“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)”. (Clark, 1992). Even though drinking and driving is a crime thousands of teens continue to get behind the wheel and kill thousands of innocent people in alcohol related crashes every year. There are drunken accidents because teens don’t take drinking and driving seriously. Teens just want to feel the pleasure and they want to feel good but don’t think about the other people or even there selves that they can kill on the road.
All of this has been gathered from the US News World Report News. Now the real problem comes with teens and not having enough time behind the wheel. All this leads to them being unsafe about themselves while driving. * 4th Article As seen in the Graph you can tell the many violations that teens are more likely to pass through their driving years. It goes from highest percentage violation to lowest.
Zach White English-0 Satirical Essay In America there's a lot of problems with kids and under age drinking. A lot of young children die in drunk driving accidents every year, so finding a solution to this problem can save many lives. The reason all this is a problem is because teenagers tend to think there invincible and can drive under the influence but really they have no idea what there getting themselves into. Most kids miss judge the amount of alcohol they've consumed and when they get behind the wheel think there okay but in reality there way over the legal of drinking. I found there's only one solution to this problem.
If you consider driving then the problem gets even worse. Drinking and driving is a one of the biggest problems when it comes to driving and it is against the law. Every injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. Although the percentage of crashes that are alcohol-related has dropped dramatically in recent years, there are still way too many preventable accidents. Unfortunately, in spite of great progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains a serious national problem that tragically affects many victims on a yearly basis.
Divorce “ Teenagers in Trouble” Stress is basically defined as an applied force to strain a body; a mentally or emotionally upsetting condition occurring in response to adverse external influences and capable of affecting physical health. Teenagers now days have had a lot of stress because of a lot of different reasons. However, the main things in my opinion that cause stress for teenagers are peer pressure and more importantly family problems(for example: divorce). Such stresses put teenagers in problems where they make life decisions that can be very risky. Many books were interesting regarding child stress but particularly “The Romance of Risk” by Dr. proton was very amazing.
Why are teenagers the way there are What is wrong with teenagers? JD Salinger shows a rough time as a teenager in the book Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield is a normal teenager going through a rough patch in his life causing him to make bad decisions. Teenager’s minds are not always fully connected, meaning we make dumb choices. According to the article of teenage brain developments, “When two teenagers’ drivers are racing down the road darting through traffic to get ahead of each other… They are doing it because the risk and danger involved” (Sheryl Feinstien).
MADD was supported by those individuals who had suffered the loss of a loved one due to a drunk driver and wanted a safer future. The goal of the program initially was to lower drunk driving traffic deaths and because of this organization there has been a high number of people that disapprove of others that drive while intoxicated. There is a dramatic drop in alcohol related deaths much due to the efforts of the MADD organization (Canada Safety Council 2003). The most significant problem in lowering drunk driving deaths consists of the most drastic alcoholic drivers who continuously drive with high concentration of alcohol in their blood stream. 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.
Failing the Next Generation Karla Osborn CJA 324 April 2, 2012 Rhonda Smith Failing the Next Generation The video viewed was titled “Child Exposure to Domestic Violence.” What children are exposed to when growing up in this type of environment is much more than any adult could ever imagine. The video touched bases on it. However, until one lives that life one could never ever full understand it. This video was more of a personal crime. It hit on the victims who do not know how to handle the stress that comes with this life.
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
Their are several penalties for drunk driving. I don't understand why the alcohol limit is so low for DUI's when just one drink can make you over the alcohol limit even though you're still sober. I believe they should give out DUI's when people appear to be visibly