Being arrested for Driving Under the Influence (DUI) Independent Research Project Driving under the influence is the act of driving a vehicle with blood levels of alcohol in excess of a legal limit. Legal limits may vary or change. As of August 1st 2010 Ontario enforced a new law which states that all drivers aged 21 and under must have a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of zero. For drivers aged 22 and higher‚ there is a “warn range” of blood alcohol concentration which is from 0.05-0.08%
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At this age group teenagers are consuming more alcohol than ever. As our generation of kids are growing too fast . One of the major issues in the U.S is Teenage Drunk Driving. Young drivers ages 16-18 make up only 15% of licensed drivers they cause 30% of alcohol related driving deaths. Traffic crashes are the leading cause of death in the United States for people younger than 25. Specific factors that pertain to this fatal problem are blood alcohol content (BAC)‚ failure to wear seatbelts‚ and inexperienced
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Research question: driving safety and types of distractions Hypothesis: Driving safe and trying to avoid distractions can prevent thousands of accidents each year. People tend to let things like music‚ phones‚ makeup‚ and other things distract their driving. Acting more safely can prevent alot. The null hypothesis would be that it really doesn ’t matter about the distractions it is up to the person to drive safe. The number of participants that i will use for this research is
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Texting and Driving It has become very popular to use our phones to call‚ text‚ e-mail‚ and even research on the internet. As technology gives us better phones we become attached to our luxuries. It has become easier to communicate with others and get important information to our friends and acquaintances. Phones have become a convenience‚ most of all an unnoticeable attachment and habit. We as Americans have become open to new ideas‚ and texting while driving has become one of them. We do not seem
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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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incapable of obtaining respectable driving skills. According to “Rocky Mountain Insurance Information Association‚” motor vehicle crashes were the leading cause of death among 13-19 year old males and females in the United States. Factors causing these distractions are cell phones‚ passengers‚ and adolescent’s poor cognitive skills. Due to the teenagers being pre-mature and accident prone‚ the legal age to obtain a license should be 21 in order to improve young driving skills and create a safer environment
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Individuals have been engaging in distracted driving since cars were first introduced. It may be that they are eating while on the go‚ yelling at children in the backseat‚ talking on their cell phone or changing the radio station. Anything that takes a driver’s attention away from the road is considered a form of distracted driving‚ as the person isn’t fully concentrating on this task. It may also simply be that the driver is thinking of something else. Anyone who has ever been behind the wheel
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on a cellular telephone while driving. Background: Epidemiological evidence suggests that the relative risk of being in a traffic accident while using a cell phone is similar to the hazard associated with driving with a blood alcohol level at the legal limit. The purpose of this research was to provide a direct comparison of the driving performance of a cell phone driver and a drunk driver in a controlled laboratory setting. Method: We used a high-fidelity driving simulator to
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Alcohol and Driving Imagine being in a bar with a few of your good friends. Everyone is drinking and having a good time. Your are going to leave and go home‚ but you friends won’t let you because they know the dangers of driving after having a few drinks. Instead they ca ll a cab to give you a ride home. You would be extremely lucky to have such smart friends. Drunk driving is a very serious problem in our society today‚ but it is becomming socially unacceptable causing the numbers of alcohol
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The Problems Of Drinking And Driving Harman Singh Gahir Roll Number August 09 2010 On the night of May 14‚ 1988‚ Larry Mahoney was drunk‚ so drunk that his blood-alcohol concentration—the percentage of alcohol in his blood—was more than twice Kentucky’s legal limit at the time of .10 percent. Regardless‚ Mahoney got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and proceeded to drive northbound in the southbound lane of Interstate 71 near Carrollton‚ Kentucky‚ crashing head-on into a church bus returning
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