Teenage Drinking And Driving

Young teenagers are drinking and driving, which by doing so can put someone's life in danger. Young teens have the basic knowledge about the dangers of drinking and driving, but choose to do otherwise. Many teens learn in school the effects of drinking and what it does to your body, but when given the responsibility of driving, they soon forget drinking often alters their judgement. Because every year, more than a thousand teens get into car wrecks or get pulled over due to drinking and driving related actions, it only proves that teenage drunk and driving is a problem. Even though states provide Drivers Ed, teenagers when given the responsibility still tend to drink and drive. In the state of Texas teenage drivers are obligated to take drivers

Teens often mimic what they see done by others. If a child sees their parent smoking and drinking, then most likely they will start doing the same. Picture this, at a young age, you noticed your dad sometimes had a beer or a wine cooler as he drove, even though it was up the street and he only had three that night you thought it wasn’t a problem because he got you to and from safe and without crashing. So, when you got old enough to drive you did the same because when you were little you saw no signs of danger. In addition, parents are the primary educators in their child's life. From the time they are toddlers they try to do as their parents would which is making similar decisions. 85% percent of teens reported that they binge drink meaning that they have more than five alcoholic drinks within a couple of hours. Binge drinking or drinking in general makes your blood alcohol concentration go up and anything above .08 or higher is illegal and means you are drunk and can be arrested. Because of the amount of teens who binge drink that means teen may drink and drive with a higher BAC than the legal amount for adults. Opponents may say that not all teens binge drink and that binge drinking isn’t the main cause for teen drinking and driving. While binge drinking isn’t the leading cause of drunk driving, it’s still teens drinking, some even underage and putting lives in danger it doesn’t matter how fast or how many alcoholic beverages they have within a couple of hours. For example, a person still can get drunk without having more than five drinks it all depends on how that specific person’s system handles alcohol.While one person can have three alcoholic beverages and it alters their behavior and decision making skills, another person's limit can be five or more before they feel any real effect from the amount of the alcohol they have consumed. Because primary educators being the parents, don’t