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 influence in the
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Drunk driving can be very deadly. Yet many people drive while under the influence everyday. Drivers who are drunk are blamed for the loss of as many as twentyfive thousand lives in highway crashes each year and hundreds of thousands of severe injurys. It is thought that drunk drivers have a long history of doing this and many prior arrests. In addition‚ most of those killed are just innocent victims whose behavior did not contribute to their deaths. These last two statements are both false. On
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drivers to prison on the first offense could give drinkers a wake up call. Lets take stealing for an instance: Stealing is against the law. Robberies happen all the time‚ but the company can get what the robber stole back. If someone were to drive under the influence of alcohol and kill someone you love‚ you can’t get that persons
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victims/survivors and concerned citizens to take action to stop impaired driving as well as to support victims of this violent crime. This charitable organization is committed to stopping impaired driving and supporting the victims of this crime. Driving under the influence of alcohol or any drugs of that matter is a terrible crime that impacts our lives. In fact‚ each and every year thousands of Canadians are killed or injured due to impaired driving crashes. In the past years‚ there has been many
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desire to have more freedom by driving. Becoming a driver is a turning point of adulthood in every young person’s life. They tend to celebrate‚ hang out with each other and‚ eventually‚ drink alcohol. In addition‚ it was declared that people who are under the age of 21 are more likely to feel themselves irresponsible and overconfident‚ since their neurological system can be badly affected by the overuse of alcohol (U. S. Department of Justice‚ 2012). Therefore‚ reconsidering of the driving age to 21
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The side effects are brain cells dying‚ liver effects‚ growth and endocrine effects‚ even death so people that are under the drinking age should wait till their fully done growing. Alcohol cause the liver to wrought and die out when folks drink at a younger age‚ its because people that younger than others aren’t fully grown to their full stage of adult hood. So when
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Bay Area Rapid Transit Weekend Extension Project California State University‚ Chico HCSV 579 December 9‚ 2013 Authored by: Executive Summary Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) requests $5‚541‚285 to extend train operating hours until 3 AM on Fridays and Saturdays. The Weekend Extension project will provide safe public transportation for the 7.15 million Bay Area Residents (bayareacensus.ca.gov) and decrease drunk driving arrests. Bay Area Rapid Transit
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defined as “to inflict punishment for”. This definition implies that revenge is a routine‚ healthy occurrence; humanity as a whole needs revenge in order to uphold society’s general code of ethics. An example of revenge is that somebody drives a vehicle under the influence of alcohol‚ and for revenge‚ the government revokes their drivers’ license. This is not an act of vindictiveness‚ this is simply done to keep other citizens safe. By most peoples’ standards‚ this is not revenge at all‚ because it is not
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102 October 29‚ 2011 Stricter DUI Laws and the Effect They Could Have At some point in our lives we have heard a news report that involved a drunk driver and an innocent victim. Usually these incidents are accidents where a person driving under the influence runs a red light or jumps a curb‚ hitting‚ and more often than not‚ killing an innocent person. These injuries and deaths are all easily preventable. In the United States‚ over 20% of all motor vehicle related deaths are caused by an
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Impaired Driving and Aggressive Driving Alcohol is a contributing factor in close to 50% of all driver fatalities on Canadian roads. Driving while under the influence of alcohol is the single largest criminal cause of death in Canada. Drinkers who drive not only risk their own lives but the lives of others on the roads and around them. All this can be avoided by one simple rule: If you drink‚ don’t drive! If people drive responsibly they will reduce the chances of conflicts on the road and help
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