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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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    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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    Teenagers Driving The current driving age of 16 is a great age to start driving. However some may disagree with it. Being able to drive helps you become more social‚ free‚ and independent. This is something every growing teen needs to learn how to be. Driving helps that since you are able to go different places whenever you want to and meet up with whoever you would like. Age does not define how good or bad of a driver someone is. A 16 year old could just be getting their license and so could an

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    minors are mostly involved in crashes. Some regulations have been made to help decrease the dangers of teen driving‚ for example‚ the Graduated Driver License and the banning of cell phones while driving to help prevent distractions. Even though there are regulations‚ minors don’t always follow them which is why the dangers of teen driving are underrated. One of the leading dangers with teen driving is the amount of cell phone usage. Teenagers are in the prime of their social life and always have a cell

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    The Driving Age Most people don’t like the driving age at 21‚ a lot of them are teens. A lot of the teens feel that the government is taking away part of there freedom. If teens at 18 are able to vote and‚ go into the military shouldn’t they be able to drive‚ at 18 to? In some states the driving age is 16‚ I think it should be raised to 18 because most‚ Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 15- to 20-year-olds. I think it would be better‚ to get your driving license

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    RYAN NETTLE 11/11/14 5.10 Final Draft DRIVER’S LICENSE AGE It would be personally beneficial to having the driving age lowered to fifteen years old. This would give me the ability to have a part-time job now. Also‚ I could go to the gym more to work out if I could drive. Then‚ if there were scheduled rodeos or ropings on dates that my parents already had plans‚ I would still be able to attend them. Several of my friends‚ which are also doing their schoolwork at home‚ like to practice roping

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    Dangerous Driving Culture

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    1. In the article‚ “Young People‚ Dangerous Driving and Car Culture” published in Youth Studies Australia‚ Hannah Graham and Rob White try to dispel the notion that young males driving high-performance vehicles are a major cause of car accidents in Australia. Actually‚ the research paints a different picture amongst the 18 to 25-year-old crowd. Although young people have more car accidents than mature drivers‚ youngsters with high-performance vehicles do not have more crashes. Throughout this article

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    A majority of states in the United States legal driving age limit is sixteen (forty-three states have sixteen years old as the legal driving age limit). On contrary to other states where the age limit to have a restricted license at the age of fourteen‚ fifteen‚ or seventeen‚ sixteen years old is the most successful age for states to allow teens to get a restricted license. The legal driving age in the United States should stay at sixteen years old because it allows teenagers a sense of responsibility

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    Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken

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    COM 101 Argumentative Speech Legal Driving Age Raised I. To vote you have to be 18‚ to buy cigarettes you have to be 18‚ and to buy alcohol you have to be 21. So why is it that teenagers are able to drive at such a young age? Driving should be one of the privileges and responsibilities of adulthood. While some may say‚ it prepares them for adulthood and it’s essential for young people to have the ability to travel for their livelihood. But every year the same headlines occur‚ “High

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