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Teen driving project

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Jenesa Branford
Jenesa Branford

Jenesa Branford's teen driving project focuses on the issue of drunk driving. Drunk driving poses high risks for teen drivers due to lowered reaction times and a false sense of invincibility. Statistics show that 16-19 year olds have crash rates 2.7 times higher than all ages and alcohol-related crashes for this age group are almost twice as high. Two groups working to address this problem are Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), which prevents underage drinking and supports victims, and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), which educates students on resisting peer pressure through meetings and presentations. Jenesa proposes additional technological solutions like cars that can detect impaired driving and automatically call for help

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Name: Jenesa Branford Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Drunk Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Why is this a problem, especially for teen drivers? Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. Information Drunk driving is an issue for teen drivers because when drunk, their reaction times are lowered and there is a higher chance of them getting into accidents. Teenagers do not know the dangers of drinking and driving, as most of them think they are invincible, and a can of alcohol won’t harm them one bit. But it does. The crash rate for 16 to 19 years olds are 2.7 times higher than drivers of all ages? } The amount of crashes from drinking 16 to 19 year old drivers are almost 2 times higher times higher than drivers of all ages. } 5.1% of fatal injuries come are caused from alcohol and drug use. MADD is an organization that is trying to solve this problem is Mothers Against Drunk Driving. MADD works on preventing underage drinking and driving with research, support victims
of drunk driving, and prevent it. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name the group and what they are doing. SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)is another group. They hold many meeting and presentations that help students learn to resist peer pressure. They also have a bright red band that they give out to teenagers bearing the word empowerment and power to remind them to do the right thing. • Web sites where this information was found. • • http://www.alcoholal ert.com/studentsagainst-drunkdriving.html http://www.madd.or g http://www.dmv.ca.g ov/teenweb/more_b tn6 /traffic/traffic.htm# Part 2 - Solutions for the Issue Section Heading Something else that should be done to help solve or curb the problem. My own ideas for solving this problem. This may not be something that is currently being done. Information Ideas I have for solving this problem is a car that can recognize a drunk drivers haphazard movements, and automatically use its computers to call for help. It’s quite possible with today’s technology. Also, a car that has a sensored
breathalizer and will automatically shut down the car if the driver is over the legal rate to drive intoxicated. What I can personally do to make more people aware of this issue? Personally to make more people aware of this issue I can spread the word across my school campus. I can try to get a club or organization started at school that would go on trips and do drives and walks, give out t-shirts, pencils, bands, etc. to promote the organization, and be the designated driver for my friends that have drunk any alcohol, or provide a rider home for them if I have drunk any alcohol either.

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Teen driving project

  • 1. Name: Jenesa Branford Teen Driving Issues Project Topic: Drunk Driving Part 1 - Identify the Issue Be sure to include complete sentences. Section Heading Why is this a problem, especially for teen drivers? Statistics from research regarding teen crash rates. How is one organization or group trying to solve this problem? Name group and what they are doing. Information Drunk driving is an issue for teen drivers because when drunk, their reaction times are lowered and there is a higher chance of them getting into accidents. Teenagers do not know the dangers of drinking and driving, as most of them think they are invincible, and a can of alcohol won’t harm them one bit. But it does. The crash rate for 16 to 19 years olds are 2.7 times higher than drivers of all ages? } The amount of crashes from drinking 16 to 19 year old drivers are almost 2 times higher times higher than drivers of all ages. } 5.1% of fatal injuries come are caused from alcohol and drug use. MADD is an organization that is trying to solve this problem is Mothers Against Drunk Driving. MADD works on preventing underage drinking and driving with research, support victims
  • 2. of drunk driving, and prevent it. How is another organization or group working to solve the problem? Name the group and what they are doing. SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions)is another group. They hold many meeting and presentations that help students learn to resist peer pressure. They also have a bright red band that they give out to teenagers bearing the word empowerment and power to remind them to do the right thing. • Web sites where this information was found. • • http://www.alcoholal ert.com/studentsagainst-drunkdriving.html http://www.madd.or g http://www.dmv.ca.g ov/teenweb/more_b tn6 /traffic/traffic.htm# Part 2 - Solutions for the Issue Section Heading Something else that should be done to help solve or curb the problem. My own ideas for solving this problem. This may not be something that is currently being done. Information Ideas I have for solving this problem is a car that can recognize a drunk drivers haphazard movements, and automatically use its computers to call for help. It’s quite possible with today’s technology. Also, a car that has a sensored
  • 3. breathalizer and will automatically shut down the car if the driver is over the legal rate to drive intoxicated. What I can personally do to make more people aware of this issue? Personally to make more people aware of this issue I can spread the word across my school campus. I can try to get a club or organization started at school that would go on trips and do drives and walks, give out t-shirts, pencils, bands, etc. to promote the organization, and be the designated driver for my friends that have drunk any alcohol, or provide a rider home for them if I have drunk any alcohol either.