Drinking and Driving

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I have read how it shows more young teens are out on the roads drinking and driving. More than four million people younger under age 21 drove under the influence of drugs or alcohol last year. It isn't as serious it was in the 80's but still more likely people are going to be killed when teens are out on the roads under influence of alcohol and drugs. How can we prevent that? I think more Parent should discuss this issue with their teens. What do you think; would appreciated some feedback's on how to prevent young teens driving behind the wheel?
 
About 24% of alcohol-related accidents were caused by those between the age of 15 and 25. The other 76% were caused by those over 25 years of age.
 
The best way to prevent people from driving under the influence is to not let them drive.

Fight for the keys if you have to, because you may be saving somebody else's life if you stop the person from driving. That's why it's better to have friends with you, especially the good ones. Because they'll care enough to stop you.

For me, I don't drink at all. I don't need to drink to enjoy my life.
 
Vampy; The point of my post is about young teens not over 21 yrs of age, under 21 is not allow to drink. We could do something about it if we are Parent of the child (ren).
 
Cheri said:
Vampy; The point of my post is about young teens not over 21 yrs of age, under 21 is not allow to drink. We could do something about it if we are Parent of the child (ren).
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Well, they often drink at parties where no parents are usually present. So, it's a bit too difficult to prevent.

Especially when people between 18 and 21 are of legal age. Myself, I think the idea of people not being able to drink till they're 21 is moot. In Canada, it is 19, but the legal age is 18... so it's still moot.

If somebody become a legal adult, they should be free to drink if they want to. They are adults, and most may had drank some by then. Which is why I'm saying it's a moot point.

But I am very, very serious when it come to drinking and driving. I'm pretty intolerant of having these taking place. Tougher laws need to be enforced, and people need to be punished for it. Why?

Because once they put themselves behind the wheels while intoxicated, they are putting the others' lives on the line. Regardless of what age range they are, self-responsibility come first, not pleasure.

The best way to prevent these situations from occurring is to teach the children on how to be responsible and try to help their friends out when it come to drinking.
 
Banjo,

You are correct, we cannot prevent what happens at the party because we are not there, But we could tell them to drink responsibly, not to drive, call home if needed a ride or a trusting friend who would give a ride.


I remembered when I was at the stop light there was a high school on the corner has a car that totaled in the front yard with a sign saying "Think twice before you drink and drive." My son Markus asked me what does that mean? So I told him what it means and he said is that what happened to the car when someone drinks while driving. I said yes and maybe much worst. He said to me he wouldn't want to do that. I think it is important role in a parent to shows their teens what their car would be like if they are driving drunk. It could prevent accidents or killed.

If we don't tell them the the act of drinking, and education about drinking; then they would likely be unrealistic and irresponsible. Our youth are too important and wouldn't want to see them end up dead or having others being killed on the roads.
 
what i would do qq

YANK their keys and say u aint going nowhere! and hide the keys -- i am dead set against drunken driving regardless of AGE of the person -- minor or of legal age :nono: its not worth the risk!
 
Fly Free said:
what i would do qq

YANK their keys and say u aint going nowhere! and hide the keys -- i am dead set against drunken driving regardless of AGE of the person -- minor or of legal age :nono: its not worth the risk!
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Exactly, that's the right thing to do.
 
Well, I really support with that fact that today more people are driving with under influence (DUI or DWI *I’ll use DUI for this thread*). They did not see any seriousness with DUI. They need to be awareness of the seriousness with DUI. That should help a lot to reduce the drivers with DUI on the road.

What I am thinking is that we need to create more DUI stops for drivers out on the roads, because it is too extreme dangerous us to drive in high amount of drivers with DUI on the road. The problems it can be very hassle for many drivers.

Otherwise, we could create a new technology with our steering system. We could put a technology into a steering wheel, so it can track our chemistry in our body and see the amount of toxic that we had. If it was illegal amount of toxic in our body and the automobile will not start with a person who hands on the steering wheel. Problems, people can replace the steering wheel to different kind of steering wheel.

With steering wheel, technology and I do not think it is good idea. However, we need to spend more money on preventing DUI. We can create a new law to put harsher on the DUI drivers when they are guilty of it. On the other hand, we can return the ban of alcohol, the amendment 18.

But we need to do something with DUI on the road.
 
there ARE plenty of sobreity checkpoints being set up across the nation im sure of that -- at highway onramp locations and other prime locations where its good to stop drivers to check on them before allowing them on their way
 
I'm not a mother but I do support MADD "Mothers Agaist Drunk Drivers" especially tonight :shock:
 
im on the comittee tonight as well im the on call desginated driver for the Deaf community of pahoa So im staying home til i get the call ....... this is for the MADD Deaf community fights back on this..... we're not losing any more poeple to the DUIs
 
And Sobreity checkpoints should be abolished. The ACLU is right on this one. Its another form of socialism. They do that kind of crap in your communist nations. Go to china they have a lot of checkpoints and they wanna see your ID before you can travel pass those checkpoints.
 
ravensteve1961 said:
And Sobreity checkpoints should be abolished. The ACLU is right on this one. Its another form of socialism. They do that kind of crap in your communist nations. Go to china they have a lot of checkpoints and they wanna see your ID before you can travel pass those checkpoints.
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Well, we gotta do something to those stupid DUI drivers. Sometime we have to shift to other government form for some special situation. For example WW2. We had limited fuel, foods, usage of lights, etc. Is that called freedom? Obviously not.
 
How about having every single car equipped with breathalyzer, once you breath into it and passes the test, it'll ignite the engine.

However, if the driver is drunk and ask somebody else to breath into it. That person should be slammed with exact the same charges as the drunk driver. That way, they'll think twice before doing that.
 
Crazymanw00t said:
Well, we gotta do something to those stupid DUI drivers. Sometime we have to shift to other government form for some special situation. For example WW2. We had limited fuel, foods, usage of lights, etc. Is that called freedom? Obviously not.
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Why not just bring back prohabition? Thatll solve the problem.
 
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