Is Drunk Driving worth losing your life? Katie Ideal Thompson * Drinking and driving * Specific Purpose: To persuade my classmates to not get behind the wheel after drinking. Thesis Statement: Drinking and driving is an issue that most seem to ignore and think it doesn’t affect us but what if one day it did? I. Attention A. Maybe you were out with your friends one night having fun drinking at a bar or house party maybe celebrating a birthday or special event such as new years.
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is about drunk driving or driving under the influence (DUI) in the United States‚ with some focus on Massachusetts first time offender laws. Also‚ I discuss methods used by law enforcement to decrease the incidence of these types of crashes on our nation’s roadways. It’s been stated that in our society about two-thirds of us citizens consume alcohol‚ it is no wonder that driving under the influence remains such a prevalent issue in this country. This definitely keeps the issue of driving under the
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Impaired driving casualties are out of control. In fact‚ our highways have become a graveyard. The number of deaths and injuries are reported almost every day. Someone is pleasure brings tragedy to the family and loved ones. For example‚ there are drunken driving accidents happening every day‚ but this particular multi death in one family is heartbreaking; a 29 year old drunk driver in a dark black SUV killed four innocent people‚ a grandfather and three children under ten years old‚ on Sunday September
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Abstract Cause: Driving drunk Effect One: Penalties Jail time Losing your job Missing your family’s time Effect Two: Personal injury The finical cost one self The cost to the state for those uninsured The cost to your family Effect Three: Cost of life Killing your self Killing incident bystanders Causing injury’s that are irreversible Annotated Bibliography Fancher‚ R. (2003). Drinking & DRIVING. Scholastic Choices‚ 19(1)‚ 6. Retrived from
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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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the first thing to be impaired while drinking is your judgment? Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous things that you could do while on the road. If you have been drinking you should not be on the road. You should know the effects that drugs and alcohol take on your body. Drunk driving will not only impact the driver’s life‚ it will impact anyone involved on the roads. Drinking will impair your driving‚ it is very dangerous. The more alcohol that your are consuming will increase
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Responsible Driving "Imagine a crowd of 44‚000 people in the stands at a World Series or Super Bowl game. A television camera scans the individual faces --- some exuberant‚ some anxious --- all sports fans out for a good time. As many people as are in that crowd will die in highway accidents this year. More than half of those accidents will involve alcohol‚ alone or in combination with other drugs. A disproportionate number of the dead will be young‚ between the ages of 15 and 24. One group
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sometimes drunk driving still isn’t taken as serious as it needs to be; but with an annual cost of 50 billion dollars‚ alcohol related crashes are clearly still a problem. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for teenagers‚ especially if impaired‚ (Preventing). Impairment is defined as the amount of alcohol in the blood‚ (Drunk). The way the government/law enforcement can tell if someone is impaired is their BAC level. The government has also helped decrease the statistics of drunk driving
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Drunk Driving happens when the driver of a vehicle is intoxicated from alcoholic beverages. This very dangerous and has devastating effects. Many people die each year from a drunk driving accident. In the lesson on drunk driving it states‚" Almost half of the crashes in which people are killed nationally involve drinking. There are more than 16‚000 of those crashes each year." in the same essay it states‚" The average person is likely to be legally intoxicated after consuming three mixed drinks‚
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are a lot more tired than you originally realized? Most people will keep driving thing that they can push through the tiredness. There are laws to help keep or deter people from driving drunk. There are even laws in most states on talking or texting on your cell phone. Consequently‚ there are no laws or tests to show or prevent those who drive while having sleep deprivation. Therefore‚ what can be done about drowsy driving? In the age where most people are getting less sleep at night because of
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