Driving under the influence

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    Hi Class, Through the news, I have seen the concerns of drinking and driving amongst the Dallas community every day. This issue is so common that: According to the Foundation for Advancing Alcohol Responsibility, a nonprofit dedicated to fighting drunk driving and underage drinking, 1,446 people in Texas died in drunk driving accidents in 2014. Of those, 193 involved someone under the age of 21 driving while under the influence. An estimated 70% of impaired drivers in fatal accidents had…

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    eyes, carrot as the nose, and the sticks as the arms. Our snowman is now complete and i wish you the best of luck on following these steps to building your first snowman. 6. Drinking and driving means that if your BAC (blood alcohol concentration) is 0.08 or higher and your driving, you are drinking and driving while…

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    interest chosen to be drinking and driving. After being involved in a drinking and driving accident, it can cause many changes in an individual’s life, especially their outlook on drinking and driving Although the individual drinking and driving are not likely injured, it can cause grief amongst families. The stress of a child being arrested, drinking and driving, and causing significant damage on a busy intersection can be overwhelming. Drinking and driving must be taken seriously. Teens…

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    drive home. He hit the car that Jacqueline was in and killed her two friends and burned her face almost completly off and almost killed her. Drunk driving is a serious problem; to stop it there needs to be a heavier enforcment of the laws. The drinking age could be raised so we can stop losing innocent lives. Some people say that the laws for druck driving are working and that the laws are good enough and shouldnt be changed at all. Those people are wrong because we continue to lose innocet…

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    drive conveyances while under the influence of alcohol. The driver lacks the ability to execute his or her driving skills as they are impaired by the alcohol in the body, which interferes with the rationality processes of the brain. Drunk driving might not seem akin to such a solemn quandary to some people but the facts shows that it is very perilous and very deleterious to people and their lives. There are many facts, consequences and jeopardizes about drunk driving. Drunk driving is against…

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    Drunk Driving Repercussions Drunk driving has been and continues to be an extremely serious issue. It affects so many in different ways, from the drunk driver, the person they hit, and all of the families involved. One of the biggest concerns is that the penalties for Driving Under the Influence have not been as strong as what it should be. Too many times in the past you will read or hear about someone being arrested for DUI and they either get a fine and no sentence or a very minimal sentence.…

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    In other words, Prominent politicians from across the country are advocating for increased investment into substance abuse education in order to decrease the likelihood of teens driving under the influence. “So what does this mean?” you asks. Well, for teens and young adults, this means that classes are now offered to help educate you. In order to understand to pros, you must first understand the cons. In this case, substance abuse should…

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    Just a few startling facts about drunk driving include every two minutes somebody is injured in a crash involving alcohol, there are 28 deaths a day due to driving drunk, and in 2013, one person died every 52 minutes in alcohol related accidents. While these facts are terrifying, when you take the fact that these stats are only regarding the United states…

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    The story behind these cases is interesting because it shows a difference in the system when one has money and one doesn’t. Ethan couch was drunk driving a vehicle with the age of 16 not only was he underage drinking but wasn’t supposed to be driving under such conditions. He crash against a crowd of people and took the life of four innocent people. In the other case we have a young man with the same age named, Eric B. Miller, who took ten dollars from his grandfather and used it to buy vodka.…

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    The impact of drunk driving on themselves, and with everyone else's lives, drinker or not, greatly affects the community or area you're in. In the video, “Lives Affected”, it gives a bigger back to the picture of drunk driving. When you are drinking it affects your impairment. Judging speed the distance and other common things are twisted when you're under the influence, along with your basic motor skills. It only takes 20 to 40 minutes for alcohol to reach your brain. When anybody's alcohol…

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