Drunk Driving

             While driving down the road seventy miles an hour, a bug smashes into your windshield. You think, "I'll bet he'll never have the guts to do that again." The statement is true. However, it applies to more than just a dead bug. Since the invention of the automobile in 1903, a simple trip to the local grocery store may now prove fatal. The sudden death often leaves husbands, wives, and children alone. Why would someone die by simply driving down the road? While you may not realize it, the person coming directly at you may be drunk. Since Ford's production of the first automobile, drivers have driven drunk, taking many innocent lives and injuring others along the way; however, strides that have been taken in the prevention process have significantly decreased traffic related deaths and injury by drunk driving.
             The causes of drunk driving are varied. In a market directed towards young men, the alcohol industry pays millions of dollars for advertising to increase consumption. In 1988 alone, consumers spent over eighty-eight billion dollars on alcoholic beverages (Holmes 17). That is enough money to feed children in Haiti for thousands of years. Public school systems are trying to counteract the industries attempts at targeting underage drinking. A high impact campaign was a useful, but not so effective alternative. "Just Say No!" is the slogan. For most students, just saying "no" is not that easy. Seventy percent of students are or will become moderate drinkers if their peers drink (Lang 95). A credit is given to Adam and Eve for bringing sin into the world. The majority of drinkers are drinking to produce happiness. Consumers believe that alcohol reduces tension, and makes them more sociable; it is a downer, or depressant. Beliefs such as these are somewhat true, and as of now, law enforcement and the judicial system
             have not combated these beliefs with policies effe
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