English 112 17 April 2014 Law Enforcement Preventable Vehicle Crashes Driving is a daily activity that law enforcement officers do that affects the whole community. There are a large percentage of patrol vehicle crashes every year. Patrol vehicle crashes are costly to agencies and create more expenses to taxpayers and their municipalities. Crashes are not always the law enforcement officers’ fault, but a lot of these crashes are. Officers responding to calls, engaging in car chases and driving on routine patrol make them more of a liability while operating a motor vehicle than an average daily commuter.
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In 1984, a court case, United States v. Pined-Moreno, ruled that “law enforcement's installation of a GPS device on a suspect's Jeep while it was parked both on public streets and in his driveway did not violate the Fourth Amendment. (Fakhoury, Hanna).” In my opinion, a driveway is in fact a part of the house and thus the government should not be able to put tracking devices in cars that are in a driveway because it violates the Fourth Amendment. According to www.brickhousesecurity.com, it is illegal to use GPS surveillance if “you need to break into the vehicle to situate the device, physically hard-wire the device inside the vehicle, or the vehicle is in a place where its owner has a reasonable expectation of privacy (GPS Tracking Laws Explained).” In recent years, the Supreme Court has expanded the 4th Amendments power to include property around the house as well. United States v. Jones ended with a decision that “warrantless installation of GPS devices violates the Fourth Amendment ( Fakhoury, Hanna).” Now, lower courts are reviewing other court cases that have to do with GPS surveillance. This is only the beginning of improvements that are going to be made to ensure that our right to privacy is
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Another concern in many different communities around the United States is the distracted teen driver, not just the adult. A 2009 report says with the way teens use media the text messaging trend is increasing dramatically, in two years the amount of text messages sent has increased by 566%. A majority of the teens on the road understand the risk of texting while driving, but the eagerness to stay connected is so strong for teenagers and parents the communication becomes more of a concern than safety sometimes. Distracted driving is very dangerous and it includes more than just
and then they will drive to their home afterwards. More intoxicated drivers cause the highways and roads to be dangerous for others to drive on. Another way how the roads will be more dangerous if the drinking age is lowered is because it will cause more car accidents. Lowering the age limit to eighteen years of age creates a sixteen percent increase in car crashes. ("Mothers against drunk," 2011) Before the legal age was made twenty-one years of age, there was more than twice as many fatal traffic crashes as today.
“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. Drunken driving fatalities accounted for 32% of all traffic deaths last year, that is, on average someone is killed in an alcohol-impaired driving crash about every 50 minutes in the U.S.” (Century Council,