Drunk Driving Persuasive Speech

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Drunk driving can be stopped.It was a little while before my parents got married.My dad was going to visit his parents on christmas day when he was hit by a drunk off-duty police officer and lost one of his legs.He was in the hospital for a few months and has had a prostetic leg ever since.I believe that harsher punishments for drunk driving should be implemented.There is very little that gets me more angry than drunk driving.It is the leeding cause of traffic accidents in the world.If you're going out to drink,please don't drive.

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