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1 Why you shouldn’t Drink and Drive Jacob Stiles

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3 Intro Legal Penalties Diminished Driving Skills Cost & Guilt

4 Legal Penalties All drunk driving offenses carry potential jail sentences Driver's license restrictions Fines Mandatory attendance of drunk driver's education classes Mandatory attendance of "Alcoholics Anonymous" meetings or alcohol counseling Community service Probation Meghan McMahon, “Reasons why not to drink and drive”

5 Diminished Driving Skills Alcohol impairs your motor skills, meaning you won't be as good of a driver drunk as you are sober. Distance and depth perception are also affected, and people who are drunk also do not hear as precisely as when they are sober Can be easily distracted According to the University of Texas at San Antonio (2010), “people who have been drinking can respond between 15 percent and 25 percent slower than when they have not been drinking” http://www.livestrong.com/article/142478-reasons-why-not-drink-drive/#ixzz2CLpoKKQ1

6 Cost & Guilt One can be fined $300-$5,000 Drunken driving takes a large toll on society “Alcohol-related crashes in the United States cost Americans more than $114 billion dollars”, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) That figure includes more than $51 billion in monetary losses and more than $63 billion in loses related to quality of life If the above reasons are not enough to think twice before driving after having a few drinks, ask yourself if you will be able to live with the guilt if someone is injured or killed because of your reckless actions http://www.livestrong.com/article/142478-reasons-why-not-drink-drive/

7 Conclusion Don’t drink and drive its not worth the risk of something happening plan and simple. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymiF- okrdMg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymiF- okrdMg

8 Work Cited "Drunk Driving Offenses and Penalties." Drunk Driving Offenses and Penalties. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.. "Drunk Driving Statistics." Drunk Driving Statistics. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.. "DrunkDrivingLaws.OrgFind an Experienced Lawyer Today." Pennsylvania Drunk Driving Laws. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.. Penalties for Driving Drunk." About.com Alcoholism. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.. "Reasons Why Not to Drink & Drive." LIVESTRONG.COM. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012.. YouTube. YouTube, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2012..


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