Like every popular topic‚ driving while under the influence of alcohol is surrounded by myths. With the help of the Internet and popular media‚ unsubstantiated beliefs about drunk driving can spread further and appear more credible. Unfortunately‚ these myths also perpetuate the thousands of alcohol related deaths on our nation’s highways each year. Here are four of the more common myths: You Can Drive While Intoxicated by Going Slower The idea behind this one is that if your reflexes are slower
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Juvenile Justice: Should Minors be charged as Adults? A movement has taken hold of our country to change the juvenile justice system‚ and erase any distinction between young offenders and adult criminals. Almost all fifty states have changed their juvenile justice laws‚ allowing more youths to be tried as adults and scrapping long-time efforts to help rehabilitate delinquent kids and prevent future crimes. It seems to be plain and simple‚ a minor in this country is defined as a person under the
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THE TYLENOL MURDERS THE TYLENOL MURDERS In 1982‚ American consumers were gripped with terror and fear. 12-year-old Mary Kellerman of Elk Grove Village just wanted to cure a morning headache‚ not knowing that the drug she sought to relieve her would send her to her death. It was the same case for the 27-year-old postal worker Adam Janus of Arlington Heights and his brother Stanley and his brother ’s new wife‚ Theresa‚ who‚ returning from the hospital after the death of Adam passed around a bottle
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Drunk driving is one of the most dangerous activities you can partake in because it can not only deprive you of life and happiness‚ it can also affect others in huge ways. According to the information given in the lesson‚ alcohol can start affecting you in a major way after as few as twenty minutes. These effects include slower reaction times and impaired judgement which can be extremely dangerous because you are not aware of the risks you are taking and how your actions affect others. You can be
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on the radio or television have you heard something about 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
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Good Drivers versus Bad Drivers Habits Many of today’s drivers have dangerous driving habits. You do not have to travel far to see people driving with risky driving techniques. Bad drivers have dangerous driving habits and they can be observed on highways and in residential streets. In contrast‚ good drivers have good driving habits. Both affect our lives in different ways. Good drivers always care about the safety rules. Moreover‚ they follow them. Wearing a safety
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The Dangers of Drivers’ Distractions Driving accidents have been at an all-time high in America. “The National Council estimates 38‚300 people were killed and 4.4 million injured on US roads in 2015‚ which saw the largest one-year percentage increased in half a century”. (1) The Majority of vehicle accidents are result of a careless mistake on the road. Although one might say “I have never been pulled over; or even gotten a ticket”‚ however‚ even the most careful and experience driver could be put
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Corey Friedman’s Lawmakers Target Drunk Drivers‚ appeared in North Carolina’s “Wilsons Daily Times” on February 18‚ 2013. In his essay‚ Friedman‚ explains new bills and laws that are trying to get passed by North Carolina’s congress. They will target and prevent drunk driving across the state by developing harsher laws and consequences for those found guilty of these offenses. Friedman uses many different perspectives on the issue by restating various North Carolina state representatives‚ and various
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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. According to the most recent statistics by the National Commission Against Drunk Driving is that 17‚ 000 Americans die each year in alcohol related traffic crashes and 600‚000 Americans are injured. That’s an average of one death every thirty minutes. Just think about that. Every thirty minutes
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forced to endure the pain and atrocities due to the carelessness of drunk driving? Drunk driving has been a problem in the United States since the introduction of automobiles; however‚ it did not become an important social issue until the 1980 ’s. At that time the political atmosphere defined crime in terms of personal choice and individual responsibility. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. It is not only illegal‚ but unsafe
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