Drunk Driving Despite many efforts to reduce drunk driving‚ it continues to be a problem in the United States. About 10‚000 people die in the United States each year due to drunk driving. In the article Drunk Driving: Why Is MADD Among Critics of Lower Alcohol Limit?‚ NTSB chair Deborah Hersman said in a statement "Most Americans think that we’ve solved the problem of impaired driving‚ but in fact‚ it’s still a national epidemic‚" The drinking age has been raised to 21‚ and the legal limit was
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Cause and Effect Essay on: Drunk Driving Driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you can do. There is a mass of research evidence to show that driving performance and reaction times are seriously affected by alcohol. Our law in Georgia states‚ “that it is illegal to operate a motor vehicle if your blood alcohol concentration (BAC) exceeds .10%. Georgia observes a "per se" law. (Craft) If you drink and drive‚ you are not only a danger to yourself but also to your passenger
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Michael Swain For: Maria Sebastian English 101 Cause & Effect 20 March‚ 2017 Distracted Driving The technological information age is the most rapid period of advancement in the history of civilization. This progress is largely made possible by the instant communication possibilities given by the internet. The ability to rapidly distribute information and ideas through telecommunication and the internet has facilitated developments in nearly every field‚ and thus is viewed primarily in a positive
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Driving Drunk Everyday people are killed in an instant by the choice of an intoxicated person. Many times the people that are killed are the intoxicated person themselves. As well they put their passangers‚ other people on the road and pedestrians. Whether the person crashes the vehicle our splatters a helpless person into the cement the probability that somebody dies is high. There are many sideffects from drinking and driving. First of all‚ the brain slows down‚ which results in a dangerously
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Alongside the major cause of distracted driving‚ there are significant negative effects of this trend. One negative effect is that families now have to take care of family members who didn’t need to be taken care of before. In his documentary‚ Herzog interviews another family. Debbie Drewniak was the woman who was hit by a car while the driver was tecting and driving‚ now she has a double vision‚ her arms doesn’t work very well‚ her balance is not good‚ and she have hard time talking and remembering
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The Causes and Effects of Distracted Driving Distracted driving is one of the fastest growing problems in the United States. It is starting to be considered as serious as drunk driving based on the dangerous outcomes. According to the Department of Transportation (2012)‚ “distracted driving was a cause of roughly 450‚000 accident-related injuries and nearly 5‚500 fatalities in 2009 alone” (para. 1). Drivers who allow themselves to become distracted while driving are not only endangering
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THE INFLUENCE OF CELLPHONES ON DRIVING ABILITY October 15‚ 2013 A study was performed to see if the use of cellphones increases the inability to focus while behind the wheel. With the addition of earlier research‚ the authors of this study stated that they believe there is a direct association between cellphone use and attention. The first objective of the experiment was to use a driving simulator to recreate and elaborate on prior research; this was demonstrated in Experiment
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today’s world‚ we rely heavily on our media. Unfortunately‚ some people use it while driving. All generations are anxiously engaged in media. People keeping in touch with friends through email‚ text and various social media outlets‚ catching up on the latest news‚ using GPS for directions and entertaining themselves with games. While media generates daily opportunities‚ it also creates challenges. Using media while driving is one of those challenges. Anything that takes the drivers attention off the road
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Tiarra Harris Teen Driving Issue Project Drunk Driving Why is this a problem‚ especially for teen drivers? Drunk driving is hazardous to teen drivers‚ passengers and innocent people on the road. Drinking alcohol and trying to drive isn’t a good mixture you can injure someone else badly and be sent to jail‚ pass out on the wheel‚ not see correctly due to being dizzy because your wasted and you also kill yourself. 211 children students were killed in drunk driving crashes in 2010. Of those
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Driving can be stressful for everyone. Even though it is the most convenient way to arrive to our destination today‚ it can be extremely challenging. The problem is not driving because that is pretty simple‚ it is the people who are out there sharing the road with you. I have only been driving for about a year now‚ but I have seen some reckless drivers. For instance‚ some drivers can be in a hurry‚ oblivious‚ or even filled with rage. Naturally I understand if someone is speeding past me because
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