judgment or reflexes is a very dangerous thing to do. Driving always should be done

with a clear mind. A person’s driving does not just involve just that person, but any

other person that is on the road at the same time. In this paper I will attempt to give

reasons and statistics about driving under the influence. I hope by the end of this paper I

will have shown that everybody should take great care when driving. Most important,

everyone will decide that they will not drive when they are drinking, etc.

In 1981, 49125 people were killed in traffic accidents in the United States. The year

before 51,077 had been killed. This averages out to more than 130 deaths a day. About

as many Americans die on U.S. roads every year as were killed during the entire Vietnam

About half of all this death and destruction was caused by drunk drivers, according

to a 1982 congressional report called “Driver Safety”, prepared for the Committee on

become alcohol dependent than those who begin drinking at age 21.

Administration. The report also cited that “accidents involving drunk drivers cost our

just as likely to drink (40 percent vs. 41 percent) and to binge drink (22 percent

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