Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death among 16 to 25 year olds, and alcohol and/or drug impairment is a factor in 55% of those crashes. Males: Account for 87% of the young fatally injured drinking drivers and 89% of the seriously injured drinking drivers. Young drinking drivers are most likely to be killed or injured in the summer (32.4% and 40.8% respectively) and least likely to be killed or injured in the winter (8% and 11.4% respectively). Weekend: A large percentage of young drinking drivers die or are seriously injured on the weekend. Night time: The vast majority of young drinking drivers die or are seriously injured in crashes at night. By the time a driver reaches a blood alcohol content of .10%, he or she is 51 times more likely than a non-drinking driver to be involved in a fatal crash. In a …show more content…
population. Fortunately, driving accidents have been declining among young people, just as they have among the general population. And deaths associated with young drinking drivers (those 16 to 24 years of age) are down dramatically, having dropped 47% in a recent 15-year period. 4 Social Pressure is very effective in reducing drunk driving Never condone or approve of intoxication. Intoxicated behavior is dangerous and never amusing Don 't ever let your friends drive after drinking. Take away their keys, have them stay the night, have them ride home with someone else, or do whatever else is necessary - but don 't let them drive! Designated Driver Programs save lives Volunteer to be a designated driver. It could save your life and the lives of your friends It 's important to realize that inexperienced drinkers become intoxicated with much less alcohol than do experienced drinkers and are much more likely to have traffic accidents after consuming small amounts alcohol. Even a single drink dramatically increases the chances that a teen-aged driver will have a driving accident.
First, the highest percentage of drunk driving which is mostly done by young adults between the ages of 21 and 24, is 30%. This means that drunk driving is a big problem for younger adults. According to MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving), a person who has been arrested for drunk driving will drive approximately 80 times before their first arrest! This statistic explains that someone has been able to drive around drunk almost 80 times before getting caught and it is scary to think that I may have shared the road with drunk driver while driving with my family.
Kelly, Stark and Bert (2010) found that 7% of teenagers drank alcohol and then drove. In another study, Gamble and Clark found that 85% of all automobile accidents involving teenagers also involved alcohol. Based on these studies Kelly, Stark, and Bert concluded that programs must be developed to address the problem of teenagers who drink and drive. 8. One example of an alternative sanction for juveniles is boot camps (Neal, 1999; Little & Johnson, 2002).
It has always been a part of cultures everywhere around the world and there is nothing different in today’s world. One major argument against raising the drinking age is that lowering the age does not reduce the fatalities attributed to drunk driving, on the contrary the amount of deaths increase as the drinking age is lowered. The article states that people who are younger still have a developing mind and they are still careless in the activities they do. According to the article the 21 age limit for alcohol has saved over 23,000 people since the drinking age was raised in 1975. Another major argument is that kids or teenagers will do what they want regardless of the rules that are in place.
Being injured by a drunk driver is horrible, but this terrible crime even causes death. In 2012, there were two hundred and twenty-three traffic deaths due to drunk driving. one out of three traffic deaths are due to drunk driving, and every fifty three minutes on average, someone is killed in a drunk driving crash (Mothers Against Drunk Driving, 2014). Now, were not just talking about injuries, this is death. Taking innocent peoples lives, because of careless mistakes.
According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), about 1 in 10 teens in high school drink and drive. This is a lot. The CDC also states that young drivers are 17 times more likely to die in a crash when they have a blood alcohol level of .08 or above compared to when they haven’t been drinking; however, there is still some good news. Teen drinking
(Eduardo Romano and Robert B. Voas 2011) The highest overall level of driving risk are those who drink heavily on a given occasion and who have a high level of hostility. (Eduardo Romano and Robert B. Voas 2011) Drinking drivers who are caught and those who are not provide a greater understanding of the drinking and driving problems. (Eduardo Romano and Robert B. Voas 2011)
However, “90% of drunk driving deaths in the United States were found in the over 21 age group” (Gruenewald). For this reason, drunk driving is not directly correlated with the drinking age. In addition, the percent of drunk driving deaths in the United States has reduced at a slower rate than European countries where they have their legal drinking age at eighteen. This suggest that if lowering the drinking age was a success in Europe, it may also be effective here in the United States to diminish the amount of drunk driving deaths. This is because people that become injured due to alcohol or alcohol poisoning are afraid to report their injuries to the hospital or authorities out of fear of illegal consequences for underage drinking.
In some countries, like in Europe the drinking age is set at 18. Even though people in the US think this is insane, this set age has more positive effects than people think it would. It is known that binge drinking is a problem in the US since it has the highest rate in the world for binge drinking. In Europe, teenagers get their license at age 18, and some drinking ages are lower than that, they figure out how to control their drinking before the drive. Unlike in the US, kids drink and then drive because they either have to be home by curfew or they are too scared to call their parents for a ride, and admit they had been under the
Drinking while driving not only affects the driver himself, his family and also passengers that may be riding with him and this person's family as well. And not to mention the other people and pedestrians that are on the road. When a person becomes a fatality they are not just a victim, their families suffer
Despite the strict sanctions placed to curb it, drunk driving continues to be an unwavering predicament in most states. The number of offenders taken to custody by the police is rising by the day; with matters being made worse by the escalating number of underage drinkers. Many solutions have been put forth in an effort to reduce drunk driving and consequently reduce the number of road carnages. The persistence of the problem however calls for improved solutions. This paper forms a discussion on drunk driving and current prevention strategies; and proposes solutions to the unrelenting problem.
Another risk of drinking at a younger age is the increased chance of addiction, studies have shown that the earlier an individual start drinking the higher the chances are of becoming an alcoholic. One of the last reasons the legal drinking age should stay at twenty-one is possibly the biggest reason why it is. Driving under the influence is one of the leading causes of accidents in the US, killing approximately one person every fifty-two minutes. The age group of sixteen- nineteen-year-olds are three times more likely to be in a fatal crash, due to the involvement of alcohol, than someone in their twenties. One of the leading causes of DUI’s is peer pressure, usually from teenagers attempting to impress friends or acquaintances.
Drunk driving kills many people each year and most of those people are kids. Most people do not get caught when they are drinking and driving. Almost 32% of accidents happen with intoxicated drivers. Last year 9,878 people died from drunk
They feel that it is “cool” to drink and drive. The one thing that teens don’t realize is how much one drink can do. One drink can change a life or often many lives in a
Once drunk driving can come to an end, more people will feel safer to drive everyday. Drunk driving causes thousands of deaths per year because each day, someone does not think as they step on the gas pedal. Driving while intoxicated causes problems that not only affect the victim lives, but the future of the drunk driver’s life as well. Drunk driving was the main cause in the death of one of the world 's most famous and beloved people in 1997.
According to a recent survey, 30 percent of teens have knowingly accepted a ride in the last twelve months from someone who had been drinking alcohol. Twenty-five percent of surveyed teens said they would willingly ride with someone who had been drinking. While these statistics might be a little scary considering the dangers of drinking of driving, there is also good news concerning teens and their attitudes toward drinking and driving. Seventy percent of respondents did not think talking to a friend about the dangers of riding with a drunk driver would harm their friendships.