Reckless Driving One of the more serious issues that is becoming more and more of a bigger problem in the South Coast today is reckless driving. What reckless driving is is driving in a way that puts people and property in harm’s way. A reckless driving offense can be tacked onto or used in lieu of other offenses like speeding. Some of the most common types of reckless driving are; driving under the influence‚ drowsy driving‚ and phone usage while driving. Reckless driving is one cause of death
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Part One- Article Report-Safe Driving Supplied Article Report 1. The Sydney Morning Herald and the author (Glenda Kwek) of the article have released this particular article in the hope that drivers and young drivers especially‚ will see the dangers of speeding and the caution that is required when driving or learning to drive. The message that is obviously portrayed in the article is that young drivers must exercise caution while driving and that speeding is deadly. The article expresses that
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May 2012 Drinking Thrills Kills Driving Skills On the night of 3rd February‚ 2007‚ Jane Cuthbert from the state of Missouri lost her two sons in a tragic motor accident. She was buying new supplies from a grocery shop‚ and because she was in a hurry she left her two sons‚ Brian and Ken‚ in the car. As she stepped out of the grocery shop‚ she saw a blue minivan ram into her stationary car. Her two boys‚ including the driver of the minivan who was apparently drunk‚ died on impact. Since then‚ she
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Shacoya Williams Mr. Peyton English 4 Argumentative Essay Drunk Drivers Should be charged on the First Offense In most states the penalty for a traffic fatality committed by a drunk driver are temporary suspension of their driver’s license as long as one year‚ and to only pay associated fines accessed by the court. In 2010 alcohol related deaths made up 31% of the overall traffic fatalities. In the state of Pennsylvania alone 459 people died in alcohol related crashes. There are more than
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Drunk driving is one of the fastest growing problems in the United States. Statistics show that 31 percent of accident-related crashes were due to alcohol in 2013. 10‚076 people died in alcohol- impaired accidents that number has increased over time. Most people are arguing that there are reasons why someone may drive drunk so that also gives a person the right to take someone’s life‚ and we should not be fine with that. There should be no exceptions‚ and we need to do put a stop to it once and for
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horrible whenever I hear about a drunk driving accident‚ it’s so sad and honestly it couldn’t be worse for the drunk. We all know that theincapacitated person is always to blame if there is a drunk driving accident. Also‚ you will always have that feeling on your conscience telling you that because of your stupid mistake someone else had to pay the price. Someone else got hurt or had damage done to property because of you being irresponsible. Drunk driving isn’t that hard to stop‚ or even
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Driving While Intoxicated Paper Claudia Ortiz Ms. Turner – GOVT 2302 Driving While Intoxicated Paper As we all know driving while intoxicated (DWI) can be very dangerous for both the sober driver and the intoxicated driver. Some of us‚ if not all of us have seen‚ known‚ and even experienced someone driving while intoxicated. There have been stories about drunk drivers on the news and other types of media that shock society. . Many times‚ the outcome of driving while intoxicated
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Drunk driving is a serious problem in our country that must be taken seriously. It’s estimated that approximately 30 people die each day to alcohol-influenced traffic accidents in the United States alone. With statistics like that‚ it’s no surprise that police take every measure necessary to intervene--including the use of checkpoints. However‚ the use of these checkpoints is under serious question lately. They don’t appear to be very successful--the cost of checkpoint efforts near Chicago seem
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work you had done that day and you’re not paying much attention to the world around you. The bus is across the street waiting with open arms‚ waiting for you to sit down and rest all the way home. As you take your first step you realize a car is driving down the path way you’re walking; you’re most likely thinking it’s going to stop‚ so you keep walking. On your way to the bus you realize that the car is not stoping‚ so you hurry to the bus and try to escape the danger. You take a look to see how
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Safe roads are everyone’s concern‚ and it’s doubtful that anyone would oppose reasonable measures to enhance traffic safety. Considering the higher number of accidents that involve young drivers‚ the motivation behind restrictive driving laws is understandable. To promote responsibility some states have passed laws intended to keep young drivers off the roads after dark and to ensure that an adult driver accompanies them during daylight hours. However‚ these laws prejudicially target one portion
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