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Drinking and Driving Statistics
Drinking and driving statistics are severely underreported each year. Every 22 minutes an alcohol related motor vehicle accident occurs. Those are the reported statistics. The percentage of adults who drive after drinking are greater than 82%. This is due in part to most adults believing they are not drunk and they would know when they are too drunk to drive. This is an obvious fallacy.
Although most states have the same blood alcohol content of .08% for operating a vehicle while intoxicated, depending on the age, weight and even gender of the person drinking, it could be less than even this legal amount. On any given weekend in the United States, 1 in 10 drivers is drinking.
Teenage drinking and driving statistics are frightening because they are high, but also because it is assumed the statistics apply strictly to teenagers. In reality, when road safety for children is discussed, it occasionally includes children younger than ten years old.
One out of 10 children ages 12 to 13 uses alcohol at least one time a month. In a single year, 522 children under the age of 14 were arrested for driving while intoxicated, 113 of those were under the age of 10.
The information regarding the dangers of drunk driving is available, but is not readily discussed among the appropriate age groups soon enough. Educating children while at the same time improving their self esteem and their ability to speak from knowledge and not necessarily experience is becoming a higher priority in organizations such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE).
Although many organizations face criticism for giving teens inadequate information that is based on ideal circumstances and not real life situations, the tools can be helpful, but it is best to approach children while they are still young regarding alcohol resistance.
Some find it helpful to use drinking and driving statistics, while others find those only scare children. Either way, when the information comes from a trusted adult in a non-threatening environment, it is received at its best.
