Pros And Cons Of Drinking And Driving

Drunk driving is a serious problem that continues to take thousands of deaths each year. Too many innocent lives been lost to drunk driving. A death from drunk driving does not only affect the victim but it affects everyone around them such as family and friends. One night, one drink, one mistake is all it takes for drunk driving to take its toll. There are many solutions to prevent drunk driving, but they will only work if we put them into play.

However, drunk driving accidents and deaths related to them are totally preventable. Once drunk driving can come to an end, more people will feel safer to drive everyday. Drunk driving causes thousands of deaths per year because each day, someone does not think as they step on the gas pedal. Driving while intoxicated causes problems that not only affect the victim lives, but the future of the drunk driver’s life as well. Drunk driving was the main cause in the death of one of the world 's most famous and beloved people in 1997.

Garcia 1 Angelica Garcia Professor Steph Dirw 0310-43008 20 March 2015 The affects of texting and driving ​In today’s society people have the habit to text and drive. This can cause many distractions on the road. One of the most serious and dangerous distractions is texting while driving. It can cause the diver to lose control of the wheel and cause a serious car crash or a person death. Although being in a car crash or accident can also cause serious injuries like being paralyzed from the waist down or in a deathly coma.

The ads I have choose have very powerful meanings behind them. It makes people think twice before they get behind the wheel while intoxicated. Many families have been torn apart because of a careless drunk driver or was the driver intoxicated and is now in jail because of it.

Did you realize that people die from non responsible people. Cell phones destroy families every time one of these accidents happen. The main reasons are, unfocused behavior whilst having passengers in the car, reckless driving, face to face distractions. The list could go on and on but those were the popular topics chosen. Family members are losing their loved ones from distracted drivers.

South africa has one of the worst death rates due to drunk driving. More that 65% of all deaths in South Africa involve alcohol and a large proportion of that is caused by drunk driving. In addition to this 50% of all accidents that occur on the roads of South Africa involve a member who has a blood alcohol level above the legal limit of 0.5g per 100ml. The death rate due to driving drunk is 43 people for every 100000. More than 18000 people are killed due to drunk driving, even if they are not the ones who are drinking they are still threatened by this high number of drunk drivers as it puts all pedestrians in jeopardy.

Benjamin Brewer in the movie, “Beneath Contempt” (2011), suggests that suppressing emotions as a result of a tragedy can eventually lead to an eruption of feelings that can end up hurting or even killing someone. Brewer supports his suggestion by portraying Matthew, the brother of one of the people killed in a drunk driving accident, as losing all rational feelings and gaining a murderous rage when he sees Sean, the man who was drunk driving. The author’s purpose is to inform teenages of the dangers of drunk driving and the effect it can have on the people involved so that teenagers learn from the mistakes of these characters. The author writes in a serious tone for an audience of young and impressionable teenagers who may find themselves

Sharon Heit, the mother of a victim of distracted driving, once said, “In a split second you could ruin your future, injure or kill others, and tear a hole in the heart of everyone who loves you.” Distracted driving is one of the main causes of a car crash in the United States. People are so intune with their phones and what is on the seat next to them, that they could ruin someone 's life forever. Because of distracted driving, people get severely injured and can lose their lives, so phone and car companies should work together to create a device to reduce this issue. Every single day a life is taken away from distracted driving. There are many types of distracted driving.

A tragic motor vehicle event occurred in January of 2018 in Las Vegas that lead to safety concerns and the question - are driving licenses given too easily and should this right be given an extensive right to obtain? An implausible story highlighted a speeding driver who was under the influence of drugs (marijuana) and proceeded to his car being smashed into a building 60 feet up in the air. Local police confirmed that 2 people were inside the car at the time (who’s names have not been disclosed). Both individuals did survive the insane crash. Authorities such as The Orange County Fire Authority and The Santa Ana Police Department confirmed using CCTV cameras that the driver had hit a centre divide which therefore projected the car into the building wall.

Legal driving age has been a constant argument as the major reason for death among teens is these accidents happening. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 1678 drivers in 2014 have been reported dead aged 16 to 20 years along with some new issues like texting while driving; other mobile usages along with distracted driving (Rogers, 2015). Driving age should remain at 16 as it will make teenagers more frustrated if they wait till the age of 18 and with experience they will get better. Rising driving age will not make much difference as it will only irritate the teenagers who are willing to acquire driving license. College going students doesn’t like to depend on public transport as changing buses and trains tire them out instead having own vehicle gives