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 ” As anyone could have guessed, the top reason for reckless driving is people being under the influence of alcohol while driving. The penalties for this offence is far severe than most of the other reasons because there are two laws being broken, one is of course, the reckless driving and the other is driving under the influence of alcohol.
Peer Pressure ” When people (particularly young people) drive with a group of friends, it is common for the friends to goad the driver into overtaking a particular vehicle or generally just to drive faster, which results in reckless driving. To be charged with reckless driving, you dont actually have to cause a crash, you just have to be seen, by human eyes or by video camera, driving recklessly.
Drugs ” No real need to explain this one is there?
Road Rage ” This is a relatively new cause for reckless driving, the most common causes are people getting angry because of continuous congestion and people seeming to drive badly, or it could just be bad manners!
These are not an exhaustive list of reasons, but you get a hang of things, dont you? Whatever the reason, reckless driving is simply unacceptable, and it is up to us as citizens to take a strong stand against it.
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Fri, Nov 6, 2009
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