Kendrick Owens May 20‚ 2013 Topic: Drunk Driving Purpose: The purpose of this speech is to inform audience of the dangers of drunk driving Central Idea: Drunk driving is a reflection of poor judgment that impairs thought processes and moral behavior and could result in fatalities. How many of you have ever heard of the acronym DUI? If you haven’t‚ DUI stands for driving under the influence. It means that an individual has gotten behind the wheel of the car while having
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change of the drinking age‚ being as controversial an issue as it is‚ would face many critics if lowered. However‚ if done the right way it would bring the laws of adulthood into alignment. The first issue needing to be dealt with is why the drinking age is set at 21. The American Medical Association (AMA) published the article “Facts About Youth and Alcohol‚” which gives a brief history of the drinking age in the United States. The article states that after prohibition‚ the drinking age was set
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accidents. Students suffer injuries under the influence of alcohol. Not does Drinking cause accidents but also assaults and rapes. Alcohol interferes with academic performance too. About half of college students report academic consequences from their drinking‚ including missing class‚ falling behind‚ doing poorly on exams or papers‚ and receiving lower grades overall. Alcohol consumption poses problems not only for the drinking students themselves but also for their friends and fellow students and for
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Victoria Busgith Dr. Polistena-D’Agosto Comp II 3307 30 November 2014 Distracted Driving: Learn From Example How does Distracted Driving effect teens in society today? There are many distractions that teens face today. Research has given the basic reasons why there is distracted driving like: peer pressure‚ technology‚ speeding‚ violating laws‚ and driving under the influence. In the year of 2011 distracted related crashes have claimed 3331 lives and injured 416‚387 people nationwide. With
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which way. Will this happen to you‚ if self-driving cars become mandatory? Will you trust your life in the hands of a computer? Self-driving cars should not be mandatory for everyone and we should be able to choose if we want to drive
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Bench‚ Clean Deadlift‚ and Front Squat The commonly know bench press is a lift that exercises the muscles of the upper body. It works the pectorals‚ deltoids‚ and triceps. During this lift the athlete lies on his/her back and uses his arms to press the bar up until the arms are fully extended. Bench press is generally lift of a low difficulty level but other types of bench press such as incline bench or adding a power band or chains to the bar can add difficulty to the lift. Certain cues
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S. are fair for those to purchase alcohol. It is my belief that the drinking laws in this country are not fair and need to be changed. While most will agree with me that the laws do need to be changed‚ the majority of people think they should be more stringent and restrictive. While I do feel that laws regarding drinking and driving need to be more restrictive‚ based on several factors‚ I will be arguing in favor of the drinking age being lowered from 21 years of age to 18 years of age. In this
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is that most drivers over estimate their ability to multi-task. Their consciousness is quickly divided as soon as their attention is focused on things other than the road. Distracted driving is not just limited to cell phone use while driving. It can include behaviors such as shaving‚ eating‚ drinking‚ talking‚ or even listening to the radio. With these behaviors‚ both hands may not be on the wheel‚ eyes may not be fixed on the road‚ or attention could be transfixed on other noises and surroundings
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Driving to The Funeral By Anna Quindlen Writer Anna Quindlin was born in Philidelphia‚ Pensylvania‚ in 1952‚ and now lives in New York City. At the New York Times she became a regular op-ed columnist‚ winning the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1992. If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid‚ wouldn’t you do something about that? The four years of high school grind inexorably [inevitably] to a close‚ the milestones passed.
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Drunk driving is considered a serious crime in every state. It is wrong‚ irresponsible and wastes many lives. People who abuse alcohol hurt everyone around them‚ endanger public safety‚ and create carnage on the nation’s highways. There is nothing positive that can come out of drunk driving‚ so why do people do it? It is society’s job to punish these menaces and try to take control of this out of control issue. America doesn’t want to watch idly as hundreds of people are killed
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