In the year 2001, there were 246 traffic deaths across the state of Nebraska. Of those 246, 96 were alcohol related. That’s 39% of all car accident deaths are alcohol induced (Mothers 2). Drinking and driving, underminds the moral foundation that society was built on. Once you get behind the wheel, it is the responsibility of the operator to ensure that the vehicle is driven with safety, to obey the laws of the land, and to love thy neighbor.

When a person consumes alcohol it is their responsibility to

Even in our childhood, we have rules we must obey otherwise there are consequences. The same follows for those whom drive under the influence of alcohol. The idea of these laws is to not find ways to cheat them, but to follow them to have order and safety remain in a society. The legal blood alcohol content, or “BAC,” in Nebraska for a person over the age of 21 is .08. The results of nearly 300 studies reviewed have shown that, at .08 BAC, virtually all drivers are impaired, which includes critical driving tasks such as divided attention, complex relation time, steering, lane changing, and judgment. The consequences are there to deter the driver from getting behind the wheel. As being apart of a society, we must follow and obey the laws.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving: March 2003. Statistics; BAC.

The mission of the Mothers Against Drunk Driving is, “To stop drunk driving, support the victims of this violent crime…” In 1998, drivers with BACs between .08-.09 were involved in an estimated 17,200 crashes that killed 993 peo

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