Dear Editor:
I’m a Grade 7 student at John Black Public School and I am going to write about drinking and driving, which is a very scary thing.
It causes many problems like deaths, injuries and even property damage. One time my sister and my mom were driving down the highway and a driver lost control and came across the road and could have killed them. My mom had to slam on her brakes real fast, and if she didn’t they would possibly be dead.
Drinking and driving killed over 450 people in Canada in the year 2021. In the U.S it’s a whole different story; in 2023 a whopping 12,429 people were killed by people that were drunk while driving a vehicle! That’s not okay, we need to put a stop to this.
If you were to drink and drive there would be a big fine of $1,000 and there could possibly be some jail time. But say you did a large amount of property damage then the fine could reach over $1,000 and potential 10 years of jail time.
If it’s not your car and there’s a drunk person or people, try to get out of it whenever you can.
Don’t drink and drive, please, you’re doing everyone a favour.
Braeden McFarlane,
Fergus