Sunday, November 2, 2014

Deadly Halloween- by Rachel Devine (6th)

       On Friday night (Halloween,) there were numerous incidents across the country involving trick-or-treaters being hit and killed by vehicles. In Santa Ana, California, three 13-year-old girls were struck by a drunk driver near their elementary school. They girls had the right of way at the cross walk, but that didn't stop the driver. In Lake Wales, Florida, a two-year-old boy was hit near a highway; in Winnetka, Illinois, a 3-year-old boy was hit and dragged by a car; in Phoenix, Arizona, five people were hit as well. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, "Halloween is one the deadliest nights" because of all the pedestrians on the streets and halloween parties.
       Halloween is supposed to be a night full of fun and treats, but it has been corrupted. It's sad that so many innocent lives are being lost by reckless drivers. Those kids that were killed just wanted to go out and have a good night. Obviously driving while intoxicated is still a very prevalent issue that needs to stop. In history, the Temperance movement could relate to this; maybe those reformers who wanted to get rid of alcohol were right...

http://www.cnn.com/2014/11/01/us/halloween-deaths/index.html?hpt=us_c2

5 comments:

  1. wow... This is sad to read.. laws enforcing traffic are a good way to keep incidents like this from happening. but theres just people ot there that have no good sence... this angers me.. (jose Lopez 4th prd)

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  2. This article shows the importance of traffic safety laws. I bet when Henry Clay created the idea of governmentally funded roads he had no idea the death and harm that would happen on the roads.

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  3. This is disappointing, although there have been many campaigns urging people not to drink and drive they don't seem to understand. Although i don't think that banning alcohol altogether is a good idea, we saw the flaws with that during prohibition but we should think of another way to solve this.

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  4. Yeah... I know they've fixed the sign on the tollway to give out little driving notices every now and then... and now I know why. It's really sad that all of this happened, and is still happening even outside of Halloween.
    -Hannah Kalan 6th period

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  5. Thank you for relating this to the temperance movement of the Antebellum age! Go into a little more depth about the temperance movement and this would be a perfect current event!

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