Essay Archive - Responsible Driving
Responsible Driving
"Imagine a crowd of 44,000 people in the stands at a World Series or
Super Bowl game. A television camera scans the individual faces --- some
exuberant, some anxious --- all sports fans out for a good time.
As many people as are in that crowd will die in highway accidents this
year. More than half of those accidents will involve alcohol, alone or in
combination with other drugs. A disproportionate number of the dead will be
young, between the ages of 15 and 24. One group, 16 year olds, will be in 40% of
all the singl-car, alcohol related crashes" (Knox 19).
This statement shows the high risk and number of fat....
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