Preparing to burn a witch in 1544. Witch-hunts are an example of mass behavior fueled by moral panic. A moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society. A Dictionary of Sociology defines a moral panic as the process of arousing social concern over an issue â usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media.. The media are key players in the dissemination of moral indignation, even when they do not appear to be consciously engaged in crusading or muckraking.
Four Points. 1  Drag racing. 2  Impaired driving. 3  Any blood-alcohol level in a driver under twenty-one years of age.  Sixteen miles per hour or more over the legal speed 1  limit. Failure to yield to an emergency vehicle.
For example, the state with the worst rating for Careless Driving (highest percentage of Careless Driving-related fatal crashes), Florida, earned just 1 point in this category, and the state with the lowest percentage, North Dakota, received a score of 51 (the District of Columbia is included in these rankings).