Although the number of deaths caused by drunk driving has shown a slight decrease over the past few years‚ alcohol still plays a major role in motor vehicle accidents. According to Transport Canada ‘Alcohol use by drivers was a factor in almost 30 percent of deaths from vehicle crashes during 2003-2005’. That may seem like a lot but it is actually a 10 percent decrease from the number of alcohol related fatalities between 1996-2001. The age of the driver also plays a role in the number of alcohol
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Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injurys. It is thought that drunk drivers have a long history of doing this and many prior arrests. In addition‚ most of those killed are just innocent victims whose behavior did not contribute to their deaths. These last two statements are both false. On
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Someone could be leaving a party under the influence and get behind the wheel of a vehicle‚ putting not only themselves but other drivers in danger. A wreck could occur leaving one or more people dead. In 2015‚ 10‚265 people were killed due to drunk driving. Curfews could protect teens from these dangers by keeping them off the roads past a certain time. These aren’t the only dangers that teenagers could face past curfew. There are multiple other reasons‚ such as arrestments and kidnappings. There
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Drunk driving is one of the most dangerous activities you can partake in because it can not only deprive you of life and happiness‚ it can also affect others in huge ways. According to the information given in the lesson‚ alcohol can start affecting you in a major way after as few as twenty minutes. These effects include slower reaction times and impaired judgement which can be extremely dangerous because you are not aware of the risks you are taking and how your actions affect others. You can be
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An impaired driver is anyone who is inhibited while driving. For example‚ this can be a drunk driver‚ or a driver under the influence of drugs. It can even be a person who is distracted through the use of their phone. Regardless of the reason for impairment‚ when you are in an accident in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ caused by an impaired driver‚ you need to do to make sure you do a few specific things right after the accident. By completing these tasks‚ you will increase your chances of getting the compensation
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will go back to the way it was. With an attitude like this the concern for driving a car is shot down and wrecks happen more and more often. Wrecks in teens happen for various reasons. Sometimes accidents happen and you just cannot get out of the way of a car wreck‚ but sometimes teens have too many people in the car and to show off to their friends they pull crazy stunts and the chance for a wreck increases. Drunk driving is also a huge factor in teen fatalities in car wrecks by teens who don’t
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Alina Zubenskaya Sue Pesznecker WR 121 Don’t Drink and Drive Driving under the influence of alcohol has affected and devastated countless lives. Driving under the influence is one of the most dangerous situations you can put yourself or someone else into. The evidence against driving while intoxicated is massive and it has left a long trail of broken dreams and lives. If you drink and drive‚ not only do you possibly put yourself at risk‚ but your passengers and pedestrians‚ and other people on the roads
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all the death and tragedy as a result of driving under the influence of alcohol‚ I feel that there should be an increased punishment if caught. The legal definitions of "driving" and "drunk" are open to many interpretations‚ which vary greatly from state to state. In some places‚ "driving" can include sitting still in a parked or wrecked vehicle with the motor off‚ or starting up a car in a driveway. Police can and do arrest people whom they believe are drunk before they get on the road and even when
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Drunk driving has a profound impact on not only the victim of the crash but the family of the victim. When you are in an accident it can be stressful enough but when someone dies in the wreck it is life changing. Suddenly you realize things like a birthday or holiday is now a dayof mourning. Nearly one third or (twenty nine percent) of car accidents in the United States of America are drunk driving related. Drunk driving is totally preventable. You have one of two choices either
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From reading the research scientists have made it is different to see all the different things in crimes. According to my own experience‚ the order of the ranking I had is first peer influence‚ drugs and alcohol‚ parental relations‚ education‚ heredity and brain activity‚ discouraging criminal activity‚ easy access‚ and finally hormones. In my own experience‚ the factor that causes the most crime would be Peer Influence. This is the most committed crime I have seen because nowadays in high school
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