‘don’t be a dangerous driver’. Two ads that address this issue are the Victorian Government’s ‘don’t be a dangerous driver’ and ‘TAC’s ‘bloody idiots’. TAC persists to stop dangerous driving on our (Australian) roads. On the other hand, The Victorian Government helps Australia with a wide variety of little things. They range from dangerous driving to political and world problems. For both ads, they are trying to target drivers on our roads and especially risky/dangerous drivers. The contention…
to under control instead of everyone fighting about who is right and wrong. In conclusion, police officers should be allowed to set up roadblocks to catch the drunk drivers in this nation so that they can save maybe your family one day. They could prevent what all could happen to you if you were to be out on the road and a drunk driver is to, the statistics are all here you just need to listen to what needs to be done and that you don't end up in a bad situation. Drunk driving is a big problem…
driving is wrong. According to the Centers for disease control and prevention, 1.1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics in 2014 (2). Drinking and driving is wrong because it can seriously harm someone. When you are intoxicated while driving your judgment becomes impaired and you are unaware of what is going on around you. The roads seem blurry and drunk drivers tend to swerve while driving which could potentially hit another car causing injuries.…
themselves, but they are threatening everyone around them. The drunk driver begins to view the world as a blur, and they are not able to think properly. “On average, two in three people will be involved in a drunk driving crash in their lifetime” ("Driving While Impaired -- Alcohol and Drugs”). One moment the driver is on the highway going home and boom! The next he has hit the front of an S.U.V, that contains a family of six. The driver is under the influence and caused this accident because he…
disgusts my fellow senators as they do I. In New Mexico, accidents such as these are especially a problem because of the thousands of alcohol related traffic accidents that occur every year. In 2014, 5.59% of all car crashes in the state were caused by a driver who was intoxicated at the time of the accident. Furthermore, over 50,000 DWI arrests were made in New Mexico in which the suspect was a third-time offender, and over 10,000 arrests were made in New Mexico in which the suspect was a…
2017. "DUI Statistics." BACtrack. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2017. Writer, Milly Dawson Contributing. "White Young Adults More Likely to DUI." White Young Adults More Likely to DUI | Center for Advancing Health. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Mar. 2017. "Teen Drivers: Get the Facts." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 13 Oct. 2016. Web. 13 Mar.…
Being convicted of driving while drunk carries major penalties, including hefty fines and a suspended driver's license. However, those are just the legal consequences. According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, a person is injured in a drunk driving accident every two minutes, which can result in catastrophic damages if you're at fault. Loughlin Fitzgerald P.C., a personal injury attorney in Wallingford, recommends calling one of the following transportation providers instead of drying drunk.…
Driving). The-consequences that the-Ontario justice sector has-established-are very innovative. Written in the Ministry of Transportation, if you are a driver with a full license you "will face immediate roadside license suspension of: refusing a breath test, registering a BAC of 0.05 or more"(Impaired Driving). If you are a under age driver, your drivers license will be immediately suspended for 24 hours. If you did commit the crime there is a consequence…
politically, or even religiously. Imagine this, it’s 1 a.m. and rearing to the end of the night with you and your friends. You call for a ride home, which shows up within 20 minutes and give them the address to drop you off. The driver of your car is sober, however the driver of the car that is going to crash into you is not. In a split second, your car is t-boned after an intoxicated man speeds right through a red light at an intersection. His blood alcohol concentration was well over the…
According to Mothers Against Drunk Driving or MADD, in the article “MADD-Drunk Driving,” “290,000 people are injured from drunk driving accidents yearly”. Out of those 290,000 people, about 10,000 people are killed from drinking and driving (Impaired Driving: Get the Facts). The loss of 10,000 people yearly could be prevented, only of people could make one choice. This choice affects 290,000 people yearly. The choice is to not drink and drive. Drunk driving is a problem all around the world…