National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

childrens power to make decisions and engage in certain activities in many other contents, according to appendix B. Many people think that the maturity is the problem it is mainly the lack of experience. According to appendix B, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported 3,827 teens were killed in 2002 and 3,657 drivers killed in 2003 between the ages of fifteen and twenty. So reports even say that young drivers should be off the streets because of the killings. Stephen.…

more hours of extracurricular activities, and two or more hours of homework, children have little time to sleep the recommended nine to ten hours or sleep each night (“How Much Sleep Do I need?” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The National Sleep Foundation reports that only 15% of students report getting eight hours of sleep on school nights. The lack of sleep that occurs in teenage children across the United States is…

Turing eighteen in the United States is the age teenagers are considered to be adults, they are allowed to join the military, buy cigarettes, get a tattoo, vote and etc. Even though they are considered adults they are not allowed to drink or buy alcohol. In the United States, the minimum legal drinking age is twenty-one. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen would cause crimes and personal damages that are caused by alcohol abuse. Keeping the legal drinking age of 21 has helped; the effects of…

Are Field Sobriety Tests and Breathalyzers Effective? Delfin Floresca The Citadel Are Field Sobriety Tests and Breathalyzers Effective? According to a 2015 lecture by Dr. Bob McNamara of the Criminal Justice Program at The Citadel College, stricter DUI enforcement of laws do not reduce the incidences of drunk driving nor does it reduce the accidents of the loss of life. He also explains that much of the research shows that implementing stronger DUI enforcement,…

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…

Buckle your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen, because this is going to be a bumpy ride. In our society, some argue with such unwavering anger and sadness that the people of the United States must “take action” upon the “scourge” that is people who attempt to drive under the influence of alcohol. What these simpletons don’t realize is that not only is the issue of drunk driving not that big of a deal, but it could also prove to improve humanity and our lives as a whole. We as a nation must take…

arrest, and was not allowed the use of cell phone or driving privileges (Schindette). Although everyone’s consequences for texting while driving vary, some being more severe and some being as simple as pay that hefty fine, and paying that fine for a traffic ticket may be enough to teach some drivers a lesson. Despite this, not everyone learns from their first offense, if it was minor, because they may believe that since there was no damage they caused now harm. Furthermore, the Federal…

driving, one often thinks of despair, tragedy, even death. But what exactly factors into it? And why are drunk drivers still a problem if police know they are out there? What are authorities doing to try and end the epidemic that is drunk driving? The National Department of Transportation says that about one-third of drunk drivers arrested or convicted are repeat offenders. Considering that 1.1 Million people were arrested for driving under the influence in 2014, one-third is an impressive and…

However, The only problem this would solve is the amount of arrests that are made for adolescents being caught with alcohol or being under the influence either in a public setting or while driving. National Underage Drinking statistics show people ages 12 to 22 drink eleven percent of the total alcohol consumed in the United States (“Underage Drinking Statistics”) According to another survey (which took place in 2011) from Youth Risk Behavior, 39 percent…

The first drug court was established in Miami-Dade, Florida in 1989 (National Association of Drug Professionals). Drug courts were established because of the “revolving door of drug use” and increasing recidivism rates. Drug courts have the ability to change a person’s life for the better by teaching them how to beat their addictions while providing the proper treatments for each offender. As a result, of the ongoing development of drug courts, it is unfair to expect the system to be…