I read the article titled Alcohol and driving posted by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation which was about the effects that alcohol can have on your driving ability and things that you can do to prevent drinking too much or prevent yourself from driving when you have had too much to drink. The overall message to prevent alcohol related car accidents was created by the Alcohol and Drug Foundation located in Australia. The intended audience for this article would be the general public as it informs of preventative measures involved in drinking and driving and it could also aim to inform people who drink regularly as to encourage them to think about what they need to do before they consume a large amount of alcohol. The authors use organization techniques …show more content…
Logos is evident through the facts listed throughout the article such as, “On average, the liver breaks down a little less than one standard drink per hour.” This quote tells the audience the amount of alcohol that your liver can break down per hour, which helps the reader understand how they should pace themselves while consuming alcohol. As for pathos present in this article, I could not locate any examples of it because this article is based on facts and few statistics to get the point across and take preventative measures. The individuals that are not discussed in this article are the people who have been affected by drinking and driving. This article focuses on the causes that drinking can affect on your driving and the preventions that an individual can take to make sure that they either do not consume too much alcohol or do not drive with an abundance of alcohol in their …show more content…
This resource would be good to use if you were researching the impact that alcohol can have on your driving ability and things to consider if you want to drive safely when alcohol is around. This article was more on the informative side so personal stories and accounts were not present which could have made this article connect with more people on personal level and bring reality to the information they were discussing. The following statement in the article provides the kind of information that the article consisted of “Alcohol is a depressant drug. It slows the activity of the central nervous system, including the brain. This can have a huge impact on your ability to drive safely.” This quote explains what alcohol actually does to your body and why it is so dangerous to perform activities, such as driving, with alcohol in your system. This website was a good source for basic information about the effects alcohol has on your system and the precaution you should take before drinking and driving. It would be a good resource to use for just gaining some minimal knowledge on the subject but I think more detailed sources could be used to provide more
Anticipation is prevalent throughout The Road, which is set by the narrative pace, creating a tense and suspenseful feeling and tone.
This article advocates for the drinking age to be lowered. It presents the arguments in a very clear manner, with a bulleted list of 18 statistics that prove why it is unnecessary for the drinking age to be 21. The main argument of this article is that it is ironic that “Someone can join the military and die defending their country, but they can’t legally have a beer.” The first few examples use logos to appeal to the audience by giving legitimate statistics that prove how it makes sense to lower the age. It then uses pathos, by giving scary statistics that talk about drunk driving and other harmful behavior that actually prove to worried parents that statistics are lower in for these things in states that allow drinking at 18. Obviously parents
Hingson, Ralph. "Prevention of Drinking and Driving." Alcohol Research & Health. Winter 1996-1997: 219-226. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 22 Feb. 2014.
The facts are plain and simple, that alcohol and driving do not mix. About three in every ten Americans will be involved in an alcohol related crash at some time in their lives. Every single injury and death caused by drunk driving is totally preventable. To curb this national travesty, concerned Americans need to examine the problems, the effects, and the solutions to drunk driving. First of all, America has had a problem with drunk driving since Ford perfected the assembly line. Alcoholism is a problem in and of itself, but combined with driving can have a wide range of effects. The consequences of this reckless behavior can include a first time DUI or licenses suspension; a small fender bender, or worst of all a deadly crash. Most drivers that have only one or two drinks feel fine, and assume they are in control, which is irresponsible and dangerous. Alcohol is a depressant that slows down the body's ability to react and impairs judgment. To drive well, you need to be able to have a quick reaction time to avoid accidents. Unfortunately, people continue to drink and drive. However,...
Car crashes are no laughing matter. Being in a car crash and seeing a family suffer because of the crash is devastating. The only thing being more horrific than witnessing the crash is being the reason it started. There is no need to be on your phone while driving. Emails, texts, and social media can wait. In their editorial, Editorial Board, Star Tribune explains why a bipartisan plan to restrict cellphone use while driving should get approved this session in Minnesota. First, Star Tribune incorporates specific details to emphasize the significance of this bill getting put in place. Then, Star Tribune appeals to your logos by adding statistics into their editorial to express the injury and death
February 5th 2012, it’s game day. New York Giants versus the New England Patriots. We all have seen the famous Budweiser commercials that appear every Super Bowl, and yes we all look forward to seeing what appears on our television screen during those few short minutes in between the intense battle between the two opposing teams. This was a special commerical, some may not have even noticed to dig deeper into its’ true meaning. Motor City, otherwise known as Detroit, Michigan, experienced a detrimental downfall in 2009 when Chrysler and Ford went bankrupt in 2009. Over the span of the next three years, the country faced the biggest declination in unemployment, economic, and social aspects. Chrysler realized that maybe their downfall was similar
Alcohol is causing too many deaths. Each year, excessive drinking is responsible for the deaths of 80,000 people in the United States, 4,700 of which are young Americans (6). Alcohol by itself is dangerous; this danger is (made greater) when individuals consuming it are allowed to drive a vehicle. Research has shown that a pedestrian struck by a vehicle moving at 40 miles an hour has a fifty percent chance of getting killed as a result of the impact (9). A distracted or impaired driver will not be able to react as fast as a non-impaired driver, meaning a drunk driver is a more dangerous driver than a sober one.
Drunk driving has been an increasing problem for many years. One issue that contributes to this is that in the United States it is actually legal to drive with a certain alcohol percentage. The blood alcohol limit is 0.8 percent (Drunk Driving). This means that a person may drive legally as long as they have a blood alcohol percentage of 0.8 percent or under. However, even at a percentage of 0.3 there may be some impairment of alertness and concentration (Drunk Driving). Driving requires fast reflexes that may be impaired at a 0.5 percent blood alcohol level but a person with this level of intoxication is not legally drinking and driving. Many people are arrested for drunk driving. In 2009, more than 1.4 million drivers were arrested for driving while under the influence (Drunk Driving). In addition, “an average drunk driver has driven drunk 80 times before their first arrest” (Get Involved). Therefore, there were a minimum of 112 million accounts of drunk driving in 2009 alone. Drunk drivers also cause an increasing number of deaths. Drunk drivers in the United States c...
Effects of Drinking and Driving I’ve never seen drinking and driving on a daily planner or heard anyone say I think I’ll get a DUI today. I have heard people say “it’s my life, and if I want to drink and drive I will”. Well, it’s not just your life that is affected by the results of drinking and driving. When you make that choice to drink and drive you are taking the lives of family, friends, and strangers into your hands. You don’t have to get into an accident and kill somebody for the results to destroy you or someone else’s life. Drinking and driving can be the cause of many traumatic life changing events.
Driving under the influence of alcohol affects reaction time and is very dangerous not only for the driver and passengers in the car but for pedestrians and other drivers on the road. Each drunken driving ad targets different audiences; some may target different age
PURPOSE: To persuade my audience NOT to drink and drive Every person is accountable for his or her own “right to drink”. Failure to treat this or any “right” responsibly has consequences. The person’s “right” can and should be taken away when the failure to act responsibly endangers others.
Driving under the influence is extremely dangerous. Those who drink and drive tend to have an increased risk of car accidents, highway injuries, and vehicular fatalities. However, there are countless ways to prevent drunk driving. Professor David J. Hanson at the sociology department at the State University of New York states that “designated drivers have saved nearly 50,000 lives and spared many more thousands of people from suffering injury from drunk driving. It is a proven fact that almost 30 people in the US die every day in a motor vehicle accident involving a driver impaired by alcohol.” Every accident caused by drunk driving is one hundred percent preventable.
Locked and Loaded In scenes 35 and 36 of Crash, Haggis illustrates how language differences influence the relationships between ethnic and cultural groups. Daniel a Latino locksmith repairs the lock on the rear door of Farhad's corner market. He checks his work and discovers that Farhad needs a new door. He goes to the counter, where Farhad appears to be napping.
Drunk driving is extremely impactful on the lives of you and others. While drinking and driving, you are not just endangering yourself, you are also endangering the lives of others. The driver of the car does not just control the car with their hands and feet. They need their brain to function properly so that you are able to react to objects on the road quicker and control the car. If you drink then drive/ drink while driving. Alcohol affects your brain in many ways that inhibit your ability to drive. Alcohol will affect your reaction time, it slows your reflexes which decrease your ability to react to objects on the road. It affects your vision, in can impair your color perception, and night vision. It slows down the movement in the muscles in your eye causing your visual perception to change. Alcohol affects your ability to track. You will not be able to judge the position of cars ahead of you, you won’t be able to judge the
Many people in the United States enjoy a drink of their favorite alcoholic beverage. It could be a nice ice cold beer after a hard day of work or going to the bar and enjoying a few shots or mixed drinks with friends. Drinking alcohol is a common way to mingle with friends and take the edge off a difficult day. However, there are dangers involved with alcohol since it does dampen the body’s ability to cope with new information. Alcohol becomes a poison to the body when consumed in large quantities. The biggest danger is not to the driver after they become inebriated, but comes to anyone the drunk driver comes in contact with. A sober person can be dangerous just by being distracted, but a drunk driver’s ability to cope with changing situations and distractions is one of the biggest hazards on today’s roads. Some individuals believe that they are not as impaired as what they are led to believe from government ads and the many videos that show what can happen to someone who is drinking and driving. Although, there are many policies in place to advocate against drunk driving, there are those who would endanger themselves and others with their thoughtless actions when they jump into the driver’s seat of a vehicle. Drinking and driving should never be combined because a person who has been drinking does not have the ability to use all mental faculties unimpaired, many people have been killed, injured, or psychologically hurt by a drunk driver, many men and women do not know the difference weight and gender have on the body’s ability to process alcohol, and the financial and legal trouble that is awaiting for those convicted by a DUI.