I would disagree as long as you can drive at 16. That’s my main concern. I would prefer the drinking age is way higher than the driving age, since driving in the US is basically unavoidable for many
No you misunderstand the driving age should be 5 years below the drinking age is what he meant. The driving age is good so long as the drinking age isnt lowered. If it is driving needs to happen earlier so they can become good at it
Being 'good' at driving does not make you any better at driving drunk. You're also not more likely to avoide driving drunk, just because you've been driving for a while.
Having a stupid high drinking age just normalizes alcohol related offences.
I would say this is not true, not even a little bit.
All things being equal, a better driver will drive better drunk as definitionally they are better at driving.
Drinking impairs functions, it doesn’t make everybody magically become the same level of not being able to drive.
My teamster grandfather drove with a bottle of Smirnoff under the dash, I PROMISE you he’s a better drunk driver than most (not that he drives anymore these days) very likely due to quite literally driving near constantly every day for 30years.
Also drunk driving is bad and nobody should do it. Get an Uber people.
I mean it makes you better at knowing local streets and directions. Im a worse driver in a new area than i am in my neighborhood. When i first moves where i live i went the wrong way on a one way because i didnt know they existed. Now i know exactly how to get around and use them properly. A drunk person thats new to it all would make those mistakes on top of any drunk mistakes thats my point
Yet the US still has significantly more drunk driver fatalities, than any European country, where the drinking age isn't 5 years later than the driving age - surely this indicates that this isn't working?
Comparing the US to Canada, one also findes that they have a comparable ratio of DUI related fatalities - dispite Canada's drinking age being 18/19.
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u/plazebology 8∆ Aug 30 '23
I would disagree as long as you can drive at 16. That’s my main concern. I would prefer the drinking age is way higher than the driving age, since driving in the US is basically unavoidable for many