Drinking and Driving is our Bigest social problem..By: Brian Blomberg

14. September 2009 by student.

Have you ever thought about how Drinking and Driving is one of our biggest social problems? In my opinion drunk driving is a huge problem in the United States.  It seems that our culture today has allowed us to drink and drive. Most colleges today have shuttles or some type of bus that runs late around the hot spots, but not all colleges have that. I ask myself if our society really want to stop so many young adults getting behind the wheel while being intoxicated then there should be a law that all schools should have some type of late bus running. Studies done by Buikhusien and Jongman have proved that while a person increases in BAC Level, there vision is impaired dramatically. For example they found that when you are driving under the influence you will look more at the center of the road and neglect your peripheral view, which is very important. Even though in high school and colleges they stress for students to not drink and drive with different events and seminars, drinking and driving for high school and college students is part of the norm. It is proving that drivers under the influence have a slower time reading and interpreting street signs. According to the CDC, in one year the economic cost of alcohol related accidents is over forty billion dollars. Wow, just imagine the money we could be saving if we just stop the amount of young adults who drink and drive. This is a social problem because with our economy this money could b going towards something useful for our society. In 2008, 875 people died in Florida due to alcohol related crashes. (NHTSA) In the United States Drunk Driving is the leading cause of criminal death. As you can see this is one of our biggest social problems and something needs to be done in order to stop these numbers from increasing in future years.

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