survey‚ funded by State Farm‚ of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ drunken driving is our No. 1 highway safety problem. Through education‚ increased law enforcement and stiffer penalties‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents can be reduced. Since the early 1980’s‚ there has been a substantial decline in drinking and driving and in the number of alcohol-related deaths and injuries on the roads. However‚ drinking and driving remains one of the main causes of death and injury. Between
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Underage Drinking Underage drinking‚ now more than ever‚ is a big problem us the US. In our society today‚ underage drinking is expressed as cool‚ or a way to have fun. Some causes of underage drinking are the media and peer pressure. There are also many negative effects of underage drinking such as health risks like alcohol poisoning. Media plays a big role in this risk. Just watching television you see commercials for beer or other alcoholic beverages. The media makes it look like fun all
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Drunk Driving There are many car accidents every year; several car fatalities are due to drunk driving. Therefore‚ the penalty for driving under the influence of alcohol should be more severe and we also need to increase prevention education about having drunk drivers on the road. Each year‚ many drunk drivers are on the road and this increases the risk of the car fatalities. Lost of the love ones‚ lost of the important family members and lost of friends are the results of the irresponsible drunk
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In 1897 the first person was arrested for drunk driving‚ it was a 25 year old London taxi driver named George Smith‚ he slammed his taxi into a building.He later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings. All state states have some type of ignition interlock law. In which judges require all or some convicted drunk drivers to install interlocks in their cars to analyze their breath and disable the engine if alcohol is detected. 20 states have made ignition interlocks mandatory or highly incentive
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founded. Hard to believe isn’t it? I am going to give everyone some information on what exactly drunk driving is‚ who may be affected by drunk driving‚ what can happen if you are one of the millions caught each year for drunk driving‚ and the tests that may come into to play if you happen to get pulled over. I could not believe how many lives were directly and indirectly affected by drunk driving. It is understandably that people die each day from non-alcohol related accidents‚ but facts from the
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A DUI‚ driving under the influence‚ is the act of driving a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol level‚ over the legal state limit. If you get arrested and change for a DUI the state will prosecute you accordingly. Then there are the offense your first offense is a typically resulting in the loss of license for 1 year as well as federally mandated outpatient alcohol abuse program and probation. Those who have had multiple DUI will be fully prosecuted‚ as if the person. The behavior of driving and driving
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Texting and Driving Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that texting and driving is becoming a huge national problem‚ and propose a policy change to rectify the situation Thesis: Texting and driving is one of the nations leading causes of car crashes. While there are some laws in effect‚ people whom text and drive need to be held more accountable. While there is no simple solution‚ there are further steps that need to be done in order to ultimately resolve this issue. Pattern of Organization:
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teenagers die from car crashes every day. In the U.S.‚ most states start the driving age as young as 14 to 16 years old. Although having a learner’s permit requires a parent or adult guardian over a certain age to accompany the minor while driving‚ age 14-16 is too young to start driving and the age limit should be changed. There are three major factors that contributes to accidents among teen drivers and why the driving age should be changed. The lack of experience because they’re too young‚ distractions
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The Saturday night party was the place to be. Anyone who is anyone was there. John’s curfew is midnight and its 12:05. Mark had been doing quite a lot of drinking and he was John’s ride home. John questioned whether or not he wanted to get in the car with Mark‚ but thought about how mad his parents were going to be. He was already five minutes late. Saying to himself "Just this one time‚" he decided to get in the car. John never made it home that night. Mark had rolled the car off the bridge
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Introduction This report examines the problem of underage drinking in Australia. This topic was chosen because underage drinking is one of many legal issues facing Australian society. Teenagers‚ often between the ages of 12 and 17‚ have come to the point of thinking that under-age binge drinking is ‘cool’ and tolerable in our society‚ but Australian law begs to differ. The aim of this report is to investigate the controversy of under-age drinking and Queensland’s legislation such as the Liquor Act 1992
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