Why People Shouldn T Drink And Drive Essay

I'm doing my eight page essay on why people shouldn't drink and drive. I don't think people should drink and drive because you're risking not only your life but the other on the road. I think people should have enough responsibilities that if your drink any type of alcohol or anything that involves it you shouldn't pick up the keys , or you should call someone that's sobor to pick you up. Another reason that people shouldn't drink and drive is because it's simply selfish. It's selfish because you could possibly be taking away someone's mother,father,brother, sister and possibly the only loved one that a person has left. Not only could you take a innocent life of another human being but it would actually make your life harder in the long run. It would affect your drivers licences. It would be hard to make a living without them. You could also lose your job from not being

Some statistics from drinking and driving in the state of Ohio are mind blowing. In a 9 year span in the state of ohio a total of fatalities were reported to be 3,637. Statistics also show that more men have died in drinking and driving accidents than women. Age is also a factor in the drinking and driving death statistics. It drastically increases from the ages of 21-34. It also decreases after the age of 35. The cdc also states that one in three traffic deaths have a drunk driver involved. ( www.cdc.gov) 2014 Just in the state of ohio From January 1,2016 to december 31,2016 there were 12,243 alcohol related crashes. 346 were fatalities. Out of all the drivers involved in the crashes in 2016 in the state of ohio 54.1% were males, 42.7% were females and 3.2% was gender not stated. Alcohol impaired drivers was involved in 3.91% of all crashes and 30.54% of all fatalities. A staggering 71.4% of all alcohol impaired drivers involved in crashes were male. ( www.publicsaftey.ohio.gov) April