Persuasive Essay On Drunk Driving

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Drunk driving is a horrifying activity that that no one should participate in. If someone decides to drink they should not be allowed to drive. You should never drive drunk, or ride with a drunk driver. Drunk driving does not ever end well. Thousands of people have been killed by drunk driver or by driving drunk. If you make the decision to drink you should always go home with someone sober, or on some sort of public transportation. In the video “Lives Affected” many families were torn apart because of drunk drivers. The live that were taken made huge impacts on families. Whenever you drive drunk you are putting the lives of everyone around you in more danger than you are in. You can receive serious fines if you are pulled over while you are drunk. If you …show more content…
Not only will you be sent to jail, but if you are in a bad enough wreck you will have to deal with the fact that you killed someone because you were driving while under the influence. You may even kill someone you know because you will be driving home and someone you know could be in the neighborhood.
You can also help people by telling anyone around you that is drinking not to drive. If you are with friends do not be pushed into drinking too much, and definitely do not get into a car with any of your drunk friends whether they are driving or you are. You would never be able to forgive yourself if you had killed anyone and you would not even know what to do if you killed one of your closest friends. Do not drive drunk and encourage others to do so as well. No One is above the law when it comes to drunk driving. Do not think that because you were able to do it once or twice before that you can do it again. Being drunk will first cause your judgement to change. You will think and say that you are good to drive when you really are not. You should never be the person that is being told not to drive. Tell others to think twice about driving