Driving under the influence

were a curfew adopted then teengers would not have to worry about the struggles of driving on the roads late at night. In conclusion, adopting a curfew for teengers is a tremendous idea. Lives could be saved, and horrible lessons would not have to learned. I agree that there should be a weekday and weekend curfew because it would keep teengers out of trouble, it would prevent accidents of drivers under the influence, and inexperienced drivers could have difficulty seeing the roads at…

Drinking and driving in the United States has become a serious problem that needs to be stopped before it gets out of hand. Driving any sort of vehicle requires for one’s full attention, when a person is under the influence their senses do not work at their full potential causing for horrific accidents to happen. Alcohol is a depressant that affect an individual’s vision, coordination, reaction time, multitasking ability, judgement, and decision making, which is all necessary for the safety of a…

likely become arrested by the police if they caught you with impaired driving. The difference is Pat encountered an external factor by hitting Ms. Dalloway’s poodle while John got home safely. I ask myself this, who is morally worse? In this circumstance, both John and Pat are both victims of Moral Luck. In the majority of cases, Pat is morally worse than John because he hit a dog while he remained driving under the influence of alcohol. If he only would’ve drunk…

Numerous people are arrested each year on suspicion of drunk driving in Massachusetts, and throughout the U.S. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that more than 1.4 million people were arrested for driving under the influence in 2010, the most recent year with reported statistics. For some, their arrests come after being stopped at DUI checkpoints. To help avoid being taken into custody and charged at such stops, it is important for drivers to know their rights.…

Millions of Lives Lost to Drunk Driving “Drinking and driving: there are stupider things, but it's a very short list.” ~Unknown. Drinking and driving is one of the most leading reasons in the United States today for automotive deaths. Along with the deaths of millions, drunk driving on average costs the government of America one hundred and ninety-nine billion a year. Personally I believe cars should come with breathalyzers. Decreasing the amount of deaths. Also, saving the American citizen…

Letting Samantha off with a warning carried significant consequences. Samantha could cause an accident injuring herself or others if Officer Jankowski allowed her to keep driving, but letting her off with a warning allows the police department to stay in the good graces of Judge Robertson. Officer Jankowski could chose to charge Samantha with a DUI therefore protecting herself and others from harm, but this could also result…

drinking age has been risen to 21 in 1984 by congress, drunk driving deaths have been cut in half with the most of the drops being people aged 16 to 20 years old. Around the mid-1970s, alcohol was what caused over 60 percent of traffic accidents. When a person consumes too much alcohol their general vision becomes blurred, the person experiences a loss of depth perception, and peripheral vision becomes extremely blurry. If a person is driving while intoxicated, that person would not be able to…

Ending DUI’s and Deaths The rate of young adults driving under the influence of alcohol throughout the United States is costing people thousands of dollars and some victims even their life. Drinking and driving never truly became illegal until 1910 in New York, ten years later, prohibition started ending the sale, consumption and everything that was alcohol related (Staff). Since then, each state has made laws against drinking and driving and even open containers. In 2010 officers nationwide…

S. so many americans participate in drinking and driving, an event which could eventually end up becoming a deadly accident? The government may say that they are taking care of the problem, but the simple truth is clear. Drinking and driving, which affects the driver’s vision and reactions to the environment, is very dangerous and not in order to care for the predicament more preventative action needs to be taken. Thanks to drinking and driving, many families and loved ones are dead or…

In this week lecture, we talked about adolescents, young adults and adults. What striked the most of reading this chapter was the leading causes of death for young adults. The three leading causes of death for young adults are Unintentional injuries, homicide and suicide. It didn’t really surprise me that the leading cause of death for young adults is unintentional injures. According to Blum and Gates (2011) Nearly 75% of all deaths in the second decade result from unintential injuries,…