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Originally Posted by dyna mo
I'm just not getting how saving lives is discrimination.
In 2011, 32 percent of the young drivers (15 to 20 years old) who were killed in crashes had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of .01 grams per deciliter (g/dL) or higher.
NHTSA estimates that the 21-year-old minimum drinking age laws have reduced traffic fatalities involving 18 to 21 years old by 13% and have saved an estimated 27,677 lives since 1975.
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Dude, if you think that drinking laws have stopped ANYBODY from drinking...then you are out of touch.
The drinking law was 18 when I was young. I was drinking with my buddies AND driving (because I was young and foolish) by the time I was 15 years old.
Do you and NHTSA really think that young folks on a Saturday night are saying to themselves: "Oh, it's against the law...we better not drink"?
Of course not. If anything I'll bet that more "underage" people are drinking and driving in 2013 than they were in the past.
I'm sure that the NHTSA loves to pat itself on the back and all..but I was once a teenager, and the "law" was the last thing we were thinking about on a Saturday night when we got somebody to buy some booze.
It's always been that way and always will.