Six Feet Under (The

Influence):
Drunk Driving
By Thomas Olschewski
The Basics?

While widely accepted alcohol which is a

depressant causes the body to have slower
reaction time causing more accidents.
To drive with having alcohol in the system
it can not get higher than .08% BAC (blood
alcohol concentration).
Because everybody handles alcohol
differently, so people feel they are okay to
drive even when they are well over the
legal limit. This does nothing to lesson the
danger or driving intoxicated.
 Drunk driving is one of the deadliest killers of the
Driving Buzzed United States as well as most of the world.

Driving with a bottle or can or

alcohol opened is illegal and can
cause people to receive a very pricy
ticket.
Driving while buzzed or drunk has
similar effects to texting while
driving causing the driver to have
slower coordination as well as
significantly hindered reaction time.
In 2014 alone about 31% of all traffic
deaths involved people who were
drunk driving. That is almost 1/3rd of
all the accidents!
What can be done?

The most effective way to avoid drunk driving would to have a designated
driver, someone who wont drink at the activity to drive.
Another way is to have a taxi, or becoming more popular is to call an Uber so
that they have a ride.
Breathalyzers are devices that require are breathed into and if the BAC levels
show someone is bellow the legal limit it will start the car. If not then the car
cant start and the person must wait until sober to drive.
 In 2014, out of every 10
crashes with fatalities, three
involved young adults around
the ages of 21-24.
Studies have show that males
are more likely to be involved
Teach the Dangers in fatalities that have to do
with drunk driving.
of Drunk driving The focus of letting students
know the dangers has helped
to lesson the cause of teen
involvement when it comes to
drunk driving.
Drunk Driving is Not Worth it.

Some organizations that are effective and have made a difference in fighting this problem
are MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), SADD (Students Against Destructive
Decisions), and the International Drunk Driving Prevention Association.
These organizations help communities to recognize the dangers of drunk driving as well
as help those that have been involved recover and improve.
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