Editorial

I think reckless driving is a big factor in the United States. I think it is what it is because people have the power to operate a moving vehicle with or without consent or a driver license. Most people who choose to do that often have a tragic ending or end up in the hospital because they just crashed under the influence. People are just risking each other lives and the people that could be in the car. I think many people are having to easy access to cars mostly teenagers in the United States. There are about 3490 deaths per year do to reckless driving. Teens have the lowest rate in seat belt use. In 2005, 23% of drivers ages 15 to 20 who died in MVCs had a blood alcohol content of 0.08g/dl or higher. The first year of teens driving is the most dangerous. In 2001, 5,341 teens were killed in passenger vehicles involved in motor vehicle crashes. Two thirds of those killed were not buckled up. Two out of three teenagers killed in motor vehicle crashes are males Sixty-five percent of teen passenger deaths occur when another teenager is driving. In 2008, weekend drivers were twice as likely to be involved in drinking and driving car crashes than weekday drivers. In 2007, about 67% of alcohol-related driving fatalities were drivers with BACs of .08 or more. Approximately 17% were passengers riding with the drunk drivers. 68% of the drunken driving fatalities in 2007 involved single vehicle crashes 32% involved multi-vehicle crashes. Alcohol-related car crashes kill someone every 45 minutes and injure someone every two minutes. Drunken driving accidents cost the public around $114.3 billion a year. There are a lot of people with power that can control this but people need to start acting like they care about each other.