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.
Different states have different kinds of punishments for the offenders, and they are all quite 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 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 more modern cause of reckless driving and the most common reason for people getting angry on the road is seeing other people driving badly, and so this seems to inspire people to drive badly themselves!
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.