Drunk driving goes down quite notably with age

> https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/impaired_driving/impa... "Among drivers with BAC levels of 0.08% or higher involved in fatal crashes in 2014, three out of every 10 were between 21 and 24 years of age (30%). The next two largest groups were ages 25 to 34 (29%) and 35 to 44 (24%)."

It's not unreasonable to assume the 18-20 age group would be a similarly high percent as the 21-24 currently is, if it were legal for them to be drinking.

By the same token it's not unreasonable to assume if the drinking age were 18, the 21-24 group would see fewer alcohol-involved fatal crashes. What makes the most sense to me would be to lower the drinking age to 16 or so and raise the driving age to 18.

It's much higher, actually. There's data on it from the 70's and 80's which is the biggest reason the laws were changed. If I remember correctly, yearly drunk driving fatalities quickly went down 60%.

And that is why your insurance gets significantly cheaper when you turn 25.

And no it's not unreasonable at all to assume that. I am frightened enough as it is by drivers under 25, heck some of that is thinking back to 18, 20, 23 year old me driving.

I guess when you're 16 (you can drive at 16 in US) you're more likely to make a bad decision about driving and drinking maybe.

Weird that it is the drinking they regulate more, where usually injuries are done to your own person and not the driving where you are in charge of a serious amount of metal capable of injuring or killing others. 16 year olds make stupid decisions with or without alcohol.