The day I crashed my car… okay I didn’t actually crash it. But I don’t think that I have ever been so petrified seeing a powder blue prius about to rear-end me. Little me‚ little 4”11’‚ 112 pounds Katie Long was about to start driving. I get lost at the mall‚ the mall. So as you can assume‚ my parents are shaking in their boots. Having an older brother I’ve been through the ‘learning how to drive’ situation. You could say I’m immune to it‚ or so I thought. Here I am‚ going into my sophomore
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your parents or friends to drive you everywhere‚ Getting your driver’s license is seen as a milestone in every teenager’s life‚ and is something that most everyone looks forward to in their lives. This was a different story for me. The thought of driving absolutely terrified me. The thought of controlling a 2 ton vehicle going at a very fast speed on a busy road among other large heavy vehicles made me sweat. But‚ in order to be granted this passage into freedom‚ learning how to drive a car was something
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Whether you have been in a car with a drunk driver or you have been the drunk driver. Whether you injured someone because of drink driving. Whether someone lost their life because of your drink driving. Whether you were injured because of a drunk driver‚ or you know someone who lost their life because of a drunk driver‚ I imagine the feeling to be pretty horrific. My grandfather was killed in a car accident that had nothing to do with drink driving. What if you lost someone because of something so
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What’s drunk driving among teens and what happens? Drunk driving is when someone drinks a beverage with alcohol in it and they get behind the wheel to drive a motorized vehicle. A 16 year old driving drunk is the same as a 35 year old driving drunk. The only difference is that the 16 year old is underage and is breaking the law by not being at legal age. Alcohol is illegal to individuals who are under the age of 21. All 50 states have a law against drinking under 21 because individuals younger
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New students of a college or university have many areas in which to not only get prepared for‚ but also learn to live in as new college students. As a new student entering into the college life‚ there are three points that can quickly effect the students ways. Included are areas of student class attendance‚ choosing courses‚ and instructors. Knowing how to juggle these three areas can mark the difference between a well prepared student and a failing one. The students’ class attendance is very important
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Alex Morales Eng. 095 Ms. Stone 3/11/2012 Technology plays a major role in most people’s lives‚ its everywhere for people to interact with and view freely. In American culture levels of violence‚ methods for communicating and perspective of females are influenced by technology. First‚ technology has influenced levels of violence for example in creating products such as video games. A majority of today’s games have guns and some sort of killing. When there
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Composition 22 August 2013 Title When you think of American society‚ what kind of characteristics come to mind? Characteristics are features or traits that describe a person‚ place or thing. There are thousands of different possibilities that it could be. In spite of there being many negative characteristics of Americans‚ Americans are still patriotic‚ strong-willed and willing to help. Throughout the years there have been many instances where Americans have shown of their patriotism for
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Mothers Against Drunk Driving Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ formerly Mothers Against Drunk Drivers‚ is a Texas-based nonprofit organization that fights drunk driving‚ underage drinking and assists the victims of drunk driving and their families. History The organization was founded in 1980 by Candace Lightner‚ whose 13 year old daughter was killed by a hit and run drunk driver in California. The driver was a repeat offender‚ and the sentence handed down outraged Lightner. She formed
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four teens survived this crash with only minor injuries‚ others in similar situations are not always as lucky. If you are the parent of a teenage driver‚ be sure to discuss safety driving practices with your teen. Do not grab the wheel when someone else is driving and do not allow others to do this when you are driving. Do not even pretend you are going to grab the wheel. This can be extremely dangerous. Even if the person does not actually grab the wheel‚ it is a huge distraction to the driver.
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Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Taylor Forté February 5‚ 2014 HDFS 2400 University of Missouri Fall 2013 ID: 333795 and Keycode: 2476 Theories Help Explain Drunk Driving Driving while intoxicated persists to be a major problem amongst teenage drivers. Although there are many precautions taken in order to prevent this type of activity‚ whether by the school‚ media or parents’‚ teens proceed to place themselves into these very high risk situations. These persistent
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