The Dangers of Drinking and Driving

Drinking and driving is among the worst habits practiced by people all over the world. People think that it is okay to drive themselves to town or even to their homes after drinking. However, this is one thing that leads to occurrence of accidents on our roads leading to serious consequences. Most of the times when someone is under the influence of alcohol, they tend to think that they are invincible. This wrong choice, however, can lead to fatal consequences and should be addressed and avoided. That is why drunk driving is the topic of my essay.

Drinking and driving is alluded to as driving while intoxicated. The biggest group in danger for drinking and driving are the individuals who drives after consuming a lot of alcohol in a short period of time. It takes around 30 minutes to two hours for alcohol to be ingested into ones circulation system. Amid this time, ones breathing may back off and their intellectual abilities might be deferred. There are various risks of drinking and driving, for example, moderate response of time, absence of coordination, lessen focus, decline vision and hinder judgment.

To discuss the dangers of drinking and driving, this essay starts with the various negative and devastating effects of drunk driving. For one, it is one of the main causes of accidents. A driver driving under alcohol influence is more likely to cause road accident as compared to one driving under no influence. In case of an accident, death may occur, reportedly in many countries across the world many deaths have occurred due to drinking and driving as a result of accidents. Those who are lucky to survive the accidents may suffer injuries including partial or total disability. Another effect of drinking and driving is the fact that when one is caught driving under alcohol influence then they get a bad record and apparently their reputation is ruined in a way. Due to the devastating effects that result from drinking and driving, it is vital to consider looking for ways that may reduce or better eliminate incidents of drinking and driving.

There is the need to have citizens educated on the effects of drinking and driving, shown in this essay.  This way, they understand that driving and drinking is and should not be an option as it can be dangerous and even fatal. In case one is in a party or a club and, may take alcohol it is advisable to have a driver to drive them home. Alternatively, it would be better to take a taxi home as this would guarantee more road safety. One can also decide to spend the night in town or wherever it is they are partying from as this would be safer than drinking and later on driving home. Strict laws should be enforced in every country against drinking and driving.

It is important to drive safely because you never know what might happen. You might end up hurting yourself or someone else using the roads such as a cyclist, a pedestrian or another motor-vehicle user. The benefits for all of these categories are so that you are driving alive, so that your heart is still beating and so that you won’t have the weight of killing someone on your shoulders. You can’t control how other people drive, but you can control how you drive and that’s why you shouldn’t drink and drive. It is the main message of my essay.

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