- Injury: serious injury can happen due to unsafe driving. All car crashes are different because of that the severity of the injury is different every time. ‘Major traumas’ rate at of 15% due to car crashes ‘Head injuries’ are 39% ‚ two thirds of people are suffering from ‘ chest injuries’. Front on crashes typically suffer from chest‚ and lower abdominal injuries and injuries in the lower limbs – pelvis‚ legs‚ limbs. - Guilt from the one doing the wrong – Guilt from murdering‚ injuring or hurting
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close; we treated each other like family‚ until one day‚ tragedy struck. One afternoon‚ before practice‚ the entire team walked into the locker room as our coach told us the news. The older brother of one of the senior players had been drinking and driving and killed the cousin of another player who was in my grade. The driver‚ his brother‚ was so drunk‚ he didn’t even know he hit someone. Nobody knew what to say; we all seemed lost. We didn’t see both of those players for a couple of weeks. The senior
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There are about 5‚000 deaths a year around the world because of underage drinking. Drinking kills people about mostly every day when people drive out on the street that are not safe to drive home. My uncle once told a story about his friends and him driving out one night and that my uncle was in the passenger seat‚ then an accident happened and the pictures that were shown weren’t pretty; my uncle survived but the others didn’t. That example should show that if accidents happen because of twenty-one
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multiple stories of people who were unexpectedly struck by drunk drivers. There was one story in particular that stood out to me more than the others and that was Jacqueline Saburido’s. This advertisement makes a powerful statement about how drunk driving can not only kill someone‚ but can also scar someone for life. The goal of the organization that posted this advertisement is to never drink and drive. It is not worth risking your life‚ someone else’s life‚ or putting anyone at risk of lifelong hardships
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also made to help enforce some of the laws. Without organizations like MADD‚ ASPCA‚ and Habitat for Humanity‚ our community would be worse than it is now. The MADD‚ or Mothers Against Drunk Driving‚ is an organization founded by Candace Lynne Lightner in 1980‚ when her daughter was killed in a drunk driving accident. Mrs. Candace was furious when she found out that the person that hit and killed her daughter wouldn’t spend a significant time in jail. When this happened‚ not only did he serve twenty-one
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accidents induced by drunk driving. Another reason is‚ that since an individual is already considered an adult at age eighteen‚ and can do many other “grown up” duties‚ they should be allowed to consume alcohol. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration‚ the United States reported that in 30% of fatal automobile crashes‚ the driver had a blood alcohol content of .10 or higher. Meanwhile‚
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B. (Thesis) Roadblocks used to identify drunk drivers are unconstitutional and ineffective and should be removed. C. (Significance to Audience/Credibility) According to a study conducted by the National Hard Core Drunk Driving Project in 2002‚ thirty nine states‚ including Pennsylvania‚ permit the use of random sobriety roadblocks. D. (Preview of Main Points) First‚ I will discuss why DUI roadblocks are unconstitutional. Then I am going to give
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licenses be taken away from old people? Have you ever been on the road driving and a fellow driver all of a sudden merges with no blinker or crosses over the line or does some crazy thing that puts you at danger or someone else. How many times do you look over to see the person and its someone old and incompetent? This brings me to my question should old peoples license be revoked? The first point in making my case is old people at driving intersections. A study was taken by the journal of traffic Injury
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alcohol often turn to a life of crime‚ or suffer mental or physical breakdowns. In many cases the teen may even die from attempt suicide or car accident. In Montgomery Country two teenager was killed in a car accident‚ after leaving a party drunk and driving over the speed limits. Knowing that they were underage‚ if the father who hosted the party had never let the teens drink‚ then the two death could have been prevented (Fitzgerald. Par. 1-4). This is of course an extreme case of alcohol usage among
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offenses on campus were drug and alcohol related (Alcohol). This shows that no matter how much UTSA tries to prevent these incidents it can never stop unless the students are willing to become responsible about alcohol. According Mothers Against Drunk Driving; 48% of all alcohol consumed by students attending a 4-year college is consumed by underage students (Underage). In order to start classes at UTSA it is mandatory for all incoming freshmen to take the AlcoholEdu course. This course is designed
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