Drinking and drinving is a very serious issue in the "driving world" Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for U.S. teens.In 2010, 1 to every seven teens ages 16 to 19 died every day from motor vehicle injuries. Per mile driven, teen drivers ages 16 to 19 are three times more likely than drivers aged 20 and older to be in a fatal crash. All of this preventable! In 2010 about 2,700 teens in the United States aged 16–19 were killed and almost 282,000 were treated and released from emergency departments for injuries suffered in motor-vehicle crashes, Wow! In a recent year, people aged 16 to 24 were involved in 28 percent of all alcohol-related driving accidents, although they make up only 14% of the U.S. population.Young people are also over-represented in drinking driver injuries and deaths.Fortunately, driving accidents have been declining among young people, just as they have among the general population. And deaths associated with young drinking drivers (those 16 to 24 years of age) are down dramatically, having dropped 47% in a recent 15-year period.
There is a group called "MADD" (Mothers against drunk driving).is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking. MADD also supports drunk and drugged driving victims and survivors. This organization is very helpful to mothers, Fathers anyone who has lost a loved one to drunk driving or who has become a victim to drunk driving.
SADD -This group, SADD, which orginally stood for Students Against Driving Drunk, ( commonly transposed as Students Against Drunk Driving ), and is now called Students Against Destructive Decisions, is an informative alcohol and drug abuse prevention program for adolescents and young teens which helps redirect young student energy to more positive pastimes. This organization wants to provide information about how to prevent accidents which are caused by drunk driving SADD has programs for teens that provide