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Drinking And Driving Binge Drinking
1,592 words
Teenage drinking is something that goes on every
day. No matter how many videos you show to kids
about drinking they will still drink. Surveys show
that the average teen seventeen and up spends $
475. 00 a year on liquor, mostly beer. [That's
more than books, soda, coffee, juice and milk
combined]. Most parents don't know about teenage
drinking unless they catch their kids doing it.
Some parents say, "their kids would never do that
", and they " re the ones whose kids probably
drink more than th...
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Drunk Driving 000 People
849 words
Most teenagers are not aware of the dangers
awaiting them on Americas roadways. In the United
States there are more registered motor vehicles
than there are drivers. Each year there are over
5, 000 fatal car crashes involving teens. More
teenagers are killed in a car than any other form
of death related means. Drunk driving is another
serious problem facing society in America. In the
last 10 years a drunk driver has killed over 250,
000 people. About 13 % of the people killed were
pedestrians. W...
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First Aid Traffic Safety
922 words
Driving an automobile is a risky and dangerous
activity. Every day, tragic accidents make the
headlines in newspapers and on the evening TV
news. Driving is an essential part of day-to-day
living for most people, and yet this ordinary
means of getting from one place to another can be
deadly. With so many people of all ages on the
road, practicing traffic safety is a must. Among
the most important steps to take for a safer
driving experience are knowing the possible
dangers associated with drivin...
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Drunk Driving Stopping Repeat Offenders
527 words
Drunk Driving: Stopping Repeat Offenders How long
must it be and how many people must die before we
make the punishment for drunk driving fit the
deadly serious crime that it is. If America is
serious about putting an end to drunk driving, the
first thing we must do is to stop calling it an
"accident." When someone decides to get drunk and
then get behind the wheel of a car, it is anything
but accidental. It is a deliberate act of
irresponsibility that often ends in unspeakable
violence. Drunk d...
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Cell Phones Ban The Bans
974 words
A young girl riding in her mothers car is killed
when a driver, talking on his cell phone, runs a
stop sign in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Further
south in a suburb of Camden, New Jersey, a driver
ploughs through a group of pedestrians. An elderly
couple dies as a result of his efforts to retrieve
a dropped cigarette. In western Ohio, a driver
causes serious injury to a father and son on their
way home from a fishing expedition. The offending
driver was changing stations on his radio and
unkno...
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Walking Or Bicycling Walking Bicycling And Driving Car
1,085 words
You stroll along, moving one foot in front of the
other in a repetitious pattern or maybe your feet
rotate pedals along a chain, while your hands
steer the way. If this is a bit too demanding,
just sit back, relax, and allow a machine to carry
out the task, while little or no effort at all is
required on your part. Regardless of timing
factors, each one of these methods will bring you
to your desired destination. Trips can range
anywhere from the most basic walk around the block
all the way to t...
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Cellular Telephones Cell Phone
1,931 words
BOSTON A driver chatting into a cell phone as the
car whizzes down the road is becoming a more
common sight in this age of telecommunications.
State legislators and federal officials agree that
the use of cellular telephones while driving poses
a distraction which may lead to car accidents. But
they acknowledge that little is being done to
address the issue. "Anything that takes your eyes
off the road is a hazard, " state Rep. Reed
Hillman, R-Sturbridge, said. But Hillman, former
head of the Mas...
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Phones While Driving Traffic Accidents
571 words
Driving can be a dangerous endeavor. If you add
speeding, drinking and driving or talking on the
cell phone, it can become deadly. Speeding is one
of the most common causes of traffic accidents.
Alcohol is also a leading cause of deadly
accidents. And one of the most controversial
distractions right now is the use of cell phones
while driving. Even without distractions, you are
operating a 2000 lb machine at speeds of 40 to 70
miles per hour. Speeding is one of the major
concerns of driving. It ...
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Drink And Drive Alcohol Related
603 words
Driving a vehicle while under the influence of
alcohol is one of the most dangerous things you
can do. There is a mass of research evidence to
show that driving performance and reaction times
are seriously affected by alcohol. If you drink
and drive, you are not only a danger to yourself
but also to your passenger, other road users and
pedestrians. In fact, every 30 minutes, someone in
this country dies in alcohol-related crash. Every
30 minutes! And last year alone more than one
million people ...
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Drinking And Driving Lot Of Money
733 words
Consequences of Drunk Driving Drinking and driving
is an event that takes place everyday and
everywhere. People chose to drink and drive for
numerous reasons. Sometimes people feel that they
must drink to have a good time but have no
intention of driving. This is not always how it
turns out. Usually after one has drunk alcohol,
his or her ability to make smart decisions has
been impaired. So in the end they decided that
they can drive. This decision may not always
results in getting arrested or ...
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Driving Age Teen Drivers
731 words
The dramatic increase in teen accidents has lead
major portions of the public to favor the driving
age to be raised to 18. The direct concern is over
16 and 17 -year-old drivers if they are
responsible and experienced enough to drive on the
road. Most San Diego citizens agree that accidents
involving teen drivers are their lack of judgment
and irresponsibility as a driver, and as well as
their lack of experience and poor attention to
details. I believe the sky rocketing increase in
teen accident...
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Age Of Sixty Sixty Five
803 words
Most people who have a driver s license have seen
a large car in front of them that is having
trouble staying between the lane markings. There
are many factors that can cause the person to have
this problem. Some of those would be that the car
is too large, so their ability to drive is
hindered. The person could also be too short or
not be able to see very well. There are many other
reasons, but do you really want these people
driving death wagons, attempting to navigate down
roads at high speed...
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Equal Protection Clause Los Angeles Police
4,653 words
I. INTRODUCTION Let me make this very clear. The
Maryland State police has not, does not, nor will
it ever condone the use of race-based profiling in
determining which cars to stop on the highway. 1
Chief State Trooper Colonel David Mitchell issued
this statement in response to a lawsuit filed
against the Maryland State Troopers. The suit was
filed on behalf of African-American motorists who
alleged that these officers had engaged in a
practice of targeting black motorists for traffic
stops alon...
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Effects Of Cannabis Smoked Marijuana
2,466 words
Marijuana can cause many harmful effects. There
has never been a major test though. The ones they?
ve used have shown very different things. I have
been very surprised by what I have been reading. I
cannot believe the difference in what different
scientists think. One says, ? Its hard to know for
sure whether regular marijuana use causes cancer.
But it is known that marijuana contains some of
the same and sometimes even more, of the
cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke.
Studies show t...
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Road Rage Aggressive Driving
1,793 words
Almost Road Rage Road Rage Almost all drivers have
experienced some occurrence of road rage. Most of
these occurrences are as innocent as a rude
gesture, but some drivers have lost their lives
because of them. Traffic is a cooperative activity
(2 - 3 - 7). When a driver decides to take control
of the road, the consequences can again be fatal.
Almost every driver on the road has been involved
in one incident or another. No one is immune from
road rage, therefore it effects us all. Road rage
is an...
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Steering Wheel Driving Experience
790 words
ENGLISH COMPOSITION Driving Forget everything you
know about driving. Listen to the sound of the
engine behind you, enjoy the feeling of your body
travelling without moving. Look! In front of you,
an empty highway, you are facing your future. Four
wheels, a steering wheel, a shape made to pierce
the air. Cars are all made of the same elements
but incan various personalities. They are your key
to the driving experience. Driving is not only the
coordination of eyes, feet and hands, it is a
complet...
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Oregon New Driving Law Oregon New Driving Teens
502 words
Oregon? s new driving law is going to make a major
difference The new law changes the ages of
becoming a fully licensed driver. The new program
goes in three steps instead of two like the
current program. It works like this: When a
potential driver is 15, he can get his learners
permit. He must have a licensed adult with him at
all times while driving. When he turns 16, he can
get a license that only allows him to drive during
the day and never with any other teenagers in the
car when by himself...
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Minimum Drinking Age Fatally Injured
1,219 words
DRINKING AND DRIVIN Drinking and Driving is
dangerous to yourself and others around you.
Alcohol is a depressant; it impairs your ability
to drive, slows down your reaction time and causes
you to make some risky decisions that you wouldnt
normally take. The penalty for Drinking and
Driving is driving Under the Influence (DUI). If
your Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) registers over.
08, which is 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100
milliliters of blood, you are driving Under the
Influence. After having o...
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Drinking And Driving Teenage Drinking
1,410 words
Teen Social Problems There are many social
problems that teenagers go threw. I think the two
most recognized problems are Teenage Drinking and
Driving, and Teen Suicide. These two social
behaviors teenagers go threw are two of the
leading causes of teenage death in the state of
New Mexico. Alcohol, the most widely used and
abused drug among youth, causes serious and
potentially life-threatening problems for this
population. New Mexico holds one of the nation? s
highest DWI (Driving While Intoxic...
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Driving While Black Law Enforcement Officials
2,272 words
Racial Profiling: Its Racial Profiling 1 Racial
Profiling: Its Time to Put an End to this Unjust
Practice It has happened to actors such as Wesley
Snipes, Will Smith, Blair Underwood and LeVar
Burton. It has happened to football player Marcus
Allen, Olympic athletes Al Joyner and Edwin Moses,
and it has happened to attorney Johnnie Cochran.
Police officers stop, question and even search
black drivers who have committed no crime, based
on the excuse that a traffic offense has occurred.
The term b...
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