Problems Of Drinking And Driving Essay

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    waking up one day and realizing the one person who you love dearly has a severe drinking problem. What about finding out that a fellow friend or family member had their life taken from them because someone made the choice to drive after drinking! What if your child’s life was abruptly ended because their friend decided it was cool to drive after having a few beers. Well the fact of the matter is drinking and Driving is one of the biggest killers of many young Americans these days. What drives

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    are many problems in the world, but I am only going to focus on one major one. Drinking and driving, the percentage of teens in high school who drink and drive has decreased by more than half since 1991 (“Teen Drinking and Driving”). One in ten high schoolers drink and drive (“Teen Drinking and Driving”). Young drivers (ages 16-20) are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol concentration of .08% than when they have not been drinking (“Teen Drinking and Driving”). Adults

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    Driving under the influence, driving while intoxicated, drunken driving, drunk driving, operating under the influence, drinking and driving, or impaired driving is the crime of driving a motor vehicle while impaired by alcohol or other drugs including those prescribed by physicians. In the case of alcohol, a drunk driver's level of intoxication is typically determined by a measurement of blood alcohol content or BAC. A BAC measurement in excess of a specific threshold level, such as 0.05% or 0.08%

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    collisions involving a drinking driver” (Impaired Driving Fact Sheets, 2009). Drinking and driving is a major concern that many people are trying to correct. It has caused many deaths and it is something that is completely preventable. Drinking and driving causes many problems when families lose a family member or have been a victim themselves. Governments in recent years have changed laws and added more consequences that are harsher, in order to help discourage people from driving while under the influence

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    Drinking and driving A problem that has been causing many controversies for many years and still going to this day is drinking and driving. Drinking and driving have taken many innocent lives or caused serious injuries that affects the victims in the future. The damage has to stop, when putting the key in the ignition and that person is driving away drinking or after drinking they are not only putting themselves at risk but their putting other lives at risk while driving. Drinking and driving

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    Drunk driving In accidents relating drunk driving teens under the legal drinking age of 21 make up 17% of these accidents ( http://dui.drivinglaws.org/resources/dui-and-dwi/dui-basics/the-sobering-facts-underage-duis.htm). Alcohol is a part of 1/3 of all driving accidents for teens. Drinking and driving is a problem for most teen drivers. They recklessly put their and other drivers and passengers lives at stake when they choose to do this. Driving under the influence is dangerous and agaisnt the

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    *date* Teen drinking and driving Drinking and driving is one of the biggest social issues for teens across the United States. Getting behind the wheel of a vehicle after consuming alcohol is a very dangerous thing no matter what age you are. However, teens do not think about the consequences of drinking and driving until it is already too late. Many things contribute to this growing problem of teen drinking and driving. First, there is a lack of education about drinking and driving in schools today

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    underage drinking by US college and university students continues to be a significant problem. Curtailing the misuse of alcohol on college campuses is an important goal of college and university administrators because of the many negative consequences resulting from alcohol misuse. As part of their prevention programs, US colleges and universities are required by law to make information about their alcohol policies available to students. I think the government should legislate college drinking because

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    Drunk Driving with Alcohol Drinking and driving under the influence of alcohol today is a serious matter in the United States. While being under the influence of alcohol and drugs it is a fact that it is a major cause of injury and death of young adults in our world. Of all the major problems causing drinking and driving, one of the major problems is alcohol

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    teenagers are drinking and driving which by doing so can put someone's life in danger. Young teens have the basic knowledge about the dangers of drinking and driving but choose to do otherwise. Many teens learn in school the effects of drinking and what it does to your body but when given the responsibility of driving ,they soon forget drinking often alters their judgement. Because every year more than a thousand teens get into car wrecks or get pulled over due to drinking and driving related actions

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