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Drinking and Driving, 2002.
A study into the relationship between the legal age of drinking and the number of driving-related accidents.
1,815 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper examines the problem of alcohol-related accidents, underage drinking and its effects on the number of driving accidents in New Jersey and nationwide. The paper attempts to answer the question: Does the legal drinking age affect the number of driving accidents that involve alcohol in New Jersey? The paper concludes that raising the minimum age when people can purchase and consume alcohol has been shown to positively affect the rate of accidents involving alcohol and the young.
Contents:
Introduction
Background
Legal Definition of Driving While Under the Influence
Zero Tolerance Law
Effectiveness of Minimum Legal Drinking Age Laws in Reducing Alcohol Related Traffic Accidents and Deaths
Conclusion
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"According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, (NHTSA), there were 2,160 teen drunk-driving crashes in the United States in 2001 (latest available statistics) The measure represents the total number of people (occupants and non-occupants) killed in crashes in which at least one teenage (16-20) driver had a BAC of .08 or higher. While teens killed because of drinking and driving remains unacceptable at any number, the total represents a 35% decline since 1990 and a full 60% since 1982."
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Drinking and Driving, 2002.
An analysis of the article "Who's Driving" about college drinking.
650 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 1 source, $ 26.95
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This is a paper that presents author's views on the article 'Who's driving? College students' choices of transportation home after drinking' by Laura K. McCormick & John Ureda.
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Drinking and Driving, 2002.
An examination of the sociological and economic impact of driving under the influence of alcohol.
654 words (approx. 2.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 23.95
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This paper analyzes statistics and figures of death and accidents from drunk driving. It looks at the sociological impact of this growing phenomenon as well as the economic ramifications. The writer examines what can be done in order to reverse this trend.
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"In the year 2000, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) reported that the United States experienced its largest increase in alcohol related traffic deaths in the history of the nation. During the millennium year, 17,380 people were killed in alcohol related crashes. This breaks down to approximately one person every hour. NHTSA reported that this number equaled approximately forty-one percent of the 41,945 total traffic fatalities. In 2001, 17,448 people were killed in crashes related to alcohol and in 2002, 17,970 people died in these types of accidents. In other words, every year more people are dying because of drunk drivers."
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Drunk Driving Among Today's Youth, 2005.
Examines what causes young people to drink under the influence of alcohol and what can be done about this problem.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 12 sources, $ 89.95
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The most vulnerable victims to the allure of drinking and driving seem to be young people, be they college age or younger. This essay will look at some of the arguments that are made for why young people drink and drive, as well as what sort of strategies and legislation have been argued as viable and have been enacted to put a stop to this all-too-often tragic phenomenon.
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"Mixed messages with regard to alcohol consumption are abundant in today's society. Alcoholic beverage companies sponsor television advertisements that caution drinkers to imbibe responsibly and to never, ever drive while under the influence of their products. Yet the next advertisement that flickers across the screen might extol the virtues of a similar product. NASCAR and other automobile-racing industries paste decals of beer companies across their cars' hoods and doors, touting these beverages as the cars race around the track, all the while expecting spectators to separate drinking and driving. No wonder drunk driving is such a problem in our society -- drinking and driving often are intertwined by the profit-first companies. The most vulnerable victims to the allure of drinking and driving seem to be young people of college age or even younger."
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Underage Drinking, 2002.
Questions the effectiveness of prohibiting alcohol consumption by underage teens in the United States.
3,610 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 100.95
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America has one of the worst alcoholism problems in the world. This paper asks what America is doing differently compared to other Western countries and why alcohol is such a large problem here. The paper argues that it seems that the best answer to the problems caused by underage drinking is to end youth prohibition and replace it with intensive alcohol-responsibility training, zero-tolerance drunk driving laws and putting more social pressure on parents and establishments to monitor the drinking of the young. The paper shows that by reducing situations conducive to binge drinking, secretive drinking and drunk driving and replacing them with socially controlled situations, we reduce both health risks and drunk driving risks. The paper suggests that all arbitrary age-restrictions be revoked in favor of better societal monitoring and more pervasive anti-drunk driving regulations, aimed at risky behavior rather than specific targeted groups.
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"Another important benefit of a change in the laws would be that less law enforcement money spent on prohibition means more money and time spent on serious problems like drunk driving and crime. By decriminalizing under-age drinking -- by removing the age limits which define it as underage -- then one ends the problem of illegal drinking. Of course, there?s a certain degree of Orwellian double-speak at work here. If one were to nationalize personal property, that would also strictly solve the problem of theft as well. Obviously removing underage status makes underage drinking an impossibility and therefore not a problem. The real question is whether or not this move would decrease problems. It does seem reasonable, though, that more focus on enforcing drunk driving and erratic driving rules would be far more successful than wasting societal time checking IDs."
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The Societal Implication of Impaired Driving, 2000.
This essay examines the implications that impaired driving has for society, the individual, and the family in the United States and Canada.
4,100 words (approx. 16.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 110.95
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This paper examines the issue of drunk driving and how it affects society. It first defines drunk driving and then looks at how drinking alcohol impairs one's ability to drive. The sociological perspectives of drinking and driving are examined, and the causes of this phenomenon are discussed. Finally, suggestions for methods to change this ever-growing problem in society are analyzed.
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"The views of the major sociological perspectives would all share the similar view that impaired driving is wrong but all three would have great differences from one another as well. The structural functionalist may argue that drinking and driving is one of the dysfunctions of a functional society. All societies need dysfunctions to operate correctly. Drunk driving as a dysfunction is creating jobs within the society such as auto maintenance and manufacturing. A functionalist may also say that impaired driving is inevitable, a part of society that people must learn to live with and do its best to prevent. A conflict theorist would probably argue that drunk drivers are part of a subordinate group within a society that is a burden on the dominant group. A conflict theorist may also say that it is because of a person?s lack of money that he/she would drive while intoxicated, insinuating that the bulk of drunk drivers belong to the lower and middle class who can?t afford a taxi. A symbolic interactionist may lay blame for the drinking and driving problem on societies dependence on personal transportation and commitment to alcohol. They may argue that it is the promotion and advertising of alcoholic beverages and automobiles on television, radio, in the newspaper, and on billboards, etc. that people see everyday that encourage not one, but both of these things. People may get the message that it is ok to engage in both activities at the same time as a result of seeing these symbols all around them. As you will see in this next section, H. Laurence Ross is a symbolic interactionist."
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Binge Drinking: Use or Abuse?, 2007.
This paper discusses whether binge drinking among youth is a right of passage or a public health hazard.
2,917 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 13 sources, MLA, $ 86.95
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The paper maintains that binge drinking all too often a risky, harmful and destructive activity and is therefore much more of a social problem than it is an innocent rite of passage. The paper contends that there are many preventive measures that could be used more effectively, such as stricter enforcement of laws against drinking and driving and more responsible beverage serving in public and private places. The paper suggests that the most effective way to publicize the harms and dangers of binge drinking would be to target such messages to consumers, at both individual and societal levels.
From the Paper
"Haines and Spear (1996) define binge drinking as the consuming of five or more alcoholic drinks in a row. This increasingly common pattern of binge drinking on college and university campuses in particular, as a sort of "rite of passage" among college and university students in particular, moreover, is an area of growing concern: for college and university counselors; for medical staff; for administrators, and (in general) for mental health professionals and researchers in the behavioral sciences (Otnes, Treise, and Wolburg (1999). Weschler, Davenport, Dowdall, Moeykens, & Castillo (1994), in fact, consider binge drinking to be today's very worst health hazard on college and university campuses."
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Aggressive Driving, 2007.
A discussion of aggressive driving.
1,354 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper examines all aspects of aggressive driving. The paper explains that aggressive driving can be defined as driving that fails to consider the safety of others and that aggressive drivers know they may be driving in such a way that could endanger others. The paper then looks at the difference between road rage and aggressive driving. The paper points out that studying the behaviors of aggressive drivers and knowing what to do when someone is driving aggressively is vital in reducing the number of accidents caused by aggressive drivers. The paper then looks at why male drivers are more aggressive than females. The paper concludes with suggestions on how one can protect oneself from aggressive drivers.
Outline:
The Dangers of Aggressive Driving
Understanding Aggressive Driving Behaviors
Male Drivers Are More Aggressive than Females
Protecting Oneself Against Aggressive Drivers
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"If a driver intentionally intends to harm another driver or another person, they can be stated to be aggressive drivers. Some people may not intend to be aggressive drivers, but they know they are taking risks that could endanger the lives of others which make them aggressive drivers. Some of the behaviors that aggressive drivers have are tailgating, failure to obey traffic signs, weaving in and out of traffic with no regard to safety, passing on the right, honking, yelling, and facial or hand gestures (Aggressive Driving). Most aggressive drivers have high levels of stress and may be angry at loved ones and/or angry at themselves. Often these drivers may have mental health problems. Three factors are in common and they are "lack of responsible driving behavior, reduced levels of traffic enforcement, and increased congestion and travel in our urban areas" (Aggressive Driving)."
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Drinking Can Kill, 2002.
A discussion of the effect of alcohol on driving.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper presents a look at the drunk driving topic. The author of this paper discusses the meaning of drunk driving, some of the ways that drinking impairs the ability to drive and presents statistics concerning drunk driving and accidents.
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?Fast Car? and ?Driving Lessons?, 2004.
An analysis of the social messages in Tracy Chapman?s song, ?Fast Car?, and Neal Bower?s poem, ?Driving Lessons?.
1,025 words (approx. 4.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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Tracy Chapman?s song, ?Fast Car?, tells the story of lovers who desperately want to escape poverty, but can?t find a way out. Neal Bower?s poem, ?Driving Lessons?, discusses a son who is in the middle of his parents? unhappy marriage. This paper explains that, while they tell very different stories on the surface, the two are similar in theme and the type of imagery used. Both use driving as a metaphor, questioning the traditional idea of driving as freedom, instead seeing driving as a symbol of being trapped. Both ?Fast Car and ?Driving Lessons? deal with the inevitability of family obligation, and loneliness is a theme throughout the song and the poem.
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"Unlike the traditional idea of the car as a means to freedom, both ?Fast Car? and ?Driving Lessons prove that one cannot drive away from problems. In ?Fast Car,? Chapman?s protagonist initially sees the car as a means of escape from her dreary, everyday life, but she soon realizes that her problems go deeper than immediate location. At first her lover?s fast car seem like the way to freedom, but she eventually realizes that this freedom is an illusion: ?You got a fast car/And we go cruising to entertain ourselves/You still ain't got a job/And I work in a market as a checkout girl? (Chapman). Despite the fast car and the physical ability to escape, she and lover remain mired in their poverty and cannot escape. In the end, the song?s protagonist gives up on the idea of driving to freedom: ?I'd always hoped for better/Thought maybe together you and me would find it/I got no plans/I ain't going nowhere/So take your fast car and keep on driving? (Chapman)."
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Reckless Driving, 2007.
A discussion of the severity and consequences of reckless driving.
1,557 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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The paper relates that reckless driving is one of the primary causes of road accidents in the world. The paper discusses how offenders in most cases view this violation as a simple offense resulting in a ticket. But reckless driving is regarded as a serious crime leading to damage of property, injuries and in the worst case, loss of lives of both drivers and pedestrians. The paper explains the relevant laws, common violations and statistics involved. The paper discusses causes and implications of reckless driving and shows how a reckless driving violation can cause a negative impact on an individual's career, security clearance and insurance protection.
Outline:
The Law on Reckless Driving
Statistics, Causes and Implications
Impact of Reckless Driving
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"Based on traffic laws in most states in the US, conviction for reckless driving is a class 1 misdemeanor. Possible penalties incurred due to this offense might result to suspension of driver's license, fines and imprisonment. At present stricter penalties are being imposed on offenders violating traffic rules, regulations and speed limits. Usual charges and penalties for a reckless driving conviction may include suspension of your driver's license for up to six (6) months and fines up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2500.00)."
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U.S. Legal Drinking Age, 2002.
A paper arguing against the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 in the U.S. which raised the legal drinking age to 21.
975 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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The paper argues against the Constitution's raising of the legal drinking age to 21 years nationwide. The paper discusses the rise in alcoholism among teenagers since the act came into effect in 1984 and several other reasons why the law should be removed. Finally, it touches on the the fact that the law can be seen as unconstitutional for it clearly favors federal jurisdiction where there should be none.
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"At age 18, an American can vote, fight and die in a war, marry, own homes and cars, and even firearms. But these rights somehow do not measure up to the right to drink beer, wine, and spirits. The spectre of Prohibition loomed when Americans decided that alcohol consumption was so sacred and powerful that citizens can vote before they can consume alcohol legally. The paradox is astounding but fails to impress American puritanical standards."
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The Drinking Age, 2002.
A study of the effectiveness of the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984, and the conservative political movement behind the law.
1,050 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper argues for the repeal the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984. It states that the law denies the pre-eminence of states? rights and is unconstitutional. The paper describes the special interest groups? influence on politicians through the example of the lobby group, Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The paper also addresses the issues of drunk driving and alcohol abuse prevention.
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"The United States, along with only a handful of other countries, enforces the world?s highest minimum drinking age: 21. This conservative constraint occurred fairly recently: the National Minimum Drinking Age Act of 1984 effectively blackmailed all states into adopting a standard drinking age. By 1987, all fifty states established the federal standard because to not do so would entail losing highway funding. This political blackmail was necessary, for this is a states? rights issue. Until the Reagan years, the drinking age was determined on a state-by-state basis and ranged from 18 to 21. However, with pressure from special interest groups like Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), a dangerous precedent was established to usurp states? rights. The motives behind the 1984 bill were admirable: raising the drinking age was expected to lower the incident of traffic fatalities and discourage irresponsible intoxication."
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Cell Phones and Driving, 2000.
An examination of the dangers of cell phone use while driving includes history of cell phone use, statistics, rumors, other driving distractions, effects on driver attention and safety recommendations.
3,375 words (approx. 13.5 pages), 20 sources, $ 119.95
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"Literature Review
Introduction
This literature review concerning cellular phone use during motor vehicle operation and its affect on traffic accidents, will address the following areas relevant to this study: history of cellular phone use; relevant statistics; rumors regarding cellular phone hazards; other internal motor vehicle distractions; effects on attention; safety issue recommendations; and conclusion.
History of Cellular Phone Use
A review of the history of cellular phone use will demonstrate that while early focus on cell phones regarded growth in wireless communication, more recent focus includes a concern..."
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College Drinking, 2003.
An examination of the effects of college drinking through the eyes of a student.
2,566 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses the disastrous effects of college student drinking, as presented by a student who experienced some of the horrors. It addresses issues such as violence, drunk driving, dropping grades, and other social problems.
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"The tradition of college drinking has developed into a kind of culture, involved in every level of a college students? environment. Customs handed down through generations of college drinkers reinforces students? expectation that alcohol is a necessary ingredient for social success. These beliefs and expectations exert a powerful influence over students? behavior toward alcohol. Heavy drinking is interwoven throughout the culture of the institutions. As a result, students perceive this drinking pattern as the social norm rather than as an unhealthy and destructive behavior. Customs that promote college drinking are seen in many activities throughout a students? environment, whether they drink or not."
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