Correspondingly, driving has had its share of causing deaths in the U.S. as well as drinking. In 2012, the NHTSA created a study showing that 33,561 people died in car crashes. All things considered, these three laws are the most essential and crucial laws that need to be
A Social Problem In America alone people take about two hundred and thirty three trips in cars each year, of all these, one out of two thousand of these trips are being taken by drunk or drugged individuals. Statistics show that one of three traffic tragedies involve drunk drivers. Approximately nine thousand eight hundred seventy eight people died in car crashes in the year 2011. Due to these high numbers it was determined that this was a social problem in which the whole nation should pay close attention
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The drinking age should not be lowered to 18. Lowering the drinking age from 21 years old to 18 years old could lead to an increase in dangerous behavior such as drunken driving and car accidents, risk of developing alcoholism and people under the age of 21 do not fully understand the dangers of alcohol. A teenage driver and alcohol is a dangerous combination. Drinking and driving accidents are the number one cause of death among teenagers. “Traffic deaths from drunken driving have fallen steadily, with those involving teenagers 16 to 19 declining by 39.1 percent from 1982 to 1990, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)”.
By the third offense of impaired driving you while get a 30 day suspension, must attend a mandatory alcohol treatment program, 150$ fine and for six months ignition interlock. If you have a blood alcohol level over 0.08 you will have much more serious consequences. Such as, 1000$ fine, eventually a lifetime licence suspension and other serious consequences. There are also other consequences, drunk or impaired driving can lead to accidents, you can seriously injure yourself or someone else or it can even lead to someone's death. This is something you cannot take back, it can be something that ruins your life, impaired driving is a serious offense that should be dealt with seriously and not taken lightly.
Drunk driving has become one of the leading causes for deaths in America. Consuming alcohol in excess amounts impairs judgment, therefore when consumers binge drink it often leads to them choosing to get into a car and driving while intoxicated. This does not only put the consumer at risk but it dangers the other passengers in the car and anyone on the road at that given time. Every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 48 minutes.
These are places that promote drinking games and excessive rapid consumption of alcohol which puts people in danger of getting alcohol poisoning and that can be fatal. (Jessica Pauline Ogilvie) this one of the many reasons that people should be aware of what and how they do things. Texas, Illinois, and Florida have a high percentage of automobile accidents because of alcohol. Binge drinking is having five or more drinks of alcohol in a row in a short period of time. As a result, teens who drink can be injured or killed, even the first time they try alcohol.
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.
1. Speed Enforcement Excessive speed is a factor in one out of every three fatalities in the United States and affects all other safety programs. A speeding drunk driver is more dangerous than one who is not. A speeding vehicle that runs off the road is far more likely to have a fatal result. A rollover that involves excessive speed is the most likely to result in death.
Then if drinking alcohol slows your driving time you have more time to react, causing alcohol to make driving a car much safer. We could use more drivers who drink and drive. They cause drivers to pay more attention and it causes drivers to be more conscious of their driving situation. Sober driving is horrible not only to families of the innocent; it also costs the public $114.3 billion a year in damages. This means the taxpayers have to give money to build poles and plant trees in various traps to ensnare drunk drivers.