For as long as people can know, alcohol has always been a major part of human society. When drinking responsibly, alcohol is great for social aspects and even for relaxing nights. Whether it is going out to the bar with friends, or having a glass of wine at dinner, alcohol is consumed for many different purposes in order to make life just little bit nicer. However, alcohol is also an extremely dangerous product when misused, and is more often than...
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Drinking and driving is a gamble that you just canât win. Drunk driving is when a person is under the influence of alcoholic substances and is behind the wheel. Some effects that come with this juvenile decision is the control of your body. Vision gets blurry, speech slurred, dizziness and loss of balance. An individual will feel so disoriented even; the most immune person couldnât drive. Alcohol hinders the ability to make rational decisions, puts lives of the innocent in...
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In 2016, more than 1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. Thatâs one percent of 111 million self-reported episodes of alcohol-impaired driving among the U.S. adults each year. Drinking and driving is never the way to go because people could injure or kill someone in just a matter of seconds. Then from there on people’s lives are going to change forever. If the accident had killed someone they’re gonna have to live with...
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Alcohol related crashes kill about ten thousand people per year in the United States. That is thirty people a day that’s one person every forty-eight minutes. When under the influence of alcohol can have a slowed reaction time and the ability to act gone. In the United States the legal limit is zero point eight Blood alcohol Concentration (BAC) yet problems start at zero point two BAC. Drunk Driving is a major problem in my opinion that causes injuries and...
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Sobriety checkpoints are checkpoints that are randomly set up on the roadway and there is no fixed location when it comes setting them up. They happen randomly but more so on certain days of the year where there are high chances of DUI incidents such as Patrickâs Day, New Yearâs, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, etc. Although they have no fixed location, they tend to set up at locations that have history of roadway incidents. During the checking process, they have...
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Alcohol related accidents are far too common in todayâs world for one for not directly involved or related to those involved to be utterly shocked and amazed by the outcome. Far too often the individual who decided to get behind the wheel inebriated often walks away from the scene usually rather unscathed with minor bumps and bruises, while the innocent family, person, dog, etc., are maimed or dead beyond saving. Most individuals have a hope that they will never be...
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Christian Lous Lange stated: âTechnology is a useful servant but a dangerous masterâ. Because technology has declined social interaction and caused major addictions, it has changed the way people live out their day to day lives. Technology is a growing addiction for teens and can have many negative effects on society as a whole. The use of social media can cause a rapid decline in mental and physical health. Technology is one of the main causes of lack of face-to-face...
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In our world today, mobile phones can be seen globally as they keep us in endless interaction which we use to communicate with others through messaging and social media. Hence, mobile phones today are one of the most common factors which ultimately contributes to death on all roads in the world, especially in NSW. As stated by RMS (Roads and Maritime Services), âMobile phone use is prohibited while driving however it may be used by the passenger when making or...
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Driving is always a fun experience as you get older. Driving gives you more freedom and it allows you to feel in control. âAn advantage for me since I got my license has been being able to drive myself around, and allowing me more freedom. A disadvantage would be that itâs tiring and I donât like parkingâ Sophomore Chelsy Cortes said. When you start driving, you take on a lot of responsibilities. According to Sophomore Tyson Gradwahl, he personally thinks...
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Should the Driving age be raised? Annotated Bibliography Source 1 Citation: Steinberg, Laurence. ‘Brain Development Limits the Decision-Making Skills of Teen Drivers.’ Teen Driving, edited by Michele Siuda Jacques, Greenhaven Press, 2013. At Issue. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/EJ3010521227/GPS?u=cchs_main&sid=GPS&xid=eaa24bf8. Accessed 21 Jan. 2020. Originally published as ‘Brain Development Science Sheds Light on Teen Driving,’ Edmunds Auto Observer, 25 Feb. 2011. Type of source: Article Relevance: The relevance Of this article is that many people think that inexperience is the...
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Car accidents are the number one cause of death among teenagers in the United States. Per mile driven, teens ages 16-19 are three times more likely to be involved in a fatal car crash than drivers over 20 years old, especially in their first year behind the wheel. It is important for teens, parents and drivers who share the road to understand these dangers and how to prevent them. Although youth drivers account for only 14% of the overall population,...
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Drunk drivers are a worst nightmare to a loving family. If an accident ever occurs the life of an entire family will be struck with lifelong hardships. Not only financial oppression like medical bills or possibly a loss of a vital income, but the emotional tolls will be relentless. Those who must deal with the agony and the thought that the accident was preventable is truly hurting.o I know this because I experienced it first hand, although I didnât personally...
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Source 1: Drunk driving and the law Koch, A. (2019). Drunk driving and the law – Driving under the influence in South Africa. [online] Insights into The Law in South Africa | Welcome to Go Legal. Available at: https://www.golegal.co.za/drunk-driving-law/ [Accessed 17 Feb. 2019]. Summary In the article written by Alicia Koch, published by GoLegal, it was said that South Africa is the worst country in the world judging by the fact that South Africa has the highest percentage of Driving...
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The advert is against driving under the influence of alcohol, produced by BMW a well-recognized automotive brand. This technique of using a known brand will surely be more effective as the brand has influence to the relevant public. The features of the advert is a picture of an individual missing a leg passing a pictorial image of an accident. This message is most probably under the assumption that the accident was as a result of an accident correlated to drunk...
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Review of Related Literature and Studies The literature and studies cited in this chapter tackle the different concept, understanding, and ideas, generalizations or conclusions and different development related to proposed system entitled SafeDrive: An Android Application for Alcohol Sensing Alert System and Automatic Engine Disabling for Merchandisers Riders Club Philippines. Technical Background It gives details the hardware and software requirements specification including information technology innovation that has been used in the integration of the proposed system Hardware Requirements Hardware is...
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You are a sibling, cousin, child, grandchild, partner, niece or nephew, aunt or uncle, friend. Your life means something in this world. Imagine that you decided to go out, have a good time, one thing led to another and⌠Now youâre dead. Your âfriendâ was driving, it was in the middle of nowhere and now the car is totalled. He had time before the ambulance came. Time to pull your dead body into the driverâs seat because he survived and...
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Luxurious, sleek, and sporty are some words that come to mind when I think of a BMW. I picture a speedy automobile with an aggressive look and the performance that backs it up. I do not think of is a person that has lost their leg due to a drunk driving crash. Every two minutes someone is injured in a drunk driving accident (MADD). BMW wants to do their part to try to decrease the number of drunk drivers on...
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It is a criminal offense to drive while under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In case you find yourself drunk, it is advisable not to be in control of a car. Whenever you find yourself pulled over by the police you take a sobriety test. The test is done to establish whether or not the alcohol level in your system has exceeded the legal limit. An exceeded limit has legal consequences. You face jail time, paying a fine or...
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Every year loads of teens across America receive their license to drive and join the thousands of other people already traveling the roads. For teens, it is necessary that they understand the importance of driving safely as it is a huge responsibility that they are being trusted with. In order to ensure that teens are properly trained on how to handle themselves on the road, all teens have to go through some type of program, be it online classes, or...
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There are red and blue lights flashing on every caution tape in sight. The traffic is gradually moving, as everybody gazes at the two crushed up vehicles. There’s glass and broken bits of the vehicle everywhere throughout the street to uncover a guiltless body brimming with blood. Families racing to keep an eye on their loved one. Individuals who drink and drive put everyone in jeopardy including themselves. Driving while at the same time being inebriated is viewed as a...
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Drunk driving has been proved to be one of the major causes of road accidents consuming thousands of lives. Driving under the influence of alcohol makes many people fail to obey the traffic rules accordingly or even fail to see the road signs at all. The large numbers of deaths resulting from drunk driving indicate the seriousness of the problem to society. However, despite the seriousness of the problem, there exists viable marketing solutions for Roads and Traffic Authority of...
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Are drinking and driving really worth it? Often, you hear stories of people putting their lives at risk as well as others. It is sickening to think that people would even consider jeopardizing everything for a few drinks. Thinking it is ok to operate a motor vehicle is unacceptable especially with all the transportation services at such easy access. Did you know that drunk driving claims about 10,000 lives each and every year? According to (Cdc. gov), that is about...
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Distracted driving is an activity where the driver takes his eyes off the road and diverts his or her attention. Distracted driving includes texting, using a cell phone, eating or drinking, reading, talking to passengers, looking a the GPS, etc. There are 3 types of distraction while driving Visual, Manual, and Cognitive distraction. We need to make distracted driving laws much tougher and more strict and even possibly make a device that disables cellular devices while driving. When a person...
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Every single day we wake up to several cars on the road en-route to different destinations. Different people from all walks of life are behind those wheels with a vast range of character and abilities, this, therefore, goes without saying people will all drive differently. It is known that the probability of reaching your destination safely is 50% because there are only two alternatives, you either reach there safe or not. Lots of reasons can cause an accident on the...
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According to the Bahama Journal on January 12, 2019, sixty-nine persons lost their lives in traffic fatalities. This number does not reflect serious injuries, minor injuries, hit and run accidents, and damages to public property, private property, and vehicles. (the Bahamas, 2017) They enable accessible communication at any time and anywhere. However, driving should not be one of the times for mobile communication. Texting while driving has become popular, particularly in the Bahamas. Since the Bahamas Telecommunications Company (BTC) and...
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Technologies in the ways of communications and technology-based have improved greatly over the last decade. Years before technology started to become advanced and simpler, there was the old fashion technology that was in use. This was the landline connection to houses, offices, stores, and phone booths to communicate with friends and family. The mobile device was invented, and around the 1990s was when a good amount of people could afford the phones and services. With this new technology, people could...
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When you think of distracted driving, texting, or talking on the phone are likely the first things to come to mind. But, according to the article âDistracted Drivingâ, author Bruce Law says that some of the less obvious factors may be eating while driving, talking to other people in the car, and even driving while you are tired. Distracted driving can be anything that causes you to focus on something else instead of giving your full attention to the road....
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âIt doesnât matter what I do … it doesnât matter what I accomplish; that will always come second. I will always be Reggie Shaw, the person who took two lives in a car accidentâ (Macavinta 1). These are the words from a man who was a part of an upcoming epidemic for the world, distracted driving. It was a rainy morning on September 22, 2006, and a young teen Reggie Shaw was on his daily commute from Tremonton to Logan...
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As these immense questions arise up and around many times, as for whatâs leading upon this issue of distracted drivers, and the solution to this varies upon our communityâs viewpoints for some can be positive or negative as for some, distracted driving is defined as â the preparation of driving a vehicle while engaging in another activity, typically one that involves the use of cellular phones or other electronic devices.â Texting while driving is one hazard, many do not realize...
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Fatal road accident can be defined as a death resulting from an unfortunate mishap happened on a public road involving one or more vehicle. The world has the highest road fatality risk among the ASEAN and made it to the top three countries in the world of the list of fatal road accidents with a death rate of 23 per 100,000 populations. By means of this, about 7000 to 8000 people in Malaysia died due to road accidents annually, based...
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