“There’s No Benefit to Lowering the Drinking Age” explains, on average about eleven teens die daily as a result of drunk driving (Voas 464). When teens throw a party, alcohol is usually involved. Then once the party is over the kids have to get home somehow and they often drive themselves. When an alcoholic drink is placed in an eighteen-year-old hand decisions are made that harm them and others
Andrew Davis Prof P Philosophy 106 05/16/16 Critical Essay on Uber I loved Uber as a passenger. Then I started working as a driver by Sandra Vahtel. This essays context shows the writer feeling a little upset of how little success she was having as an Uber drive in L.A. She describes all the great perks of being a driver when she heard them from a driver while she was a passenger for two years in the L.A. area. Her approach to this article is to inform that it’s not at all easy to be driver for Uber or Lyft, because of the approach that customers have all the power to make a great driver suffer by giving negative ratings in which if enough people did that cause they were having a bad day then the persons livelihood could be in danger.
Road rage, ignoring traffic laws, drinking and driving, or texting and driving are becoming a convention. As more people convert to these unacceptable actions, the roads become even more perilous. Reevaluating the way individuals drive could end up saving someone’s
“Drunk Driving” is an article written by Bonnie Steinbeck. Within her article, she analyses a wide variety of court rulings and legal precedent to defend the idea that if a person kills another person while drunk driving, that they ought to be charged with murder. Throughout her article, Dr. Steinbock analyses three major concepts in her argument. The first concept, that drunk driving constitutes malice, is one of the core facts needed to be considered murder. Second, she explores how intoxication can affect both liability and culpability within the legal system.
The city of Toronto is known for its large population and busy atmosphere. With such a high demand for travelling services for such a large amount of commuters throughout the city, Toronto has been forced to adapt to new innovated technology in order to keep up to date with the growing population of commuters. One controversial issue in particular that is taking a wide spread hit to not only Toronto but surrounding cities like Mississauga is the growth of the service company Uber. The company Uber has become a local issues known by many citizens of Toronto due to the high controversy of the case. Uber is an online transportation network company run by a phone app allowing cheaper and faster rides much like taxis.
Some people that live in these cities may be older business workers who may not be completely up-to-date in the technology world. Having an easy to understand app is beneficial for the audience because they are given options with the type of car requested, forms of payment, destination pickup, etc. Since the app is synched with your credit or debit card, you will not need use cash and you are able to split payments. This makes carpooling easier for the audience because exact cash and tips are not needed. The text promotes Uber’s goal in making traveling easy and stress free by allowing you to be in complete control.
The taxi drivers’ union rejects the arguments of the editorial published in Maclean’s and wishes to point out the weak evidence suggested from the article’s, Enough with the Uber bashing already, following: the editors of Maclean’s claim that Uber eliminates municipal oversight, but provides evidence that is weak because it is only being supported from the Uber company’s oversight rather than a government institution which could impose a fair tax for both businesses, the second claim that background checks for Uber drivers are not the problem and provides weak evidence by diverting the topic then implying that transactions which happen online between consumer and driver keep consumers safe, lastly the criticism of Uber is motivated by turf
If it wasn’t for Uber, then their drivers would not find any fares. Therefore, drivers are employed by Uber who then finds work for their employees. Once the employee is working (logged onto the app as a driver) and gets assigned a job that employee is required to pick-up the fare and take them to their
Americans know the dangers of getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. When alcohol enters the human body it impairs your judgement. Your speech begins to slur, the overall control you have on your body vanish because your balance and flow are altered by the alcohol entering your bloodstream. But yet the court systems lets them off with a simple slap on the wrist , like a mother to a child. What happens when that “first time offender” , loses their sense of knowledge of how to drive a car.
However, “90% of drunk driving deaths in the United States were found in the over 21 age group” (Gruenewald). For this reason, drunk driving is not directly correlated with the drinking age. In addition, the percent of drunk driving deaths in the United States has reduced at a slower rate than European countries where they have their legal drinking age at eighteen. This suggest that if lowering the drinking age was a success in Europe, it may also be effective here in the United States to diminish the amount of drunk driving deaths. This is because people that become injured due to alcohol or alcohol poisoning are afraid to report their injuries to the hospital or authorities out of fear of illegal consequences for underage drinking.
Introduction: “The marketplace is changing, and it will continue to change. We have got to be in a place where we let the marketplace speak to us and react appropriately.” (Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings on implementation of ride-sharing services) The Dallas/Fort-Worth metroplex is the home to more than 7.1 million residents with approximately more than 1,500 taxicabs. The Taxi industry has been a mantle in Dallas’ growth as a city known for its political influence, and unique market structure for decades. Seemingly out of nowhere, Uber’s unexpected decision in 2014 to choose the Dallas/ Fort Worth market as one of its debut cities has arguably put the Dallas Taxi industry on its head.
Drunk driving is a serious problem that continues to take thousands of deaths each year. Too many innocent lives been lost to drunk driving. A death from drunk driving does not only affect the victim but it affects everyone around them such as family and friends. One night, one drink, one mistake is all it takes for drunk driving to take its toll. There are many solutions to prevent drunk driving, but they will only work if we put them into play.
Rockwell thinks that drunk driving should be legalized. The author thinks this because he believes that drunk drivers are being charged for the wrong things. Rockwell thinks that they are focusing too much on drunk drivers drinking alcohol, when they should be focusing on what crime was committed. What Rockwell means by that is he would rather drunk drivers get charged for man slaughter or reckless driving. Instead police enforcement is more focused on the substance they had in their body.
The situation of the Uber drivers is under confusion. It is easy for the company to tell the drivers that this will be the future, but the occupation and the life of the Uber drivers’ matters a lot. Peak demand
An end to drunk driving When driving a vehicle, thinking about the effects it will have on others might be the last thing on a person 's mind. Getting into an accident can be horrific, especially if the cause is drunk driving. Drunk drivers put lives at risk, as they can swerve uncontrollably and crash into innocent bystanders or other drivers. Automobile accidents occur daily, whether it is from a distracted driver, drunk driver or a sudden crash. However, drunk driving accidents and deaths related to them are totally preventable.
