states in terms of driving under the influence. Fortunately‚ Texas did not rank in the top ten‚ but individuals shouldn’t get too excited. The state came in 14th in the nation in terms of the prevalence of drunk driving. The study took into account factors such as the number of DUI arrests‚ the quantity of DUI laws‚ the number of penalties associated with a conviction for DUI and the cost per fatality‚ along with others. Individuals who are charged with and convicted of driving under the influence
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The thing that is most shocking to me is the leading causes of death in teenage driver. I never would have thought that driving off the road would have been the leading cause of death among teenagers at around 30%. I always thought that the cause of most deaths was texting while driving‚ drunk driving‚ and speeding. Even though speeding was one of the top five at 22%‚ I was still surprised that none of the other things that I thought would be on the list were on there. Other statistics state that
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Considering I was a state legislature‚ I would be very passionate about the drunk driving laws within our state. You see I see now real difference in murder‚ lets say aiming a weapon at someone an shooting them and fatally killing them vs. drinking a fifth of whiskey purposely choosing to get behind the wheel of a car and killing an innocent person. Where the difference comes into play in my opinion many people have drove a motor vehicle while drinking and never shot anyone‚ therefore less likely
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lives by driving when they are under the influence of alcohol. The Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) was established to help victims of those who were affected by individuals driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. MADD became in effect on September 5‚ 1980 (MADD 2014). The official website the organization uses is www.madd.org. MADD wants to help families who lost a loved one to drunk driving. The organization also works to help educate people and make them aware of how drunk driving has
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Texting while driving has become more common in today’s society and while seemingly innocent‚ the act of texting while driving can also be one of the most dangerous and possibly fatal forms of communications. Whether the driver is texting‚ emailing or talking on the cellular device it can cost many lives. Cellular device texting is the number one distraction in the United States. Twenty-eight percent of traffic accidents happen when people text while driving. Why do people text and drive
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Bad Drinking Habits: Causes and Effects Drinking is something that majority of grown people‚ and even youngsters‚ would do for fun. It is really a mind thing that would occur in these human beings. Although drinking could be very fun‚ there are people that would drink for negative purposes. Some causes of bad drinking habits are having stressful problems‚ and just being influenced by others that would drink a lot. If people don’t have self-control of their drinking habits‚ it can become something
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Drinking and Driving Running Head: The Effects of Drinking and Driving The Effects of Drinking and Driving Agnes M. Ester Letourneau University Drinking and Driving Abstract For Many years the effects of consuming alcoholic beverages has raised eyebrows. However‚ this behavior wasn’t so openly discussed as a social problem until the late seventies early eighties. As we look back to our ancestor’s generations‚ this behavior wasn’t considered a social issue or even a problem for
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because of distracted driving. “In 2014‚ 3‚179 people were killed and 431‚000 were injured in distraction-related car accidents”("Listening to Radio Can Lead to Distracted Driving.").Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes things like taking your eyes off the road‚ taking your hand off the wheel‚ or talking and not really focusing on driving.Although it is easy for people to take their hands off the wheel while driving‚ Distracted driving is a social issue that causes many crashes every
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Cause and Effect Essays OK‚ now we’re getting into something fun‚ the cause and effect essay. The cause and effect essay will train you to call and respond. For example‚ if you’re arguing about why cigarettes are detrimental to health‚ you can’t just say cigarettes cause lung cancer and move on to the next subject. You must respond to that statement and tell the reader why cigarettes cause lung cancer: Call-Response. That said‚ the most important members of the who‚ what‚ when‚ where‚
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This assignment will focus on the organization Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the role it plays in social policy. I will go over why MADD was created‚ what problems lead to creating MADD and how the problem was identified as a social policy. In addition‚ I will also discuss policies created as a result of MADDs influence‚ what problems were experienced while implementing the polices‚ and what effects these social policies have on human services delivery. MADD was created in 1980 by
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