Steven L. Beshear Governor Dear Kentucky Driver‚ We are privileged each time we get behind the wheel of a vehicle and drive down one of Kentucky’s scenic back roads or expansive highways. Along with this privilege comes a great responsibility – something we should keep in the forefront of our minds as we traverse the Commonwealth. This manual is created to give you the proper foundation for carefully and responsibility taking on your role as a new driver. Study it well and you will be on your way
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The question is: “Why would such heart-breaking thoughts like these appear in the mind of these kids?”. The answer is ‘bad parenting’. Bad parenting‚ along with its negative effects on children and society‚ raise the question: “Should people be required to get a license in order to become parents?”. I know some might laugh at this seemingly impractical idea. They may argue that being parents is the most basic and natural job a human being is given and that biological parents all have the right
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Are you an Uber driver and have experienced one ride where the passenger was quite intoxicated that you have no idea how to manage it all? Lucky for you‚ there might be one trick that can help you ease the tension. Uber is fast becoming the ride-hailing technology right now‚ and it would not be strange for drivers to encounter a drunken scenario. There is a trick that can tame the drunks. In Charlotte‚ North Carolina‚ the service is providing drivers a "Bop It" toy to keep their drunken passengers
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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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Drunk Driving happens when the driver of a vehicle is intoxicated from alcoholic beverages. This very dangerous and has devastating effects. Many people die each year from a drunk driving accident. In the lesson on drunk driving it states‚" Almost half of the crashes in which people are killed nationally involve drinking. There are more than 16‚000 of those crashes each year." in the same essay it states‚" The average person is likely to be legally intoxicated after consuming three mixed drinks‚
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Drunk drivers who cause accidents with fatalities should be charged with murder.Nowadays‚ driving while intoxicated has become the deadliest crime. There were more than 11‚000 alcohol-impaired deaths in 2009‚ sadly those deaths were preventable if the government had more severe laws against this issue. Drivers are well aware of the laws and consequences against drunk driving‚ especially after destroying families due to their carelessness decision. Victims’ families entire life is ruined because of
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I think that the Allies powers should have lost WW1. This is because of the size of the Axis powers‚ European countries blaming each other ‚ how much money the Axis powers spent on their army and navy‚ Bernherd von Bϋlow’s speech to the Reichstag ( German Congress) ‚ the England Octopus‚ the area of the colonial empires. One of the reasons that the Allies should have is because of the Axis powers military size. For example the Axis powers where bigger in size than the Allied powers. The Allies
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Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injurys. It is thought that drunk drivers have a long history of doing this and many prior arrests. In addition‚ most of those killed are just innocent victims whose behavior did not contribute to their deaths. These last two statements are both false. On
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Before the driver realizes it‚ they are passed out in front of the wheel of their vehicle. Drowsy driving is not a joke. Weariness behind the wheel affects a person’s ability to drive. It may lead to the possibility of a serious injury or death. Every year‚ 1‚550 deaths are caused by sleep-deprived drivers. Although there are numerous reasons for driving while being tired‚ the effect of sleepiness behind the wheel may lead to dreadful accidents. The ability to identify signs of an unfit driver is essential
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A Comparison of the Cell Phone Driver and the Drunk Driver David L. Strayer‚ Frank A. Drews‚ and Dennis J. Crouch‚ University of Utah‚ Salt Lake City‚ Utah Objective: The objective of this research was to determine the relative impairment associated with conversing 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
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