what are ethics of drunk driving?
...was alright to drive home. The next thing you know only hours later I found out that he drive into the Tonawanda River. He was going excessively over the speed limit and lost control of the wheel. My friend Ej also was involved in a similar accident. Ej and his friend polished off a bottle and thought that it was alright to drive. They were also speeding and lost control, they hit a tree head on doing over 80 miles per hour. Ej was killed instantly, the firefighter on the scene was a cousin of my friend and he said it was the most sickening thing he had ever seen. Ej’s legs were severed from his body and his friend Adam is in critical condition. Both kids were only 19 years of age. These situations in my opinion are both unethical and immoral. I think that it is unethical for many reasons. One of the reasons’s that I think that it is unethical to let a friend drive drunk because you’re basically saying that you don’t care about the consequences that can occur when your friend gets behind the wheel of that car. Your friend can endanger not only himself but other drivers on the road. Think about what could happen if your friend hit an innocent woman with a child in the car ,that’s not only hurting your friend but also two innocent by standards. This could all been prevented if you snatched your buddies keys. You know you have crossed the line of ethics and morals when you endanger the life of another human being. Often this situation is overlooked because you’re out with your buddies having a good time and you loose track of how much you drank and then you just don’t think about the consequences of driving while you’re intoxicated. Once convicted for impaired driving under these conditions, sentencing for the crime becomes the next step. In any DUI or DWI case there are no prayers for judgments allowed. There are five possible levels of punishment; determination of these depends on the presence of grossly aggravating factors. The more factors a person has, the higher the level of punishment they will receive . Punishment at level one is the most severe, and results from two or more existing grossly aggravating factors. A person may receive up to two years in prison, a $4000 fine, or both. The least punishment at this level is thirty days in prison. Level five is the least severe and is received only if there are no grossly aggravating factors and no other factors involved. The punishment at level five ranges from 60 days in prison, a $200 fine, or both, to 24 hours jail-time/community service. In addition to all of these punishments, every conviction adds twelve points to one's insurance. These punishments aside, this criminal behavior still occurs. In trying to understand the reasons for the existence of impaired driving we can look a couple of my opinions on why people do in fact drink and drive. I asked myself the question, why do men and women violate the laws that they believe in? Most people often live most of their lives sober and drinking and driving may not be a daily occurrence. Therefore, the few times an individual does choose to drift into the path of driving drunk, the choice may seem less criminal. Because of the belief that the criminal behavior does not lead their lifestyle, justification is automatic. Also an individual who chooses to drink and drive may justify their actions by denying responsibility and explaining how "no one else could drive," or they "did not mean to wreck-it was an accident." Another excuse that people use to defend themselves is that they think since they drove drunk so many times before and no one was hurt they think that they are invincible to getting into an accident while drunk. Often people defend themselves by comparing drunk driving to a more serious crime saying that their motives were not as those of a serial killer. But in my opinion...