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Significances of Teen Drinking and Driving
According to research conducted in 2013, nearly one million teenagers drank and got
behind the wheel. Most of the current accidents today are typically caused by young adults who
drive while drank. The rate is increasing steadily because teenagers are usually inexperienced
with alcohol and they take greater risks thus exercise less carefulness (Moreno 592). It is
believed that teen drinking is more harmful than that of adults because their brains are still
growing throughout adolescence and well into young middle age hence may lead to brain
complications. Without any doubt, alcohol is the major factor that causes fatal crashes. Based on
the recent study, approximately one-third of drivers who perished in a car accident ages 21 to 24
and had a blood level that was over the legal bounds. Driving is a composite task, and people
who drive while drank have a much greater prospect of having a car crash due to factors such as
a low capability to locate or view moving lights, evaluate distances or respond to multiple
provocations (Mendralla and Janet 143).
Drinking during this crucial age can result to permanent damage in brain role, especially
as it links to memory, motor coordination and skills. In addition, teen drinking results to sexual
attacks and rape. In every year, about 98,000 students between the ages of 19 and 25 are sufferers
of alcohol-linked sexual attacks or date rape (Moreno 592). Currently, people are well aware of
health implications caused by extreme alcohol consumption. These health implications comprises

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liver difficulties, malnutrition, stomach ulcers and heart complications. Teens who consume
alcohol and drive may have legal problems due to their manners. Teen drinking is unlawful, and
young adults who drink may participate in other unlawful manners as well (Gruber 76). The
consequences of teenage drinking is a challenge that concerns policy makers, parents and
educators as well. It is an influential challenge and influences us all directly or indirectly.

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Work cited
Gruber, Jonathan. Risky Behavior Among Youths: An Economic Analysis. Chicago: University of
Chicago Press, 2001. Internet resource.
Mendralla, Valerie, and Janet Grosshandler. Drinking and Driving, Now What?New York:
Rosen Pub, 2012. Print.
Moreno, Megan. 'Teen Driving'. JAMA Pediatrics 168.6 (2014): 592. Web.