My essential question, why do people choose to drink and drive? This ties into the article because the articles gives information on how alcohol has made citizens to harmful things. In the article, it talks about DUI/DWI, and what outcomes can occur. Such as death or even jail time, every year about 12,000 people die from drunk drivers. In my book “ Notes From the Midnight Driver” a student named Alex decided to drink and drive while intoxicated. When Alex crashed, he was caught and sent to a police station. Weeks later, Alex was sent to court he was sentenced to 100 hours of community service. Taking care of an elderly man named Solomon Lewis.
Both authors partially use the same information, because they both help show/talk about the different outcomes from drinking and getting into accidents. They both tell how a police officer will determine whether or not a person is drunk or not. In the article, it states,”If the officer smells a strong odor of alcohol, you exhibit slurred speech or general incoherence you will be asked to exit your vehicle and move to the side of the road where you will undergo field sobriety testing. If you fail to demonstrate the proper motor skills or judgment to safely operate a motor vehicle during these field test…” This quote shows how police officers will pay attention to specific things, such as smell, speech and balance. In the article, it also says,”There is an average of 900,000 arrested each year for DUI/DWI and a full 1/3 of those are repeat offenders. While National averages have dropped by half over the past 35 years there is still an ongoing problem with drinking and driving.” This shows how people who drive drunken, are facing more consequences. The average number is still high, most that are caught have a history of being drunk and driving.
In the book, the officer finds Alex on the side of a lawn. When he makes a big deal out of breaking a gnome, Alex begins to think he had run over a person. When his vision starts to get better, he realizes it was a gnome and laughs non-stop. In the book it says,”The Cop sort of puppet-marched me put to the horrific scene and forced my head down close to the carnage. This head was seriously injured, to be sure. It was upside down, smushed up against a tree stump…’Officer, dirt, did I-is he-is-ummm…’ Yes son. You ruined my brand-new shoes, smashed up your car, and decapitate Mrs. Wilsons French lawn gnome,.” This quote shows how Alex was scared because he was drunk and couldn't see that the “person” he ran over, was actually a garden gnome. When they get to the police station, Alex starts to act out. In. The article it says,”Sarge shouted across the room, "Call me an ambulance!" I couldn't stop myself. "Okay, you're an ambulance!" This quote shows how Alex couldn't control himself even though he was in need for serious medical attention.
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