result of drunk driving crashes. (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2011.) II. Central Thesis Drunk driving is an epidemic that continues to have severe and life threatening consequences for those involved‚ if we simply take a few steps against drunk driving we can help decrease this epidemic. III. Body A. Need: Drunk driving occurs everyday‚ and many lives are taken because of one person choice. 1. Every 52 minutes on average‚ someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (10
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Be Enforced? Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Because a person ’s motor skills are impaired while drunk‚ driving under the influence is a major threat to public safety and is a criminal offense in most countries. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that “40% of total traffic deaths in the United States are due to drunk driving” (GET INVOLVED). To determine whether or not someone is driving drunk‚ a person ’s blood
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york city‚ retrieve from; Soft skull press.ISBN-1-887/28-50-1 national. Lowering legal age/ speak up‚ 2012. Position paper lowering drinking age.Retrieve from: http//:www.speak up coalition.org. Madd drunk driving/ underage driving 2014.Retrieve from Http://www.MADD.org NIAAA/underage/drunk driving‚ alcohol abuse‚publications/AA6712013.Retrieve from: http//:www. pubs. niaaa.nih.gov.
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problems of drinking and driving‚ and why it is a concern for all of us. Main Point I: I’d like to start off by talking about the penalties of drinking and driving. Did you know that drunk driving is the nation’s most frequently committed violent crime? A chronic drunk driver is a person who has driven over 1‚000 times before being caught. They do not respond to social pressures‚ law enforcement‚ and the messages that have been combined to reform the drinking and driving behavior of our society.
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If you’re driving and texting it increases the chance of a wreck by 4 times imagine if you’re drunk and driving while texting the chance of you wrecking is a lot greater. Kids who start drinking young are 7times more likely to be in an alcohol-related crash. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death
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Nowadays‚ more and more people are driving without paying enough attention to what they are doing. Each day an estimated 135‚000‚000 cars are on the roads in the U.S. Driving should not be taken carelessly. Incredibly‚ statistics show that car accidents that involve injury occur every 14 seconds‚ and every 12 minutes a car accident will be fatal. Society knows the risks about driving without paying attention but they still practice bad habits while driving. Driving demands a high level of responsibility
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Drunk driving is when you operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level over the legal state limit. Even though with all the warnings‚ higher penalties‚ educational programs‚ and awareness‚ people still drive while under the influence. While the numbers of drunk driving have gone down in the past years‚ anyone can still be at risk rather they are driving or just the passenger. You should not drink and drive because of these three reasons: more likely to have a crash‚ poor decision making‚ and
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2013 Every 53 Minutes a Drunk Driver Kills Someone Drunk drivers should be imprisoned on the first offense because people get killed/injured daily. Drinking and driving is against the law in the state of Hawaii. It is horrible to see a family lose a loved one in an alcohol related automobile accident. If you refuse to take the chemical test on the first offense the police will take your license away for one year. If the police catches you drinking and driving again the years of your license
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B-2 12-17-2013 Solving a Local Problem The Hazards of Driving Many people take for granted their ability to drive. When we drive‚ we are putting ourselves in dangerous situations. At some point‚ one small mistake in judgement can cause serious injury or even death to another person. This is a power no human should yield. The only reason that driving is necessary is to better our lives and to make things much simpler and easier to do. Driving is a task that requires concentration‚ when that concentration
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One can discover another person’s Blood Alcohol Concentration by assessing a Breathalyzer test. There are many laws that exist which limit a person to a certain Blood Alcohol Concentration while driving. If a person’s BAC is 0.05-0.10‚ that person most likely had two or three drinks. Their driving skills would decreased due to their impaired alertness and reaction time. If a person’s BAC is 0.10-0.15‚ they probably had consumed anywhere between four to five drinks. That person’s vision would
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