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Ashley Barger English 1101 Project 1 final draft July 10, 2017 Approximately 35,000 people die in car accidents a year and nearly 10,300 of those fatalities are due to drunk driving. It is unfortunate that for most people to realize this they must witness something terrible or experience the loss of someone important to them. It’s insane to think how one small decision can change the lives of so many people. The decisions you make effect everyone no matter how minor they seem in the…

Introduction: In Florida, there are many attractions that bring people from all over the United States to visit. Making the amount of people in driving on Florida highways a much larger number. With distractions in today’s society including phones, tablets, touchscreen radios etc; makes the rate of collisions at an all time high. But texting and driving has been a leading cause of collisions for years now. Recently Florida has passed a texting and driving law, that named it a second offense,…

Drunk driving affects so many people not just the person who decided to drink and drive but others like their family, friends the other driver’s family and friends and also whole city. Some tax could get raised if their is enough car crashes that involve alcohol. In the video the young couple were just driving along and then bang, the other lady who went to a couple bars before driving went in the wrong entrance ramp and went head on with the couple. The fact that she went to a couple of bars is…

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 concentration level is .08 grams, you can have a chance of getting in a crash by six times compared to…

15. Dale Earnhardt – Daytona (2001) Dale Earnhardt, who is also known as “the Intimidator”, was considered NASCAR’s most popular driver. He was very aggressive and determined. He has his own style of driving, which has gained the admiration and approval of his diehard fans even up to this day. Earnhardt’s career ended when he met a tragic accident during the final lap of the Daytona 500 in 2001. During the race, Earnhardt’s was trying to block the other racers to stop them from catching his…

Drinking and driving has taken many lives. The people that are drunk lose their lives, but also those innocent people who couldn’t prevent the accident and weren’t drinking. These people can’t prevent these accidents and are killed or injured because of someone else’s carelessness. That’s why we invented the horizontal gaze starter to save more of those lives. Since one of the tests, when someone is pulled over because of suspicious drunk driving, is the horizontal gaze test, why not use it…

Drinking and driving is one of the most dangerous problems which cause many of injuries and deaths. Drinking and driving is considered a serious crime because it kills innocent people. According to Sheetz, who recently wrote an article on drunk driving, many young people guilty of driving while drunk do so after taking “one for the road”(192). When a drunk person makes a decision to sit behind the wheel of an automobile and drive home, he or she endangers many of the innocent people on the road.…

Although deaths from motor vehicle accidents have been steadily decreasing since the the 1990’s, there are still many, many vehicle accidents due to the absence or malfunction of seatbelts and airbags. Although a seatbelt is able to save a driver’s and or passenger's life, many people don’t wear them. Consequently, once they get in a car crash, it is likely that they will be ejected from the car, and subsequently die. According to digital journal, “25% of all car crashes result in ejections from…

Driving while intoxicated is a criminal law offense to operating a motor vehicle after having drunk a sufficient amount of alcohol to raise one’s blood. Alcohol affects people in the way that changes their judgment, depth perception as well as vital motor skills required to driving safely. While intoxicated driving is illegal across the United States, each state has specific laws defining the offense and its associated legal penalties. In Texas, there is two distinct ways intoxication is…

Teenage leading death causes is from drunk driving. The big problem is that six teens ages 16-19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. In 2013, 2,163 teenagers in the U.S. ages 16-19 were killed and 243,243 were treated in emergency centers for injuries that happened in the motor vehicle crashes. The vehicle death rate for male drivers and passengers ages 16-19 was almost two times that of their female counterparts. The risk increases with the number of teen passengers. Teenagers that have…