Taylor+Bennett+Drinking+and+Driving

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 * 1) http://www2.potsdam.edu/alcohol/DrinkingAndDriving.html#.Uzw2eZK9KK
 * "Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. Although the proportion of crashes that are alcohol-related has dropped dramatically in recent decades, there are still far too many such preventable accidents. Unfortunately, in spite of great progress, alcohol-impaired driving remains a serious national problem that tragically effects many victims annually."
 * 1) http://www.madd.org/drunk-driving/


 * "In 2012, 10,322 people were killed and approximately 345,000 were injured. Each crash, each death, each injury impacts not only the person in the crash, but family, friends, classmates, coworkers and more. Even those who have not been directly touched help pay the $132 billion yearly price tag of drunk driving. But together we can eliminate drunk driving."
 * 1) http://www.nhtsa.gov/Impaired
 * "Drunk driving is often a symptom of a larger problem: alcohol misuse and abuse."
 * "Alcohol-impaired motor vehicle crashes cost more than an estimated $37 billion annually."
 * "In 2012, more than 10,000 people died in alcohol-impaired driving crashes - one every 51 minutes."


 * 1) http://www.ncadd.org/index.php/learn-about-alcohol/drinking-and-driving

> As the person reaches .02 they begin to experience some loss of judgment, relaxation and altered mood which results in a decline in visual functions and ability to perform two tasks at the same time." > **"BAC of 0.05:** > Psychomotor performance is significantly impaired; slower eye movements occur; visual perception, reaction time and information processing are adversely affected resulting in reduced coordination, reduced ability to track moving objects, difficulty steering and reduced response to emergency driving situations" > **"BAC of 0.08:** > Muscle coordination is poor (e.g., balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearing), it is harder to detect danger and judgment, self-control, reasoning, and memory are impaired resulting in reduced concentration, short-term memory loss, loss of speed control, reduced information processing capability (e.g., signal detection, visual search) and impaired perception." > On average, a drunk driver will drive 80 times under the influence before their first arrest. > Kids and teens who get involved with alcohol at a young age are 7 times more likely to be involved in an alcohol-related crash in their lives." > > Cons: > "You have the right to drink and drive. > For many people, this thought is a revelation. The anti-drinking forces in America have for a very long time demonized "drinking and driving." They have used the term interchangeably with "drunk driving" to the point where many people believe it is illegal to drive after consuming any alcohol. To the contrary, drinking and driving is legal in all fifty states." > > "This is the equivalent of downing more than four double whiskies. > > "They were also a third more likely to hit the kerb because they were less capable of judging distance." >
 * **"BAC of 0.02:**
 * 1) https://www.dosomething.org/actnow/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-driving-under-influence
 * "For drivers under 21, the U.S. has a No Tolerance policy that does not allow any alcohol to be in the blood system while behind the wheel. The consequences could include expensive fines, loss of license or jail.
 * 1) http://www.sbdui.com/ddr02.php
 * =Drinking & Driving is Not a Crime=
 * 1) http://www.unews.utah.edu/old/p/062206-1.html
 * "June 29, 2006 -- Three years after the preliminary results first were presented at a scientific meeting and drew wide attention, University of Utah psychologists have published a study showing that motorists who talk on handheld or hands-free cellular phones are as impaired as drunken drivers."
 * 1) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2582940/Driving-cold-bad-drunk-snorer-having-bad-make-menace-wheel.html
 * "Our concentration when driving with a bad cold or flu drops by more than 50 per cent according to research from Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre. "
 * "Our concentration when driving with a bad cold or flu drops by more than 50 per cent according to research from Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre. "
 * Car safety experts found reaction times dropped sharply and sudden braking became much more frequent as motorists with bad colds were less aware of surrounding traffic. "
 * 1) http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/sleep/articles/2010/11/08/driving-drowsy-as-bad-as-driving-drunk
 * "driving drowsy can end in death, their own or another's. In fact, one in every six deadly car crashes results from a fatigue-impaired driver, estimates the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. That's compared to about one in three caused by a drunk driver."
 * 1) http://sleepcenter.ucla.edu/body.cfm?id=56
 * "Drowsy driving. It doesn't sound too serious, does it? But like a sleeping giant who wakes up to find an intruder, drowsy driving can be deadly. In fact, it can be just as dangerous as drunk driving. The results in terms of damage, injury, and death can be just as permanent."

Drinking and Driving In 2012, 10,322 people were killed due to a drunk driver accident. This could easily be prevented. Drinking and driving is wrong, because it causes harm to yourself, others around you, and could ruin your future.

When you drink and drive you are putting yourself in so much danger. Every day in America 28 people die as a result of drunken driving crashes. When you get pulled over you are faced with many charges and fines. You get possible jail time, license suspension, increased insurance rates, and mandatory probation programs. This can become very expensive and very time consuming very quickly. When you get these charges and you hire a DWI lawyer this is also very expensive, you may think that you can get out of it but it will always be on your record and can cause other problems later when trying to get certain jobs.

Drinking and driving doesn’t just affect you. In 2012, more than 345,000 people were injured and the total cost of all the accidents was more than 132 billion dollars. Everyone one of those injuries and/or fatalities is 100% preventable. The way to simply prevent it is to not drink and drive. Many think, “Oh I haven’t drank that much I’m fine to drive,” when really any alcohol is too much alcohol to be able to drive. Yes, you are allowed to have a blood alcohol level of more than 0.02 when you’re 21 or older, however you still should avoid driving then too. If you’re under 21 there is a no tolerance policy so you will get a DUI regardless.

When you chose to drink and drive there are many different things that could happen. If you get a driving under the influence charge then you could lose your job which could cause serious problems for your family. If you get into a wreck and someone is killed in your accident then you can go to jail for manslaughter. Not only would you spend the rest of your life in jail but that tears your family apart and the other family that lost a member of their family, and that will be on your conscious forever. Most people drive on average, 80 times under the influence before they’re arrested, but cops are starting to crack down even harder on drinking and driving and you never know when they could stop you or you could go through a road block.

Drinking and driving is all around wrong, because it causes harm to yourself, others around you, and could ruin your future. Avoid it at all cost! When you decide to drink and consider driving think again because you never know what could happen.