distractions while driving. When people drive‚ they encounter disturbances varying from electronics to food that cause them to take part of their attention away from the road. These interruptions that society faces affect countless amounts of people in ways some would not even image. Distractions cause crashes which then take not only people’s lives‚ but also hard earned money from those who were not even in the crash. Any distractions while driving‚ including drinking‚ texting‚ or driving with fatigue
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the early 1980’s provincial anti-drinking and driving groups started to appear in Canada. The people who started these groups were victims and survivors who wanted to inform and educate about the tragedies that were caused by drinking and driving. The people who started these groups include Sally Gribble (PRIDE in B.C.)‚ Gladys Armstrong and Pat Baril (PAID in Alberta)‚ Margaret Taylor (CAID in Manitoba)‚ and PRIDE (People to Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) which is the organization in Ontario
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Drinking and Driving Persuasive Essay Comm215 July 12‚ 2010 Drinking and Driving Each year numerous lives are lost due to careless and irrational driving. The disregard for safe driving has been a predicament to the United States of America for years. Many years Police have relied heavily on speed cameras‚ breathalyzer tests and heavy fines as a deterrent against unlawful drivers. Over the years fatality rates have increased‚ so the Department of Transportation and Highway Safety has
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Specific Purpose Statement: To inform my classmates about the affects of drinking and driving. I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention getter: Imagine you are sleeping; your phone rings and the person in the other end of the line tells you “I am sorry to inform you that your love one has been in a DUI accident.” i. A DUI accident? ii. But they don’t drink or even get in a car with a drunk driver. iii. Not an image you would want to have B. Orienting Material:
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Evonna Sawall Professor Kaefer English 1A April 8‚ 2014 Driving Under the Influence Should Have Tougher Penalties Although the punishments for driving under the influence are not pleasant‚ they are not effective enough. Laws for driving under the influence need to be tougher in The United States of America in order to decrease the amount of fatal accidents and repeat offenders. The best ways to combat these offenses are to increase fines‚ make the prison sentences more severe‚ and enforce alcohol
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Drinking and driving I’m Mikelle Rittenhouse; id like everyone to take a moment to mentally prepare yourself for the effects of drinking and driving that you will see during this speech as it may be disturbing for some people. Now I would like to show you a video. I’m showing you all this today because what happened to Lenient Kildes mother is an accident that could have been prevented if people were more educated about the risk of drinking and driving. Many people who have been intoxicated report
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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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convince communities that there is a deeper threat. They also enforce legislative rules that are applied to people who misbehave; such rules provide enforcers (police‚ security personnel). One good example of moral entrepreneurship is Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) founded by Candice Lightner in 1980. It is a non-profit
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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 level at the
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In Pennsylvania‚ there is a tiered approach to driving under the influence charges. Thus‚ the types of penalties you may face if convicted of drunk driving in the state vary based on numerous factors. These include your blood alcohol content level and your prior record. In order to ensure that your rights are protected‚ it is important for you to understand the levels of DUI‚ and the potential consequences. If your BAC level is allegedly between .08 percent and .099 percent‚ you may be subject to
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