The Bane Of Society: Reckless Driving
Whatever the actual reasoning behind the individuals that do it, reckless driving is the bane of the country today. Every year thousands and thousands of innocent people die on our roads because some idiot wants to put on a show to his mates. There are usually other reasons as well, and we will discuss a few of them in this article.
Defined as a serious moving traffic violation, reckless driving is the next level of careless driving, and has severe fines and penalties attached to a conviction. The more serious offenses of reckless driving carry with them multiple penalties. There are thousands of people who have permanently lost their right to a driving license thanks to some burst of insanity at a young age, and can never drive again in their lives.
In different states there are different punishments for reckless driving, however they are all very serious!
The most common reasons for reckless driving are:
Alcohol ” No surprises there, top of the list is being under the influence of alcohol while driving. The punishments for this tend to be more severe than the other reasons because there are two charges, driving under the influence of alcohol and reckless driving. The artificial high that alcohol gives you can cause over confidence and adrenaline bursts tend to make people want to go as fast as possible.
Peer Pressure ” When driving with a group of friends it is very common for people to be encouraged to over take a particular vehicle or to just generally driver faster and the result is reckless driving. In order to be charged with reckless driving you dont actually need to crash, just to be seen (or recorded) driving recklessly is enough.
Drugs..enough said I think!
Road Rage ” This is a growing cause of reckless driving, and the most common reasons for road rage are continuous traffic jams, congestion, or it could just be bad manners!
It is by no standards an extensive list, but there are enough reasons to put thousands of people in hospital each year and thousands more in cemeteries. Reckless driving is simply not acceptable whatever the reason and it is up to the citizens to take a strong stand against it.
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