Argumentative Essay

  On May 31st 2011, there was a car accident which became a big controversy. The lead singer of a popular male singing group, Daesung, was involved in a car accident. The accident occured when a motorcycle rider banged into a street lamp and feel to the ground. A taxi driver found out about this and parked his car on the the roadside to call the ambulance. Just then, Daesung's car came and since he couldn't see the body on the street, he ran over it and bumped into the taxi as well. The motorcycle driver eventually died. Daesung had to pay some fine for negligence of driving. There were many controversies over this matter whether it was Daesung's fault or not. The death was not the fault of Daesung for several reasons.

  First, there is no proof that Daesung killed the man. Even though the man was found dead, he could have died before. According to the police, there was about one and half minutes between the accident caused by the man himself(banging into a street lamp) and the accident caused by Daesung. However, the police could not determine whether the man was alive before Daesung hit him or not. Though there is a possibility that Daesung killed the man, there is a higher possibility that the death occured before Daesung's car ran into him. Therefore, Daesung may not have killed the man.

  Second, Daesung stepped on the brake when he knew he was in an accident. However, the body and Daesung's car glided about 10 meters and it is doubtful if the really stepped on the brake or not. The police guessed that Daesung was so surprised he stepped on the wrong pedal.

 There are many people who disagree with my idea. Those who disagree say that Daesung was speeding, which was the cause of his accident. In fact, he was riding in 80km/h when he was supposed to ride in 60km/h., and he was charged for that. However, this is not the cause for his accident. As I said before, the man could've been dead before Daesung's car even came.

  Second, the opponents of this idea claim that Daesung was drunk. However, this is false. The police said that Daesung was not drunk, but the motorcycle driver, the dead man, was drunk. This shows that the deceased man had some fault as well.

  According to the evidence, Daesung did not kill the motorcycle driver with his Audi. The man bumped into a street lamp before which could've killed him, and Daesung accidently stepped on the wrong pedal and caused him to crash in to the taxi. Also, Daesung was found to be speeding, but it wasn't a reason that the accident was his fault. In addition, the motorcycle driver was drunk, which also means it is not solely Daesung's fault that he died. Even though the case is now over, I felt sorry for both Daesung and the man who died. i am happy that Daesung apologized to the man's family and that he is back again.