Driving an automobile under the influence of any substance that impairs a person’s
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
Driving Under the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol
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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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Drug & Alcohol Testing Policy
Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and others have fought to impose severe penalties on those convicted of driving while under the influence of drugs and alcohol. (1547 
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Drugs and Alcohol
and use of drugs at parties in and around campus and increased numbers of arrests for driving while intoxicated or under the influence. (1436 6 )
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and use of drugs at parties in and around campus and increased numbers of arrests for driving while intoxicated or under the influence. (1436 6 )
Drunk Driving & DUI Laws
are arrested for driving under the influence and your law, except in the case of under-age drinking of Sciences recently reported that "Underage driving is our (1225 5 )
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among the leading causes of accidents and arrests for driving under the influence of drugs. There are no treatment substitutes for alcohol but pharmacological (1341 5 )
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