310_Ind3_S1

Name: Meghan Putnam
==== Instructions: Now that your group has decided on an issue, you must demonstrate that there is a problem. You will turn in this research sheet completed with two articles attached that you showed that there is a problem ====

I. There is a problem in society today. That problem is:
==== The penalties involved with DUI's are too lenient. Many lives are being taken away because of stupid decisions from incoherent people. Once a person chooses to consume an alcoholic beverage is the moment they should give up their right to drive on the road. Any one person that consumes alcohol also looses the right to make correct judgment. They may say they only had one drink, or they are fine to drive. But they are not fine to drive but don't want to confront the fact that they are unable to do an everyday task, such as driving. Most often drinking people will put up a fight to keep their keys with them so they can leave whenever they want to. It's not fair to an innocent person to be involved with another person's faulty judgments. Most drivers end up getting into serious accidents after drinking and trying to get to another location. They often lose perception and can hit another civilian, vehicle, or object. Not only are they risking their own life, but they are risking everyone else's around them. ====

(Two articles and bibliography must be attached)
==== In an article titled, "Drunk Driving: Outlook" Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD) have said that most judges are too lenient on the drunk driving penalties and they do little to discourage repeat offenders. This article uses two viewpoints, one is from MADD and how they disagree with the penalties already taking place, and the other is from people who believe drunk driving is the symptom of a disease or an error in judgment by good people. I disagree with that fact, because people who drink and drive are not mentally unstable rather they go out, party, and have drinks and then decide to get behind the wheel and tell everyone they are fine to drive. Treatment would not be the answer to help them understand that if they are caught and charged with a DUI again that their charges won't be any stricter. They think that if they received one and they were sent to treatment then they can get another one and go through the same process. People charged with DUI's need strict penalties because it's not okay to put lives at risk like that when many different actions could have been taken and brought to attention to fix errors in the future. ==== ==== Another article, "Drunk Driving," refers to a man who killed a 15-year old jogger while driving under the influence. He has had his license suspended 17 times, yet he can still drive around and he doesn't see the consequences of his actions. He has to wait to serve his sentence for killing the jogger because he is still serving time for causing a multi-car wreck a month before. The system has not been tough enough on citizens who continuously harm themselves and others. Too many lives have been hurt and devastated from drunk drivers, when outcomes could have been different if only the penalties were ones that made the offenders think twice about every one of their decisions. ====

Works Cited Watts, Tim J. “Drunk Driving.” //ABC-CLIO eBook Collection//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . Drunk Driving was about statistics related to crashes in the past 60 years. This article also talks about a few solutions that the government has already tried to achieve. - - -. “Drunk Driving: Outlook.” //ABC-CLIO eBook Collection//. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2011. . Drunk Driving: Outlook is about groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Remove Intoxicated Drivers (RID) and how they view DUI’s. They have been pushing for stricter DUI penalties from the government.