Alina Zubenskaya Sue Pesznecker WR 121 Don’t Drink and Drive Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads
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Cell Phones and Driving In today’s society we’ve all become attached to our cell phones. Cell phones make our lives easier in many ways we can check our email‚ receive phone calls‚ send text messages‚ listen to music‚ and take pictures‚ all at our finger tips. With all this convenience‚ however there is a dangerous side to cell phones‚ and that’s when we use them while driving. Most of us are guilty of using cell phones while driving‚ but have we ever thought about its danger? Five states plus
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an accident that occurred involving an intoxicated driver? Probably an overwhelmingly high amount of times considering the increasing numbers of accidents due to drunk driving. This topic is a widespread issue that affects many lives‚ or even worse‚ ends them. According to Nolo.com‚ currently in our country‚ the punishment for drunk driving is up to six months in jail‚ depending on the state you live in and your blood-alcohol content at the time of the arrest‚ a fine ranging from $500 to $2‚000‚ and
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As a service of Christ‚ I ask you to please avoid drunk driving and consuming alcohol and focus more on the works of our Lord. Deaths linked with drunk driving and underage drinking are reported each day. I am traveling during the summer‚ so I am writing this now for you to read. As a person who has dealt with experiencing friends and family in drunk driving accidents and lost love ones due to this cause‚ I ask you to stop driving under the influence and never attempt to drive or get into a vehicle
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Texting requires visual‚ manual and cognitive attention from the driver. It is by far the biggest and top distraction globally. They are making the cars with more elaborate control that can protect‚ notify‚ and avoid collisions. When picking up the small
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Each day‚ people drive drunk more than 300‚000 times‚ but only about 3200 are arrested (Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ 2014). Could people only imagine to what extent drunk driving is irresponsible and destructive nowadays. According to the president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organization‚ which was created to fight with this phenomena‚ “drunk driving continues to be the most frequently committed violent crime” (Hamilton‚ 2000). Indeed‚ it is a real crime‚ which has to be punished
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all the death and tragedy as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol‚ I feel that there should be an increased punishment if caught. The legal definitions of "driving" and "drunk" are open to many interpretations‚ which vary greatly from state to state. In some places‚ "driving" can include sitting still in a parked or wrecked vehicle with the motor off‚ or starting up a car in a driveway. Police can and do arrest people whom they believe are drunk before they get on the road and even when
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Drunk driving has a profound impact on not only the victim of the crash but the family of the victim. When you are in an accident it can be stressful enough but when someone dies in the wreck it is life changing. Suddenly you realize things like a birthday or holiday is now a dayof mourning. Nearly one third or (twenty nine percent) of car accidents in the United States of America are drunk driving related. Drunk driving is totally preventable. You have one of two choices either
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Cause and Effect Essay on: Drunk Driving By: Winde Rovira Mr. Young English 101 8 March 2000 Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a mass of research evidence to show that driving performance and reaction times are seriously affected by alcohol. Our law in Georgia states‚ "that it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle if your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeds .10%. Georgia observes a "per se" law
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Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injurys. It is thought that drunk drivers have a long history of doing this and many prior arrests. In addition‚ most of those killed are just innocent victims whose behavior did not contribute to their deaths. These last two statements are both false. On
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