Driving under the influence‚ driving while intoxicated‚ drunken driving‚ drunk driving‚ operating under the influence‚ drinking and driving‚ or impaired driving is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs including those prescribed by physicians. In the case of alcohol‚ a drunk driver’s level of intoxication is typically determined by a measurement of blood alcohol content or BAC. A BAC measurement in excess of a specific threshold level‚ such as 0.05% or 0.08%
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Drunk driving is one of the fastest growing problems in the United States. Statistics show that 31 percent of accident-related crashes were due to alcohol in 2013. 10‚076 people died in alcohol- impaired accidents that number has increased over time. Most people are arguing that there are reasons why someone may drive drunk so that also gives a person the right to take someone’s life‚ and we should not be fine with that. There should be no exceptions‚ and we need to do put a stop to it once and for
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Draft Cause and Effects of teenage drinking and drug use Robert Lynn Hayden Jr. Everest University Composition II - 40 ENC 1102-40 Professor Jean Leeper February 04‚ 2013 Cause and Effects of teenage drinking and drug use As a former offender of teenage substance abuse and driving while under the influence‚ I know full well how hard this topic hits home and my wallet. I have tried almost everything except needles; I drew the line there. The biggest factor that I faced as a pre/teen at home
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Cause and Effects of Texting While Driving Texting while driving is a major issue affecting today’s society. Texting has grown to be one of the biggest forms of communication among people‚ despite the fact that some of these messages might be sent from behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. As a result‚ distracted driving often occurs removing the main objective a driver should be focusing on; the road ahead. Texting-related vehicular accidents and fatalities have caused a majority of states to
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Teen Driving Safety Melissa Tortella Kaplan University Teen Driving Safety “In 2010‚ approximately 2‚700 teens in the United States between the ages of 16-19 were involved in fatal car accidents and almost 282‚000 of these teens suffered injuries in car accidents.” (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ n.d.). Given this information‚ this proves that car accidents have become the leading cause of death in teens in the United States. “The risk of being involved in a car crash is highest
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Teen Drug Abuse in America In today’s society drugs are taking away our children’s lives and it is making headlines every day. “In Vancouver‚ Washington‚ a 13-year old boy was found dead after allegedly swallowing twenty-four cold-medicine pills to get high” (Taylor 45). “Nine Florida middle-school students were taken to the hospital after their strange behavior and illness at school led school officials to discover that they had overdosed on an over-the-counter cold medication” (Taylor 45). “A
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Drinking and Driving: The Leading Cause of Untimely Death in Adolescents The most horrifying event a parent can imagine is losing a child. Especially when it could have been avoided. According to David J. Hanson‚ "People aged sixteen to twenty-four were involved in twenty-eight percent of all alcohol related driving accidents‚ although they make up only fourteen percent of the population" (1). This statistic is shocking‚ but it should not be a surprise. A teenager in today ’s society is constantly
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Teen Drinking "Alcohol has been part of human society for thousands of years. In many cultures‚ alcohol is used on important social occasions and in religious ceremonies." It is used to celebrate and to cry‚ to have fun‚ to reduce the feeling of loneliness. Most of the teens forget that alcohol is very dangerous drug and alcohol influences decision making so that these decisions can be results of a bad future. "Alcohol is a drug which is made from corn‚ barley‚ grain‚ rye‚ or a beverage containing
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1. A person can be guilty of drunk driving even if technically he isn’t drunk. Being drunk is normally defined as a state when the person can’t even walk straight anymore. However‚ impairment of the senses to a degree that constitutes criminal driving may come before the person gets drunk. 2. If you are caught and convicted of drunk driving‚ regardless of whether you have an alcohol problem or not‚ it is assumed that you do. Treatment for alcoholism and the corresponding education will be required
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Causes of Underage Drinking Today‚ many teenagers experience different things in the world. Whether it is their first date or first day in high school‚ teens are always eager to try something different or new. One of the things that teenagers try is drinking alcohol. Unfortunately‚ underage drinkers often abuse alcohol. In this paper‚ I will try to shed some light on some of the reasons why teenagers drink alcohol at such premature age. The causes of underage drinking include
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