National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

They are not just glancing at the device, they are endangering the lives of themselves and others by engaging in distracted driving. Every day about 660,000 people in this county text and drive, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. More statistics show that one out of four car crashes are due to texting while driving alone. Drinking alcohol impairs driving, but it is six times safer to be under the influence of alcohol than it is to spend five seconds looking…

Consumption of Alcohol within Society Alcohol has been around in society for many generations, and there are records in history that inform us of this. Sixty-one percent of the one hundred and ninety countries have set the drinking age at eighteen. The United States and eleven other countries have a MLDA (minimal legal drinking age) of twenty-one years old, this is the highest MLDA of all the countries where it is legal to drink (although some areas of India have drinking ages as high as twenty…

Average humans spend about one third of their life sleeping, but I probably spend about half of my life sleeping. Catching z’s is one my favorite activities to do, I love getting into a cozy bed after a long day, turning on Netflix, and falling asleep to House of Cards. During the day when I feel dog-tired or enervated, I orchestrate a tranquil nap. After a good night sleep or day time nap, I always feel like a rejuvenated newborn baby. That grinded my gears, and prompted me to think, why do we…

The History of MADD and the Drunk Driving Movement Driving while intoxicated is an issue surrounding many in our society since the invention of the automobile. Although it’s been the topic of countless conversations over the decades, it was consequently the elephant in the room that no one spoke of. However, with the emergence of different awareness movements, such as the victims of drunk driving in the late 1970s and early 1980s, (Rid) Remove Intoxicated Drivers and Mothers Against Drunk…

A national survey showed that by the time children are in eighth grade, 27% have used alcohol; and, by the time teenagers are in twelfth grade, 66% of them had used alcohol (Gonchar). In another national survey, 54% of high schoolers say that they have access to alcohol at any time (Jacinto). This is a major problem in today’s society. Teens are choosing…

almost 30 people in the United States die in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver. This amounts to one death every 51 minutes. The annual cost of alcohol-related crashes totals more than $59 billion” (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 1). The fact that so many people die every day in the United States from alcohol related accidents is absolutely ridiculous. The stories are endless. In Steve Schmadeke’s article, “Man gets 15 years in DUI accident that killed…

at a time. We are all guilty of looking at our phone while driving whether to get direction to where we are heading or to simply change the song, but it’s surprising how many people are distracted while driving. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) at any given point in time throughout the day, over 660,000 American drivers are using cell phones or messing with electronics while driving (Distracted Driving). There were plenty of distraction before smartphones…

Sleep deprivation is a major problem in today’s fast paced society. A person’s lifestyle and his or her environment have a big impact on just how much this deprivation impairs him or her. Sleep deprivation can have several possible causes and its effects are different in each case; however, there are several types of sleep disorders that cause sleep deprivation that have consequential effects. There are several types of sleep disorders that cause one to experience sleep deprivation such as…

people who use their cell phone for some sort of instant messaging. Automobile accidents are one of the leading causes of death in the United States today, texting and driving is one of the biggest reasons why. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration eighteen percent of all fatal crashes are caused by distracted drivers (FCC 1). A person who is texting and driving has a twenty three percent greater chance to cause an accident than one who is not distracted. (FCC 1) Forty…

officers with state-of-the-art techniques to minimize the economic consumption of unreasonable violence. When it comes to governing a city, nothing is more important than protecting the public’s safety. In polite society, elected officials bear the responsibility of bringing off a city’s public safety programs,…