Driving is one of the most common jobs that adults and even young kids go through every day. Unfortunately‚ there are many fatalities on the road every day. These deadly accidents are due to many bad decisions that the driver took. Whether it was reckless‚ frustration‚ or the worst‚ under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol‚ the result of a crash usually ends in a death‚ and a mourning of a family. What I’m saying‚ is that the biggest problem today‚ in our modern era‚ this present century‚ is driving
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Brandon Kosheff 11/20/2014 Public Speaking Topic: Drinking Age 18 or 21? Purpose: To persuade students to change their feelings about the current drinking age and the benefits of changing it to eighteen. Thesis: Underage drinking is to be expected. If an eighteen year old is old enough and mature enough to vote and serve the country in war‚ he or she should be able to drink. With proper upbringing and schooling on the subject‚ the drinking age should be changed to eighteen. I. Introduction
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Teenage Drinking. Imagine one weekend you decide to go out with your best friend to a party. She’s been begging you all week to go. You get there‚ people are offering you drinks‚ everyone around you is drinking‚ and you take the drinks without even thinking. You think to yourself “you’ve been out drinking before so it won’t even be a big deal”. You keep drinking‚ drink after drink. You’re enjoying yourself‚ meeting new people‚ having a good time. You wake up the next day not knowing what’s happened
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Drinking and driving has many consequences that can destroy people’s lives. Intoxicated victims of car crashes sustain worse injuries and are more likely to be seriously injured than sober victims. Drinking while driving is a serious crime all over the world‚ most of these victims are teenagers. If a driver is pulled over for driving in a manner that suggests possible intoxication‚ law enforcement officers can employ a variety of methods to determine if the driver is driving under the influence
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I chose the topic of distracted driving‚ more specifically texting while driving‚ to do my speech on. I will evaluate myself on what I was most proud of‚ what I need to improve on‚ and what 2 things surprised myself. I was most proud of having a lot of content. I felt like I had done my research well and I was pretty knowledgeable about the topic. I also was passionate about not texting while driving (I will not touch my phone when I am driving) and I felt like the audience was able to tell that
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remember their first time driving as a teen. They remember the independence it gave them. Unfortunately the government is attempting to take that from today’s young men and women of the next generation. Many believe that this is an outrage and it is true. Driving is a privilege that many have looked forward to for a long time. Teenagers have always looked forward to their 16th birthday because it signified the day that they could finally get a license and hit the road. Since driving is a privilege many
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Jack Smith Mrs. Bauch Speech 11‚ may 2016 Have you ever regretted drinking before being the age of 21? Many kids under the age of 21 die every year in the U.S. due to underage drinking. The purpose of this argument is to make young people aware of what things could happen to them by drinking at a young age. Research shows that if you stay away from alcohol as a middle schooler and high schooler your GPA tends to be much better than if you drink regularly (Windell). Teens are at a much higher risk
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person was probably drinking and driving which almost cost you your life. Just imagine what kind of situation you would be in? I would rather come home to my family‚ than be brought to the hospital. Because drinking and driving is illegal‚ dangerous‚ and can affect your memory‚ people should not put the lives of others in danger. Driving around in the daytime is not nearly as dangerous as driving around at night. The crash rates are four times higher at night due to drunk driving. According to The
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As we all know‚ driving is the most used form of transportation in America‚ but it is also the leading cause of accidents. The question is what is being done about it‚ with the advancement of technology and database‚ we should be seeking ways to reprimand it. I am going to be talking about different methods designed to stop texting and driving and their predicted influence on accidents. Accidents caused by driving are based on either distractions or influence. “Distracted driving is the diversion
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Effects Of Drunk Driving and Alcohol Drunk driving affects many lives in the United States of America. Many people lose their cars‚ lives‚ families‚ homes‚ and money over their senseless act to abuse the right to drink. Driving drunk is a huge decision that people make and has serious consequences if caught. In Michigan the legal limit for drunk driving is a blood alcohol concentration level of 0.08. Not all people follow the law so they have to deal with consequences which consist of cash payments
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