Sentences with phrase «people drive drunk»

«When two people drive drunk, but one hits and kills a child, he is punished more severely than the man who didn't hurt anyone, although they committed the same offense of drunk driving − it's just that one got lucky.

If people drive drunk or while under the influence of drugs then hold people accountable.

Should we care if people drive drunk, or too fast?

It is unfortunate but true, I pay more for insurance because other people drive drunk.

I can show you mounds of evidence that most people driving drunk get home safe, most people who don't wear seat belts don't die when driving home, that most kids who are not put in car seats survive, but why incur more risks to an already risky process?

For example, if a death was caused by another person driving drunk, or if a death has been caused by a dangerous or defective product then the law would consider this potentially as a wrongful death.

Not exact matches

Alcohol and cigarettes, which also «hook» people, destroy health and lives, and cause death and harm to those who don't use them (second - hand smoke, drunk driving, abused families) are legal, billion - dollar industries, and these drugs are available and consumed everywhere.

In a further effort to ensure people don't drink and drive, Tostitos will be giving out 25,000 $ 10 Uber discounts to those who purchase any of its chips between now and the Super Bowl.

One is the positive benefit of ride hailing services giving people an alternative to driving drunk, as well as more options to get around the city.

In 2014, 9,967 people were killed because of drunk driving, and more than 1.1 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

@Really - O «Yes, society should allow people to do whatever they want as long as they do not cause others to suffer AND no unprovoked force is involved (please not the AND... this is not to be confused with OR)» @Chad «so, then you are in favor of: — legalizing all forms of drugs (as long as they are not used when operating a vehicle, same as drinking and driving).

The other objection I have to what has been asserted is that this «abuse» drove people to drink or other unhealthy habits.

What if you are giving licenses to people who had theirs taken away for drunk driving?

Don't forget to inform people that eating too much can be harmful... as is driving a car, as is being a Christian in a Muslim country, as is smoking, as is drinking too much alcohol, as is having too many babies, as is being a foot - ball player, as is being a single male, as is being a female.

It is not the will of God that children suffer from hunger and malnutrition and grow up in unsanitary slums with lack of proper education, that persons because of the color of their skin are debarred from schools, hospitals, employment, or housing projects; that persons are denied other basic human rights; that personalities and homes are broken through drink and that great numbers die on highways through drunken driving; that marriage vows are often taken lightly and that easy divorces shatter home after home and leave children the pawns of the parents» selfishness.

Editors condemned the evil of liquor without much recognition of the social circumstances that might drive some people to drink.

Pat, It's more like trying to reduce drunk driving fatalities by making sure the drunk's car isn't really a TANK that crashes through car after car after car before finally plowing into a crowded market and running over some more people.

Just as persons under a certain age are not allowed to drink, drive, or vote, the sale of X-rated videos to children should be forbidden, either by industry self - regulation or, if this does not work, by law.

'' Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars.»

This is the equivalent of saying drinking and driving is not bad because some people manage to make it to their house without killing anyone in the process.

drove people to drink or other unhealthy habits.

How far he can move in these directions, as in exploiting others to one's own gain, driving a shrewd deal or pursuing an advantage, stretching the truth, «having a little affair,» or drinking in moderation, depends for most persons less on the will of God or the revelation of God in Jesus Christ than on what is and what is not done in one's community.

As to alcoholics, he says: «The broad interpretation that best fits the evidence is that heavy drinkers are people for whom drinking has become a central activity in their way of life... for the long - term heavy drinker, life has come to center on drinking — life [that] is pervaded by a preoccupation with drinking, shaped and driven by the quest for drink, drinking situations, and drinking friends» (p. 100).

Sometimes, I feel like the only sober person in a car full of drunks, that refuse to let me drive.

Therefore, God has nothing to do with 1) people deciding to drive drunk and killing someone in a crash 2) Family values Republicans and John Edwards sleeping with their girlfriends 3) Religious nuts blowing themselves up in the name of God, etc. etc..

The Supreme Court has taken the position that society has the obligation to make a judgment as to what speech is appropriate for children, just as persons under a certain age are not allowed to drink, drive, or vote.

The process was going to rob me of the little strength I have as a person living with debilitating pain in 15 areas of my body, since 1985 when my car was hit head on by a truck driven by a drunk driver.

You don't take away everyone's car because one person drinks and drives, do you?

This isn't about discouraging drinking — it's about rewarding people who are making responsible decisions early on about whether they will be drinking or driving during festivities,» said Stephanie Johnston, Director of Corporate Social Responsibility at HEINEKEN USA.

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That is life, not all that different from people going to a football game, tailgating, drinking during the game, and then proceeding to drive home after the game, both illegal but will anybody hold themselves to a higher standard?

It's easy too not drink and drive so forgive me if endangering multiple people's lives isn't something I think should be taken lightly especially in this day and age.

Driving drunk is always wrong, but it's especially unacceptable when the person who committed the offense drives race cars for a living.

«A person doesn't accidentally get drunk, drive his truck without a license down the highway on the wrong side of the road.

Anit dvd piracy adverts are about people thanking you for buying movies not downloading them, anti smoking campaigns are about saying good on you for visiting the doctor to talk about quitting and even the anti-drink driving campaigns are «think before you drink, think twice before you drive» with encouragement on what you need to think about before a night out.

Now do nt get me wrong, Im not a mean person & I am about to back my species up here on why women need to rethink this love vs money thing, but let us separate the men from the boys... The men that got supported by their women & leaned on them & used them & sat infront of the tv & slouched & drank their money & drove their cars & whined & settled... those are the losers.

That means that there are 38 BILLION miles of drunk driving each year, or 126 miles PER PERSON (on average).

Approximately 10000 people die in drunk driving accidents each year, which means 1 death for every 472500 drunken drives.

If someone creamed a family of 4 while driving drunk and told the court they planned on drinking and driving again this Friday... would you be against calling that person's idiocy out?

It's like people gunning it through a red light and then saying «well at least I wasn't driving drunk» or something else.

We have way too many people drinking and driving way too often.»

A better analogy would be if people said «if a 14 yr old drunk girl accidentally gets behind the wheel and crashes than no females should drive.»

And that isn't even talking about the chance of someone (anyone — driver, innocent bystander) dying, which is somewhere on the order of 1000 times less likely (for every 1 million people who drink and drive, 2 people will end up dead (most likely the driver)-RRB-.

That means that for every 1000 people who drink and drive, more than 999 will make it to their destination safe and sound, without and accident, and 998.4 will make it without so much as a DUI.

In 2008 15 people died from MDMA related deaths — and goodness knows what that actually means, dehydration other substances etc — while 1350 serious life changing injuries resulted from drink driving and 350 fatalities, which is almost as many lives as we lost in Helmand over 14 years.»

The AA claim that the majority of people killed in drink - drive crashes are drastically over the limit rather than being in and around the legal level.

Surveys find that nearly a third of drivers that drink admit to driving when over the legal alcohol limit, which equates to just over 10 million people.

WCBS 880 story on BP Adams urging family members to connect police officers who have substance abuse problems to treatment, after an off - duty officer who was allegedly drunk driving killed a man in Williamsburg and injured three other people.

Evidence shows that the most effective policies to reduce alcohol harms, including harms to others, are: - Raising the price of the cheapest alcohol, through taxation and minimum unit pricing - Regulating the density of outlets that can serve alcohol and restricting the permitted hours of sale - drink driving laws, including a lower legal blood alcohol limit and random roadside breath tests - Screening and brief advice for people who are at risk of drinking to a level that is harmful to themselves and others However, the most effective approach is a comprehensive, multi-sectorial set of measures that work together to reduce levels of harmful drinking.

• The total number of drink - drive accidents rose by 2 % to 5,740 in 2015 • There was a 3 % rise in overall drink - drive casualties on 2014 to 8,480 • Around 220 people were killed in drink driving related incidents, a figure unchanged since 2010, around 13 % of all deaths in reported road accidents in 2015.