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.
They both affect ones vision of the road, and make the driver lose concentration. Both texting while driving and drinking while driving cause many accidents, injuries, and even death every day. Neither one is worse than the others. They both cause accidents, injuries and even deaths. Texting and driving has 11 deaths every day, 330,000 injuries per year, and 1,600,000 accidents per year where drinking while driving one, person dies every 48 minutes, has over 10,000 accidents and injuries per year and
Segro, Anthony Mrs. Dwyer English 2C 1/15/07 Persuasive Essay Drinking and driving is a very serious and dangerous problem in the United States and all around the world. Many people every year are killed or injured because of drunk drivers, and most of the people that are killed are innocent bystanders. When a person’s blood alcohol content is over the legal limit he becomes much more impaired and are at a higher risk at hurting themselves or others. I am strongly against drinking and driving and I think that who ever is caught drinking and driving should be thrown into jail and fined a great sum of money. Drinking and driving has been a problem since alcohol has been around, it affects the body and mind greatly.
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.
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.
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
Is the Drinking Age Right? Should the drinking age be changed to 21? I think it should. This topic is very important, not only for people who drink but for the people around them who have to deal with the choices drunken people make! More and more people are dying every day from alcohol related accidents and the sad part is, is that lots who die from alcohol related crashes, are victims.
Drunk Driving Dear Tom Corbett, Did you know over half of American population are kilt in alcohol related crashes ? A lot of people die from driving with and intoxicated driver or by other drunk drivers. Last year in 2010 Pennsylvania had 444 alcohol related deaths from car accidents. The count for alcohol related deaths go up every year it's to a point it's out of control. Drunk driving affects more than just the people driving drunk, it affects innocent pedestrians or sober drivers who die while the drink drivers lives a normal life like nothing happened.
Underage Drinking Underage drinking mostly starts at the early ages of 11 to 14 years old. This has become one of the largest discussed issues and major problems in America because of the increase of deaths every year. According to the department of health and human services underage drinking has caused problems such as: public health and safety problems, potential brain damage issues, alcohol disorders, violence, suicides, sexual assault, rape and many car accidents. Underage drinking has become a very huge problem for teenagers where life and health are at great risk. In my point of view as sophomores in high school and as a member of the small community I live in I think that there should be other ways and more classes on underage drinking.
This number is astonishing and it only deals with the most violent crime, murder. With these kind of numbers it would be impossible to try and analyze all violent acts that are related to illegal drugs. Secondly, is the corruption that it brings upon our adolescents of all ages and in all areas. The U.S. government’s most recent 2005 National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported that nationwide over 800 thousand adolescents ages 12-17 sold illegal drugs during the twelve months preceding the survey (Mieczkowski 1996). The 2005 Youth Risk Behavior Survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that nationwide 25.4% of students had been offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone on school property (Mieczkowski 1996).