Drunk Driving

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Drinking is never a good idea, and when you throw in driving you have a deadly combination. “Each year, nationally, more than 1,000 people typically die between Thanksgiving and New Years in drunk driving crashes” (Cismaru). The effects of drunk driving are very serious and need to have action taken to stop it. Some of the severe effects of drunk driving are: car crashes, jail time, and worst of all death. One of the biggest effects of drunk driving is the car crashes caused by the drivers that are under the influence of alcohol.
“In 1995 there were 17,274 alcohols related traffic Fatalities and approximately 300,000 people injured in alcohol related accidents” (Hingson). That is 17,274people that will never get their lives back. Innocent people that were not even under the influence of alcohol. Innocent people should not be punished for the things drunk or even buzzed people do. “Since 1980 - the year Mothers Against Drunk Driving was Founded (also known as MADD) alcohol related Traffic fatalities have decreased by about 44 percent, form over 30,000 to under 17,000. MADD has helped save over 300,000 lives” (Cismaru). It is a good thing that this organization came along or we could still be loosing 30,000 people annually to drunk driving. Thanks to MADD the numbers have dropped significantly. Anyone can make a difference. In saving people from being injured.im sure that the driver will feel devastated knowing that he/she injured someone severely or even killed them. “In Colorado, the REDDI program (Report Every Drunk Driver Immediately) has received 50,000 calls. Those reports led to police to pull over 10,000 vehicles and resulted in 5,000 arrests” (Gavin). Even a small thing like making a call to the REDDI program can help save...

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