because of drinking driving accidents. This money comes directly out of the citizens’ pockets in taxes and lost revenue. Transport Canada reports the minimum loss to society as a result of road accidents involving alcohol as $390‚000 per fatal accidents‚ $310‚000 per fatality‚ $12‚000 per injury accidents‚ $3‚600per injured victim. Almost 30‚000 Criminal Code license suspensions were issued in 1992 for drinking driving related charges. Over one-half (59%) were repeat drinking driving offenses. Of all
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“Should people under 18 be subjected to legal curfews or restricted driving privileges?” Most teenagers consider their driver’s license as their ticket to independence. With a driver’s license‚ minors are able to drive themselves around whether it’d be to school‚ work‚ or other activities. A driver’s license for a minor could also mean‚ tragic car accidents‚ night out at drinking parties with friends‚ vandalism‚ drug use‚ gang violence‚ and trespassing. The question we ask ourselves is‚ whether
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drinking with driving established a powerful link through which MADD and other groups were able to create and impose their definition of the problem . Like other policies ‚ the process of problem definition creates a social construction of the targeted groups ‚ helping us to understand which policy tools will be adopted Introduction Drunk driving is a primary cause of highway traffic accidents causing deaths and injuries with enormous monetary costs to society . The drunk driving was first recognized
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Driving: A Teenager’s Necessity Have you ever questioned why young teens are allowed to drive‚ especially when they’re so reckless? Allowing teens to drive at such a young age is not all bad news. In many ways it benefits the teenager‚ the teenager’s parents‚ and people around them. Driving can be a privilege for all teenagers if they do it by the law. I think that the current driving age should not be raised‚ because it teaches teens responsibility‚ gets teens to places faster and easier
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(Driving to School) Persuasive Essay Imagine driving to school in your fresh new ride‚ then all of a sudden BOOM! You’re in a car accident and your life flashed before your eyes. How would your parents feel knowing that their child’s life is in jeopardy? Devastated I tell you! Just the thought of burying their precious child is overbearing enough! But when that thought becomes reality it’s a terrible tragedy! This could all be prevented if your parents drive you to school. Therefore
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In the statistics I read‚ I found that in every category there was “speeding too fast”. Obviously that is a problem in Utah. In my experience with drivers‚ I have noticed that many people speed and don’t even realize that they are doing so. I think that speeding is a problem because so many people die from it. On the page it stated that “15.2%” of people die from speeding and that “14.7%” of teens die from speeding. I will admit that it is shocking that those percentages are so high. I didn’t expect
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Outcomes of Distracted Driving A car in movement is a lethal weapon. When a person is using his/her phone at the same time‚ it is a lethal distraction. Cynthia‚ shared her tragic story with the public to help people realize what texting and driving has the power to do. Her son was waiting to turn left at a red light and the driver who hit them was texting and not paying attention. Cynthia later lost her son to this tragic accident (“Texting and Driving Stories”). Distracted driving accidents happen every
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Distractive driving causes you to not only get into an accident‚ but it can also cause you to lose focus. When we are driving a car‚ we are constantly looking ahead looking for things that could possibly cause a distraction to us. Some distractive things while driving could be‚ receiving text messages or calls‚ music playing from the radio‚ construction vehicles‚ a billboard sign‚ an accident‚ or even someone pulled over to the side of the road. Even if we don’t notice some of the things distracting
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said that having sixteen year olds driving is a safety issue because they are young‚ new‚ irresponsible‚ and reckless drivers‚ couldn’t the same be said about eighteen year olds? The eighteen year olds would be just as new to driving as the sixteen year old drivers are. The driving age should stay at the current age of sixteen because of jobs‚ a longer amount of parental supervision‚ and also the amount of recklessness would stay the same. To start off‚ the driving age should be kept at sixteen not
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Driving intoxicated impacts thousands of peoples lifes every year. Driving drunk costs the United States 132 billion dollars a year. It costs on average per United States citizen 500 dollars a year. Drinking and driving can be preventable. Almost every 90 seconds a person is injured by a drunk driving accident. You can even prevent it today. High Schoolers today that use alcohol or other substances are 5 times more likely to drop out of highschool. Children who start drinking young
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