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Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel
Drinking and driving, hell seat belts, weren't prevalent like now, and people lived in areas where they didn't rely upon, nor own cars like now.
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Not my experience at all, except perhaps for the use of seat belts.
You're right that the drinking age was different -- we could buy beer and wine at 18. (And we were getting beer and liquor in high school.) But I still think the main difference is cultural. The prevalent culture then -- in my experience -- was to keep things quiet as best you could. As you say, perhaps this was due in part to schools acting more
in loco parentis.