Falling Asleep Behind the WheelBy: Melissa Keane

CONSEQUENCES MUST BE INCREASED AND ENFORCED TO COMBAT THE PROBLEM OF FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL

Quick fact #1

• Falling asleep at the wheel contributes to estimated 100,000 motor vehicle crashes per year

Quick fact #2

• There are more than 1,500 deaths nationwide every year involving fatigued drivers

Quick fact #3

• Drowsy driving accidents are ranked second only to alcohol related accidents in number of fatalities

Colors and Shading

• Use of colors, as well as shading, appeals to both pathos and logos

Blurring

• The use of blurring images 1, 2, and 4 appeals to pathos by evoking a dreamlike state that causes me to feel tired and view the events in a surreal-type setting

Ethos

• Use of credible, outside sources to support my claim

• It is morally unjustifiable to drive when you know you are tired, and put at risk the lives of others and yourself

Pathos

• Image of ambulance at the end evokes a very ominous and sad emotion

• Image of the person in slide 1 tired and then showing them getting in the car in slide 2 evokes fear in the audience and an ever present danger

Logos

• Discussion of falling asleep at the wheel is a current issue, affecting many people in America

Kairos

• Drinking and driving is a very current, almost cliché, topic and yet sleeping at the wheel is an issue affecting close to the same amount of people as drinking and driving

• Therefore, the issue of falling asleep at the wheel should be just as discussed as drinking and driving

Works Cited

• MMWR, comp. "Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report." Drowsy Driving Prevention Week--November 2-8, 2009 58.42 (2009): 1184. Academic Search Complete. Web. May-June 2010.

• Jerome, Richard, and Robert Calandra. "A Grieving Mom Takes On Drivers Asleep at the Wheel." 60.9 (2003): 115-16. Academic Search Complete. Web. 27 May 2010.