Transcript The Effects of Driving Drunk

The Effects of Driving Drunk
By
Casey Swoope
Central Academy of
Technology & Arts
Facts About Driving Under the
Influence
• Every day, between 30
and 40 people in the
United States die in car
accidents due to drunk
driving.
• Alcohol-related deaths in
2008 are reported to have
comprised as much as
35% of all traffic-related
deaths in America.
Facts Cont.
• Drivers with high blood
alcohol content or
concentration (BAC) are
at increased risk of car
accidents, highway
injuries and vehicular
deaths.
• High BAC drivers tend to
be male, aged 25-35, and
have a history of DWI
convictions and drug
abuse
Teens and Alcohol
• Young drivers are less
likely than adults to drive
after drinking alcohol, but
their crash risk is
substantially higher when
they do.
• Young DWI offenders risk
losing their academic
eligibility.
Effects of Drinking
• Increases the risk of a
number of diseases:
fatty degeneration of
the liver, and many
more.
• 40% of all incidents
involving aggression
occur while under the
influence of alcohol
Legal Repercussions
• Driver’s license may be
suspended or revoked for
anywhere from a week to
years.
• Vehicle sanctions may
require the offender’s car
to include a specially
marked license plate or
even an interlock device
that prevents the car from
starting unless the driver
passes a breath-scan
test.
My Family and Alcohol
• My Uncle killed a new
mother while
intoxicated when he
was 18.
• He refused to get his
license for 10 years
after the accident.
Alcoholism in my Family
• My Aunt was in over six car crashes
due to driving while under the
influence.
• Because of these incidents, she was
left without insurance, a license a
home and had her children taken from
her. Drinking eventually took her life.
• My Grandmother died at age 63 from
a heart attack due to years of alcohol
and drug abuse.
How Alcohol Has Effected Me
• My aunt died at the age
of 46 from psoriasis of the
liver.
• Her medical bills cost my
family thousands of
dollars and my tuition.
• I spent the summer of my
Sophomore year of high
school taking care of her.
Unseen Victims of Drinking
• My aunt left three children
motherless.
• She caused multiple
wrecks and injured
several families.
• My mother paid for all her
medial bills and funeral
expense but this cannot
replace her sister.
Alcohol Endangers Families
• My grandmother and aunt
have been in several drunk
driving accidents together
leaving there kids and family
behind while they continued
to drink their lives away.
• On one occasion, my aunt
was found passed out beside
her car with keys in her
hands. She had alcohol
poisoning and had to be
rushed to the hospital.
Alcohol Poisoning-You Can’t
Sleep It Off
Drunk drivers affect…
• Drunk driving not
only affects you but
your family, friends
and the family and
friends of the ones
whose lives you may
be endangering.
In Closing
Drinking
&
Driving
It only takes
ONE Drink
Kills
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