Stopping Drunk Drivers According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, there are over 300,000 counts of drunk driving per day, same as 121 million times a year. Recent news has brought up the creation of sobriety checkpoints, and has become a large controversial topic. This should not in any way be controversial, and should be supported by everyone. According to the creators of, “MADD”, (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), every single day people drive under the influence of alcohol more than 300,000 times daily, and of those 300,000 only 3,200 are caught and convicted. While some believe sobriety checkpoints are a violation of privacy, everyone should support the creation and usage of sobriety checkpoints because it will stop an average
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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a study that was conducted in 2014 showed that 9,967 people were lost in drunk driving crashes, (http://www.iii.org/issue-update/drunk-driving). With so many lives lost per year, sobriety checkpoints would be very useful in catching drunk drivers in the action. Stopping impaired drivers could prevent thousands of crashes and injuries. Statistics and research shows that there are countless people in the world driving drunk every day, in order to make a difference and put a stop to these devastating crashes every day we need to take a stand. Sobriety checkpoints are a great place to …show more content…
People are trying to make a stand and say that these preventative measures are violating the 4th amendment and people should not be searched without a logically shown reason. Looking at the statistics and research and realizing just how many lives are lost per year, it shouldn’t matter even if it is a “violation”. Matters NEED to be taken no matter what, we can not go on and ignore this problem like it will go away; because it is only increasing and getting worse. According to CDC.gov, the third best method to stop impaired driving is in fact sobriety checkpoints, it is the smartest idea out of all and sounds the most effective (http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html) People are making such a big deal out of certain amendments and how it is a violation of privacy, but looking at facts and the high number of people who drink and drive without being caught; the ones complaining are probably the ones participating. Sobriety checkpoints are not a violation of any amendments or rights; it is just one of the necessary steps to stop impaired
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, in a study that was conducted in 2014 showed that 9,967 people were lost in drunk driving crashes, (http://www.iii.org/issue-update/drunk-driving). With so many lives lost per year, sobriety checkpoints would be very useful in catching drunk drivers in the action. Stopping impaired drivers could prevent thousands of crashes and injuries. Statistics and research shows that there are countless people in the world driving drunk every day, in order to make a difference and put a stop to these devastating crashes every day we need to take a stand. Sobriety checkpoints are a great place to …show more content…
People are trying to make a stand and say that these preventative measures are violating the 4th amendment and people should not be searched without a logically shown reason. Looking at the statistics and research and realizing just how many lives are lost per year, it shouldn’t matter even if it is a “violation”. Matters NEED to be taken no matter what, we can not go on and ignore this problem like it will go away; because it is only increasing and getting worse. According to CDC.gov, the third best method to stop impaired driving is in fact sobriety checkpoints, it is the smartest idea out of all and sounds the most effective (http://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impaired-drv_factsheet.html) People are making such a big deal out of certain amendments and how it is a violation of privacy, but looking at facts and the high number of people who drink and drive without being caught; the ones complaining are probably the ones participating. Sobriety checkpoints are not a violation of any amendments or rights; it is just one of the necessary steps to stop impaired