Driving While Intoxicated and Its Consequences
Most people don’t know how bad it really is to drive while under the influence of alcohol. Some might say, “I’m not that drunk, I can drive,” but can they? Many effects could come from drunk driving, but there’s only one way to cause it. Although everyone in the world knows that driving while intoxicated is a very dangerous predicament, people still make the wrong decision and end up causing significant harm to themselves and/or to the drivers around them. First of all, the one and only cause of driving while intoxicated is making a bad decision. Of course sometimes people lose track of how many drinks they’ve had and eventually get drunk or they’re alcoholics and have an unquenchable taste …show more content…
According to Old Laws, New Tricks: Drunk Driving and Autonomous Vehicles, Katherine L. Hanna writes, (comma to set off quoted elements) “In 2012, 10,322 people were killed in alcohol-related car crashes.” This accounts for nearly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the United States and amounts to one death every 51 minutes (Hanna). It would be unimaginable to kill somebody in a car accident. The driver probably wouldn’t remember anything at all, (comma to connect two independent clauses) but they would have to live with the fact that their dumb mistake took the life of an innocent person. Causing an accident due to the fact that the driver was intoxicated is a surpassingly bad offense to the law; the driver would be obligated to serve a sentence in jail, a sentence in prison, or be put on …show more content…
Getting caught driving under the influence of alcohol can result in jail time. However, usually drunk drivers just get put on probation because more often than not, people who get caught drunk driving get caught more than once. Either way, it is put on the driver’s permanent record and affects them for the rest of their life. Nationwide, drunk drivers account for 14 percent of all probationers, 7 percent of local jail inmates, and 2 percent of state prisoners (State Legislatures). If a person has a record of drunk driving on their license, their insurance rates would go up, they would be more likely to get a ticket if a police officer pulled them over, (commas to separate elements in a series) and it would be difficult to get a job - especially if that job involves driving. Making this bad decision can definitely impact the rest of a person’s
Most people don’t know how bad it really is to drive while under the influence of alcohol. Some might say, “I’m not that drunk, I can drive,” but can they? Many effects could come from drunk driving, but there’s only one way to cause it. Although everyone in the world knows that driving while intoxicated is a very dangerous predicament, people still make the wrong decision and end up causing significant harm to themselves and/or to the drivers around them. First of all, the one and only cause of driving while intoxicated is making a bad decision. Of course sometimes people lose track of how many drinks they’ve had and eventually get drunk or they’re alcoholics and have an unquenchable taste …show more content…
According to Old Laws, New Tricks: Drunk Driving and Autonomous Vehicles, Katherine L. Hanna writes, (comma to set off quoted elements) “In 2012, 10,322 people were killed in alcohol-related car crashes.” This accounts for nearly one-third of all traffic-related deaths in the United States and amounts to one death every 51 minutes (Hanna). It would be unimaginable to kill somebody in a car accident. The driver probably wouldn’t remember anything at all, (comma to connect two independent clauses) but they would have to live with the fact that their dumb mistake took the life of an innocent person. Causing an accident due to the fact that the driver was intoxicated is a surpassingly bad offense to the law; the driver would be obligated to serve a sentence in jail, a sentence in prison, or be put on …show more content…
Getting caught driving under the influence of alcohol can result in jail time. However, usually drunk drivers just get put on probation because more often than not, people who get caught drunk driving get caught more than once. Either way, it is put on the driver’s permanent record and affects them for the rest of their life. Nationwide, drunk drivers account for 14 percent of all probationers, 7 percent of local jail inmates, and 2 percent of state prisoners (State Legislatures). If a person has a record of drunk driving on their license, their insurance rates would go up, they would be more likely to get a ticket if a police officer pulled them over, (commas to separate elements in a series) and it would be difficult to get a job - especially if that job involves driving. Making this bad decision can definitely impact the rest of a person’s