Binge Drink Driving

On TV and all over the media there are ads and billboards that show that drinking driving is not acceptable and is a crime. Teenagers are amongst the hundreds that ignore these signs of advice, and hop into their cars under the influence of this oh so harmful  drug. Binge drinking is bad let alone drinking driving. Binge drinking or should i say teenage drinking is one of the main causes of deaths on New Zealand roads.

BELOW ARE SOME DRINK DRIVING STATISTICS:

• Alcohol is the cause of 60% of all teen deaths in car accidents.
• 31% of teenage drivers who are involved in fatal car wrecks had a blood alcohol concentration of .08 or higher.
• Teenage boys who have a blood alcohol concentration of .05 are18 times more likely to suffer a single vehicle crash than a non drinking teenage boy.
• Teenage girls who have a blood alcohol concentration of .05 are 54 times more likely to be involved in a vehicle crash.
• Nationally in the United States, over 12% of all fatal crashes were alcohol related and 40% of those involved teenage drivers who were drinking.
• Teenagers are less likely to drive drunk than adults.
• Adolescents are more likely to drive drunk than teenagers.
• Eight teens die daily in alcohol related vehicle crashes.
• Each day 1,400 injuries and 15 deaths occur to teenage drivers, 40 percent are alcohol related.
• Almost 1,500 teens age 15-20 die in car crashes annually in the United States.
• The excuse given by teens who were caught drinking and driving include: Prom, graduation, spring break and breaking up with their boy or girl friends.
• Six of ten high school juniors and seniors admit to riding with an alcohol impaired teenage driver.
• The number of teenagers who drink in cars is about 40%. Of that number, 40% of those were teenage drivers who were drinking.
• Alcohol is the cause of 60% of all teen deaths involving car accidents

Here "Click for Link" is some advice given about drink driving and ways it can be prevented. It also gives statistics and describes the ways of accessing alcohol in your body.

This image on the right is the aftermath of a dramatic drinking driving accident. Horrific or is this acceptable by you? should we allow this to happen? what if its to late?







Car Accident Advice (n.d). The top killer of youth is drunk driving. Where's the outrage?. Retrieved May 10, 2010, From http://www.car-accident-advice.com/statistics-of-teen-drunk-driving.html.