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nostalgia1 year, 4 months ago
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"I imagine that if I'd had a child who died in an alcohol-related car-wreck I'd take a different point of view"
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The problem here - most binge drinking occurs on campus or rentals near campus. Not much if any driving involved
Lower the age and college kids will be driving to bars and clubs
It isn't just the kids who may kill themselves while driving drunk, many innocent people will be killed or seriously injured
It's the simple answer for college administrators who won't establish stringent rules about drinking and follow through with tough consequences-
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Candida1 year, 4 months ago
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nostalgia: "Lower the age and college kids will be driving to bars and clubs"
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College kids aren't the only ones drinking in bars. Check the blood alcohol level of everyone who sits behind the wheel after leaving a bar. That would be intrusive? Prohibiting that you drink alcohol when you have no intention of driving isn't?-
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nostalgia1 year, 4 months ago
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The problem - this is the group that already has the highest car accident rate in the country
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Teenage Driver Facts:
Deaths. Each Year over 5,000 teens ages 16 to 20 Die due to Fatal injuries caused Car accidents. About 400,000 drivers age 16 to 20 will be seriously injured.
Risks. The risk of being involved in a car accident the highest for drivers aged 16- to 19-year-olds than it is for any other age group. For each mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are about four times more likely than other drivers to crash.
According to Studies: Teenager drivers tend to underestimate hazardous driving situations and are less able than older drivers to recognize dangerous situations.
Teenager Drivers are more to speed and tailgate.
Having Male teen passengers in the car has been shown to increase the likelihood of high risk driving behaviors among teenage male drivers
Plus teen drivers have the lowest rate of seat belt use
When you combine this with lowering the legal age to consume alcohol, you are sim;y going to get more deaths and injuries on the highway-
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Candida1 year, 4 months ago
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Well, perhaps they are not mature enough to drive. Perhaps the driving age should be increased instead of the drinking age. Or perhaps the driver education isn't good enough. Perhaps we need to improve public transportation so fewer people need to drive. Why shouldn't those 18-year-old adults, because that's what we consider them, drink who don't drive?
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