Driving under the influence may not seem like a big ordeal to teens but in reality it should be taken more cautiously. When being in control of a running vehicle‚ driving drunk can have an effect on your mental and physical ability. This is where the problem goes unnoticed because many teens now a days think that they have the capability to hold their liquor and proceed on driving. What teens need to realize is that receiving a driver’s license is a privilege that should not be taken advantage of
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Under the Influence Driving is a privilege‚ and in many cases this privilege is abused. Some people don’t take driving seriously and this often results in terrible accidents. Other innocent people sadly become victims of this carelessness. The U.S banned several acts that result in accidents such as drinking under the influence. Driving while under the influence was banned because it affects the drivers’ concentration. Doesn’t texting while driving do the same thing? When a driver is texting his/her
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Persuasive Essay—Cell phones and driving Suzy Campbell Title Balancing my coffee on my left leg‚ eating a donut with my right hand‚ using my cell phone with my left hand‚ driving with my right knee and having a conversation with a friend at the same time are surprisingly enough all legal‚ as long as they don’t interfere with my driving. While all these distractions can potentially interfere with my driving‚ the one most people often notice is the use of cell phones. Although using cell phones
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Dear Legislator‚ Galore of minorities suffer on tragic consequences due to driving while having a conversation through text messaging. Consequences that could lead to lifetime paralysis or even atrocity of death. So‚ I personally think that making a law about banning or make texting while driving is illegal is tremendous point of view. I encourage‚ you the legislator to make it a law. It should ban because it cause so much accident‚ and it makes our public transportation highway
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“Remember‚ both hands on the wheel‚” a father says as he takes his son driving for the first time. “Keep your eyes on the road‚” a grandma reminds as her grandchild fiddles with the radio dial. “Don’t text and drive‚” a mother chimes as her daughter flies out of the room. “Buckle up‚” a friend clucks as she gets into the passenger side. Stay alive‚ is the advice that they are all giving‚ because no one can really know the moment a car will go out of control-no one really knows when everything will
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Exemplification Essay Driving for most people is an everyday task that to most people becomes tedious. People are starting to forget that they should be giving their full attention in watching the road and their surroundings. Drivers now in day have picked up some of the most dangerous habits possible just to pass the time while driving. Some of there habits are using there phones‚ eating‚ or applying makeup all while driving. One of the most common dangerous habits drivers have is using their
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you to be given a DUI or DWI for having a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or less. While driving under the influence charges are normally given to people with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.08 percent or higher‚ police are still allowed to hand out tickets to someone who seems impaired. Your blood alcohol concentration may be low‚ but this does not necessarily mean that you are safe to drive. DUI Charges Under Florida’s Laws According to Florida’s laws‚ a conviction for a DUI can
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Aggressive Driving Visha Thomas January 27‚ 2010 Comm/105 Mecca Shabazz University of Phoenix Aggressive driving includes such things as illegal or improper lane changes or turns‚ failing to stop or yield right of way‚ excessive speeds‚ and an assortment of gestures‚ looks and verbally abusive language. Aggressive driving is very dangerous‚ but seems to be on the rise each day. Everyday we have to deal with aggressive drivers on our roads; According to U.S. News and World Report‚ the U
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Drunk Driving In 2012‚ 10‚322 people were killed and approximately 345‚000 were injured. Each crash‚ each death‚ each injury impacts not only the person in the crash‚ but family‚ friends‚ classmates‚ coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving. Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year. Of those‚ about one out of every two thousand trips are taken
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distracted driving. Senator Klobuchar on the committee and senators Menendez‚ Landrieu‚ and Hagen together introduced the Alert Drivers Act‚ which would say that states pass laws banning texting while driving. Though more and more states are passing texting bans‚ it remains the case that fewer than half the states have banned the practice as of today (U.S. Congress). AAA foundation for Traffic Safety reports that 67 percent of drivers admitted to talking on their cell phone while driving behind the
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