Drunk Driving is very bad. It can kill you, and also other people, if you get in a wreck. In the website, Madd.org. The author states that, “Americans take 233 billion trips in cars each year.
Of those, about one out of every two thousand trips are taken by those who are driving under the influence of alcohol. Yet, almost one out of every three traffic deaths involve drunk driving.”
These are some pretty big numbers. Drunk Driving is a very serious crime in the United States.
On the web page, “quitalcohol.com” the author states that, “Alcohol affects you in a way that changes your judgement, depth perception as well as vital motor skills required to drive safely. It is easy to think you are driving normally when truly you are not. When the police take notice you could be hit …show more content…
Even when you do not feel impaired, you might be impaired. It is still dangerous to drive, even when drinking just a couple of beers. In the website,
“drugfreeworld.org” the author states that, “In the United States in 2007, the death toll from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1,393—nearly four fatalities every day of the year. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the US and are responsible for more than one in three deaths of American teenagers. Of the teen drivers killed on the road in 2006, 31% had been drinking, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. The risk of a driver under the influence of alcohol being killed in a vehicle accident is at least eleven times that of drivers without alcohol in their system.
For most people, these are only statistics—shocking, perhaps, but only statistics. But for the families and friends of those who die as a result of teenage drinking and driving, each
Of those, about one out of every two thousand trips are taken by those who are driving under the influence of alcohol. Yet, almost one out of every three traffic deaths involve drunk driving.”
These are some pretty big numbers. Drunk Driving is a very serious crime in the United States.
On the web page, “quitalcohol.com” the author states that, “Alcohol affects you in a way that changes your judgement, depth perception as well as vital motor skills required to drive safely. It is easy to think you are driving normally when truly you are not. When the police take notice you could be hit …show more content…
Even when you do not feel impaired, you might be impaired. It is still dangerous to drive, even when drinking just a couple of beers. In the website,
“drugfreeworld.org” the author states that, “In the United States in 2007, the death toll from teenage drunk-driving accidents was 1,393—nearly four fatalities every day of the year. Motor vehicle accidents are the leading cause of death among teenagers in the US and are responsible for more than one in three deaths of American teenagers. Of the teen drivers killed on the road in 2006, 31% had been drinking, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration. The risk of a driver under the influence of alcohol being killed in a vehicle accident is at least eleven times that of drivers without alcohol in their system.
For most people, these are only statistics—shocking, perhaps, but only statistics. But for the families and friends of those who die as a result of teenage drinking and driving, each