Whenever I listen to my collection of music occasionally the song "Drunk Drivers" comes on and it always manages to pull me back to my freshman year and a big truth we all hide. Sometimes uncertainty takes control; and this song is perfect to explain that emotion. For anyone else the song might sound like it’s about a reckless driver but for me‚ it’s about a procrastinator who struggles with himself over what is right and wrong. The emotion of uncertainty is hard to put into words and explain. But
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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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In "The Myth of the Latin Woman" Judith Ortiz Cofer talk about the many stereotypes people has against Hispanic women. Cofer start off telling about an experience in London‚ with a drunk man who re-enacted “Maria” from West Side Story and even though she was aggravated‚ she kept her cool although everyone around her was laughing and applauding. She go on to tell about her experiences growing up here in American. Cofer was raised in New Jersey‚ as a child she was tough her traditional culture while
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the child welfare system accelerated in the 1960s‚ when Aboriginal children were seized and taken from their homes and placed‚ in most cases‚ into middle-class Euro-Canadian families. This overrepresentation continues today (2). In his play‚ Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth‚ Drew Hayden Taylor manifests how Janice’s life is greatly impacted by the scoop-up leading to the loss of culture‚ identity crisis‚ and lack of sense of belonging. When an individual faces the reality of being
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says you’re one of the 28. You take a drink of it and then immediately swerve and hit a car. It sound like the plot to a movie right? But sadly no‚ the reality is that every 51 minutes‚ a person dies due to drunk driving. That’s about 28 people who die everyday because of this issue. And since drunk driving is a growing issue‚ that number is just going to go up. On their own‚ alchohol and cars have always been very dangerous. But now‚ the two are able to be combined into a deadly gamble. But what if
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Effects Of Drunk Driving and Alcohol Drunk driving affects many lives in the United States of America. Many people lose their cars‚ lives‚ families‚ homes‚ and money over their senseless act to abuse the right to drink. Driving drunk is a huge decision that people make and has serious consequences if caught. In Michigan the legal limit for drunk driving is a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.08. Not all people follow the law so they have to deal with consequences which consist of cash payments
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Drunk Driving Penalty Every day 28 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes on average and 20% of Child Passenger Deaths are Due to Drunk Driving Crashes. Drunk driving is the 15th leading cause of death in the united states today 19 percent of those deaths belong to children between the ages 0 to 14. The drinking while intoxicated penalty should be increased because tons of deaths have been caused by DUI‚ many drunk drivers are repeat offenders‚ and with technology in the 21st century
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Debbie Lim English 105 Ms Cree Writing Assignment #2 March 20‚ 2011 Drunk and Distracted Drivers are Top Causes of Accidents Drunk and distracted drivers cause more accidents on America’s roads and highways than any other reason. In August 2009 Diane Schuler‚ made national news when she caused an accident that killed eight people on the Taconic State Parkway in New York. She had a blood alcohol level of 0.19 percent and was also under the Influence of marijuana at the time she drove
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DRINK DRIVING Part A. Driving under the influence (DUI)‚ commonly called "drunk driving‚" it refers to operating a motor vehicle while one’s blood alcohol content is above the legal limit. Alcohol really impairs your ability to react quickly‚ make good judgements‚ and drive as well as you might normally. Social and Environmental Influences are factors that can contribute to alcohol impaired driving which often comes from friends and the situations their friends helped to create. These influences
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that cannot be any more true than in regards to anti-drunk driving propaganda. These campaigns expose the harsh reality behind drinking and driving‚ with the anticipation that they will reduce the amount of fatal crashes that unfortunately happen on a daily basis. The images shown are often graphic and unsettling‚ a technique used by the campaigns in order to deliver a strong and powerful residual message. The visual attached comes from an anti-drunk driving campaign located across the globe in Thailand
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