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Originally Posted by peaches321
Several years ago, a US congressman said, "If I had my way, they'd be able to drink at 16 and not drive until they were twenty-five." There is a certain wisdom to that.
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That wouldn't work in America, save for highly urbanized areas. People in suburban and rural America are way too dependent on cars to have to wait until they are 25 to be able to drive. Think of how much harder it would be to get a job if you were limited to places where you could transit, bike, or rely on your parents to drive you. I'm 22 and I can't imagine my life still waiting to get my driver's license.
The bottom line is that no drinking age and/or driving age law is going to change drunk driving related deaths and injuries, personal responsibility and education will.