Drunk Driving Can Be Prevented Drunk drivers are a major safety threat to themselves and others. Every day in America‚ 27 people die as a result of drunk driving crashes according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (FARS‚ 2012). In addition‚ over 1.2 millions drivers were arrested in 2011 for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. (Federal Bureau of Investigation‚ “Crime in the United States: 2011”) Statistics however cannot reflect the pain and loss suffered by drunk
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S00027026 IENG 030-11 Mr. Morgan Fall 2012 Topic: Drunk Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience to stop driving while they are drunk if they do so. Thesis Statement: There are more and more accidents happening as a result of drunk driving‚ and these drunk drivers should be severely punished. I. Introduction: Attention Step A. Attention Material: My friend Susan’s son a nine-year-old boy named Tom and his father were on their way back from a gathering at their friend’s house. As
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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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Neha Reddy Informative Speech On the night of May 14‚ 1988‚ Larry Mahoney was drunk‚ so drunk that his blood-alcohol concentration (BAC) was more than twice Kentucky’s legal limit. Regardless‚ Mahoney got behind the wheel of his pickup truck and proceeded to drive northbound in the southbound lane of Interstate 71‚ crashing head-on into a church bus returning from an amusement park. The collision ruptured the bus’s gas tank‚ causing a fire that killed twenty-three children and four
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very upset with them and stormed out and drove herself home. That was the last time Kim’s friends were able to spend that kind of time with Kim. 13.2 percent of people who drive drunk get into an accident. Growing up Kim’s mom was an alcoholic and she never thought that she would do what her mom did all the time‚ drive drunk. When she was mad‚ she made that fast choice and it changed her life forever. Statistics show that 25-50 percent of peoples whose parents were alcoholics end up just like them
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Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in every state. It is wrong‚ irresponsible and wastes many lives. People who abuse alcohol hurt everyone around them‚ endanger public safety‚ and create carnage on the nation’s highways. There is nothing positive that can come out of drunk driving‚ so why do people do it? It is society’s job to punish these menaces and try to take control of this out of control issue. America doesn’t want to watch idly as hundreds of people are killed
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How has driving fatigued been affected by mass media? “You shouldn’t drive drunk” is a phrase often repeated by the media‚ between friends sometimes by passers-by‚ and is seen as the be-all end-all of driving safely. But spare a thought for driving while fatigued‚ for all the night owls‚ night shift workers‚ long haul truckers and so on. An issue such as this affects many around the country‚ especially those listed above‚ which are primarily workers. This essay will be broken down into three different
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young age‚ I encountered situations that forever altered my perspective on certain situations. Death is a part of life; we live‚ and we die. However I strongly believe if we make better choices‚ our lives can be prolonged. As I research how every day in America‚ 27 people die in an impaired driving fatality every 53 minutes it brings me back to the time I lost my role model. My cousin Heath’s poor actions not only cost him to lose his life‚ but others lives were lost to. At the time‚ I never grasped
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considered drunk driving. That is why drinking and driving is not right‚ it is wrong! When a person drinks and drive they are putting everyone that crosses their path in danger. An individual who drinks and drives takes the chances of getting a DUI‚ a fine‚ and their license taken away. But most of all‚ when a person drinks and drives them take the chance of going to jail. Many People do not understand the danger that they put others in when they drink‚ and drive. While driving under the
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Drunk Driving‚ Groups‚ Affects‚ Laws How much longer will it take to get rid of careless drunk drivers? Drunk driving has been a problem in the United States since the beginning of automobiles; however‚ it did not become an important social issue until the mid 1980’s. Drunk driving was defined as a problem located within individuals or groups. Drunk driving is illegal in every state. It is not only illegal‚ but unsafe to operate an automobile if you are under the influence of alcohol. When a person
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