are caused by drunk driving‚ this is a problem across our country. The largest amount of problems tend to be across the Midwest and in Hawaii‚ although some of the western states top the list as well. Hawaii has 995 drunk
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result of drunk driving crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011.) II. Central Thesis Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved‚ if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic. III. Body A. Need: Drunk driving occurs everyday‚ and many lives are taken because of one person choice. 1. Every 52 minutes on average‚ someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (10
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Texting and Driving vs. Drunk Driving Over the last century‚ technology has helped society move forward‚ making things faster and easier. Having a vehicle has allowed people to reach a destination faster than they would if they had to ride a bike or even walk. Also the ability to now text using a cell phone speeds up the communication process even more. With all the new technological advances you have to many people taking advantage of it; by texting while they are driving to make business or
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