Drunk driving is the leading cause of death for people from the age of six to thirty-three years old (Curran, 1). One in three people will be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lifetime (MADD, 1). Everyday thirty-six people in the United States die due to the crashes and approximately 700 more are injured in car crashes that involve alcohol-impaired drivers. This year, 10,839 people will die in drunk-driving crashes; one every fifty minutes (MADD, 1). “Cracking down on those who take drugs or drink and then drive is a year round commitment for Warwickshire and West Mercia.”- West Mercia Police.
Instead, a good idea would be to increase the amount of time a teen needs a permit for, in order to get more experience before actually getting a license. Advocates of raising the driving age often cite immaturity as a reason that the sixteen to eighteen age group has so many crashes. This is the part of the problem that raising the driving age will best address, but not all young drivers are immature. It would be unfair to punish the group as a whole for the actions of a few. Besides, there is already a way to prevent teens from driving before they are ready.
In Florida, distracted driving is the biggest cause of traffic accidents. A teenager was sent to prison for texting while driving, when he killed one person and seriously injured another. Texting makes a crash up to 23 times more likely to happen. Do you want to be remembered by the last text you
During the high school career of the average teenager, one will abuse drugs and alcohol and make atrocious choices like drinking and driving. These days it is not unusual to find a teen that is a homosexual, and teens are more becoming in the acts of unprotected sexual intercourse when they are under the influence of some type of drug. A teenager pleaded guilty Thursday to vehicular homicide for causing a drunk-driving crash in which his car hit a tree and split in two, killing one passenger and severely injuring another. Adam Sofio was driving more than 75 mph in a 25 mph zone in Middletown after drinking on February 27, 2011. Killed in the crash was his front seat passenger, 18-year-old Paul Bradley of Middletown.
Name Instructor English 2 3 November 2013 Maturity Behind the Wheel Most fatal car accidents that occur each year are caused by teenage drivers. In many states the driving age is usually around fifteen or sixteen. What many do not realize is that allowing adolescents to drive at such an early age can be fatal. These young drivers tend to make bad decisions behind the wheel. Many teenage drivers are not as responsible as they should be out on the road which is why the driving age should be raised to 18 years old.
Compared to the rest of the country, Detroit had 4.8 times the number of foreclosures (2007 in Detroit was brutal, more than 113,889 homes had filed or were about to file for foreclose. (3). During this time period, more arsons have been reported. Click the link below to find out why arsons and foreclosures go hand in hand. Bibliography 2.Martelle, Scott (March 27th, 2011).
There's all kinds of ways for them to trick you or get around certain situations so that they can bust you for drinking. Most of time officers aren't allowed to enter a house unless a doors open or the owner of the house lets them in. To stop the drinking and driving the cops are more strict and will take you to jail if your under the influence while driving. I think if the drinking age was lowered the problems with under age drinking would not be nearly as high as they are now because of the age being 21. This solution could help solve the problems to stopping drinking and under age kids driving under the influence.
Although these are three different crimes, drinking can lead to all of these types of crime. On the contrary DWI is very much more serious because it has killed so many people, and every year it is killing innocent people. Unlike lewdness and obscenity it may harm someone eyes by seeing acts you may not want to but DWI is actually taking lives. Accidents related to drunk driving take place every 45 minutes in the US. “There were 33,808 people died in traffic crashes in 2009 in the United States (latest figures available), including an estimated 10,839 people who died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes.
Some of those reasons being the crime rates, the costs of what could happen, and injuries. Firearm injuries have killed more than 28,000 Americans each year since 1972 (Ruben). In 2007, thirty-one thousand two hundred twenty four Americans died due to homicides, suicides, and accidental shootings. Accidental shootings happen quite often. In 2007, around seventy thousand Americans were hospitalized due to accidental shootings.
It is obvious that the law has not succeeded in preventing the underage group from drinking. Violating the law will make the students to likely act unlawful manners, so why not make it legal? Once this law is approved, it will benefit the students from inhibiting them to make irresponsible behaviors. Since it is considered as an illegal activity for underage drinkers, teenagers have not been educated on how to drink in moderation beforehand. This is a great opportunity to teach those who are underage so they will have an idea of knowing their limits earlier.