Persuasive Speech On Drunk Driving

“In 2015 there were ten thousand two hundred and sixty five deaths from alcohol impaired crashes in 2015” (Drunk Driving 1 Sc 1). Jessie where did you park? Hello, can you hear me, Jessie? This is not one of your best ideas, give me the keys I’ll drive. No doubt, just from sitting with you for an hour I knew you've had a varied amount of drinks tonight and I'm not letting you drive me anywhere. Secondly, I do not wish for you or me to lose our license over this. However you can hand over the keys and I will drive, as I have said before. As a matter of fact, forget it if you want to be foolish then I’ll take a cab home, see you tomorrow. Little did I know that was the last conversation I would have with her. People who are drunk driving should

“Everyday twenty eight people in the US die in an alcohol related vehicle crash, that's one person every fifty three minutes (Drunk Driving Sc 1). Alcohol impairs your thinking, causing your brain to not function as it normally would leaving you feeling strange and a danger to the road. If you know that you cannot function as you normally do, then you should not be on the road harming other people. The limit of .08 BAC is set as it is to keep people safe and out of harm's way. “When your BAC is over .08 many of your senses are impaired causing you to do things that are unsafe and dangerous while on the road. With a BAC of .02, you have lost some judgment, relaxation, slight body warmth, altered mood. At .05 you have exaggerated behavior, may have loss of small-muscle control, impaired judgment, usually good feeling, lowered alertness, release of inhibition. At .08 your muscle coordination becomes poor, harder to detect danger, judgment, self-control, reasoning, and memory is impaired. Next, there is .10 where you have clear deterioration of reaction time and control, slurred speech, poor coordination, and slowed thinking. Then last at a BAC over .15 you have far less muscle control than normal, vomiting may occur, and major loss of balance” (Drunk Driving Sc 1). The effects alcohol has on you can be very severe, depending on the amount of alcohol that is in your system. Furthermore, plenty of people do not think that even

“10 percent of licensed drivers are under twenty-one, yet they are responsible for seventeen percent of fatal alcohol-related crashes” (“Underage DUI”). Teens tend to drink quite a bit more than allowed considering it is illegal for them. The drinking age in the US is twenty-one and if you are under the age and get caught, some states have a zero-tolerance policy, which could result in a DUI and or losing your license for a year or more depending on the situation. If you are underage, but still continue to break the rules, even if you know the consequences, then you should lose your license for a year or more. Underage drinkers have a tendency to be less safe than adults, in the sense that they are more reckless or more likely to get in accidents or get caught. “An underage DUI will usually result in license suspension for one year or more and perhaps impoundment of the vehicle.” “The driver will most likely have to attend drug/alcohol and drivers education classes as well as to complete a month or more of community service” (Underage DUI 1). While drinking and driving are still a major problem even with the laws and rules to keep everyone safe, we still have people who refuse to follow the