Drinking And Driving

I feel that driving while intoxicated or drunk it is extremely dangerous and drivers

with and increased blood alcohol content are more likely to cause accidents, highway injuries,

and even vehicular deaths. Every single injury or death caused by these accidents are all

preventable. It is amazing how almost twenty percent of all traffic related fatalities are caused by

a drunk driver. I feel that this is a problem on the national level that affects thousands of families

each year, and unless the problem gets fixed, it will only increase every year.

I feel that a person who has been drinking decides to get behind the wheel of an

automobile, not only are they putting their own lives in jeopardy, but the lives of fellow

passengers, motorists, and pedestrians. They are risking their lives and most of the time does not

even realize it. Alcohol intoxication causes ones reflexes and judgement to slow down and

become inadequate to drive. At times a driver begins to swerve all over the road and discards any

care for other motorists. One intoxicated driver is like a time bomb just waiting to explode by

making a fatal mistake that can take the life of him or others. A example of how this can happen is

imagine a drunk driver driving quickly along a street and all of a sudden a pedestrian runs out in

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