U.S. teen drinking and driving rate cut in half in 20 years

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The percentage of U.S. high school students who drink and drive has dropped by more than half in two decades, in part due to tougher laws against driving under the influence of alcohol, federal health officials said on Tuesday.

In 2011, 10.3 percent of high school students 16 and older reported drinking and driving in the previous 30 days, compared to 22.3 percent in 1991, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.

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The CDC credited the nearly 54 percent decline to stricter laws against drunken driving and restrictions on teen driving privileges, such as limits on the hours teenagers may legally drive at night.

"We've seen really good progress," CDC Director Thomas Frieden told reporters. "We're moving in the right direction, but we need to keep up the momentum."

Despite the decrease, nearly 1 million high school students consumed alcohol before driving last year, the report showed.

Drinking and driving among teens is a factor in more than 800 deaths annually, and car crashes remain the leading cause of death among teens aged 16-19, the CDC said.

For the report, the CDC analyzed risk behavior data collected from thousands of high school students through national surveys and from 41 states.

In 2011, the percentage of students who reported drinking and driving in the previous 30 days ranged from a low of 4.6 percent in Utah to a high of 14.5 percent in North Dakota.

Male students aged 18 and older were the most likely to drink and drive and 16-year-old female students were the least likely, the CDC said. Eighty-five percent of high school students who reported drinking and driving in the prior month also admitted binge drinking, defined as having five or more drinks during a short time period.

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I dont think tougher punishments really stop anything, people still smuggle drugs into countries where youd get killed.
Better education would be the key, I wouldnt drink and drive, not because I could be jailed, but because I know theres a good chance I could hurt myself/others.
 
In 2011, 10.3 percent of high school students 16 and older reported drinking and driving in the previous 30 days

Keyword there. Never trust a high school student to say anything about himself. Especially when such thing is admitting to a crime, and a crime with a propaganda campaign against it.
 
Odd_nonposter said:
In 2011, 10.3 percent of high school students 16 and older reported drinking and driving in the previous 30 days

Keyword there. Never trust a high school student to say anything about himself. Especially when such thing is admitting to a crime, and a crime with a propaganda campaign against it.
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This. When I was in school everyone lied on those surveys.
 
also, the rates of marijuana and alcohol consumption are related. There's been articles here saying how teens are smoking more weed and less alcohol. There's also articles on how medical marijuana states have fewer drunk driving fatalities. Truly, marijuana is the anti-drug.

Additionally, many teens are becoming samurai.
 
crimsonjunk said:
This. When I was in school everyone lied on those surveys.
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Yea what kind of jackass admits they are breaking laws if they don't have to? Man you can take a story and spin it however.

I know for a fact a shit ton of high school kids still drive drunk. Instead of asking a bunch of kids how many drink & drive, ask the state records how many new DUI cases they've filed recently for minors under 21. Then the picture gets more clear...
 
When I was in high school, all my friends and I drove drunk every weekend. How else are you supposed to party and then get back home by some lame curfew?

When I got to college everyone was like "zOMG! you can't drive drunk, that's sooo bad!", and I thought they were all a bunch of pussies honestly. I'm not condoning drunk driving, I'm just saying how I felt about it when I was younger. I don't do it anymore, but not because I disagree with it in principle, just because I don't want any legal trouble.

I'd still smack a MADD ho in the face if I thought I could get away with it, though.
 
I can drive fine on heroin, i can drive fine on amphetamines/methamphetamine, mostly fine on reasonable doses of benzos and i swear i think i can drive alright drunk so long as i pay attention/not fucking with teh stereo or anythang.
not that i drive drunk often though, only done it a few times.
drive on heroin sometimes, i've been noddin off at the wheel and been fine. not noddin noddin just ya eyes starting to close up if you let them, you guys know how it goes
 
If you are nodding off at the wheel you are not fine. Even if you haven't gotten into an accident, you shouldn't put people at risk because you can't wait to get home, or be at a location that doesn't involve a risk to innocent individuals going about their day. There is no excuse for doing so, and you should be ashamed to even pretend to think you can drive fine on heroin.
 
Roger&Me said:
When I was in high school, all my friends and I drove drunk every weekend. How else are you supposed to party and then get back home by some lame curfew?

When I got to college everyone was like "zOMG! you can't drive drunk, that's sooo bad!", and I thought they were all a bunch of pussies honestly. I'm not condoning drunk driving, I'm just saying how I felt about it when I was younger. I don't do it anymore, but not because I disagree with it in principle, just because I don't want any legal trouble.

I'd still smack a MADD ho in the face if I thought I could get away with it, though.
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Same here. I drive better drunk, as sobriety tests don't factor in TOLERANCE. Fucking unscientific assholes.
 
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