Under Age UT Drinker/Driver Gets Lucky
Underage Driinking And Driving
Emergency crews helped to rescue 20-year old driver who was trapped in his SUV after he lost control and flipped the vehicle in downtown Knoxville. He was lucky this time, but thousands of underage drinkers who get behind the wheel of a motor vehicle every year end up dead, seriously injured or having to live the rest of their lives knowing that they caused the death of another human being.
According to an article on the website of Knoxville TV station WBIR, police found alcohol in the wreckage and suspect the driver was under the influence. “Anytime we have, especially a late game, we have more of a problem with alcohol,” Knoxville Police Sgt. Brian Evans said. “People tend to party all day and they get behind a wheel of a car at night. Hopefully this is an exception rather than a regular occurrence but anytime alcohol is involved with driving a vehicle usually the outcome is not very good.”
How right Sgt. Evans is. According to Tennessee Department of Transportation Commissioner Gerald Nicely, “Many teens feel that bad things will never happen to them, but fatal crashes involving teens happen every day,” he went on to say, “In 2007 alone, we lost 166 Tennessee teenagers in motor vehicle crashes. It is up to all of us to remind our teens to be safe behind the wheel every trip, every time.” According to the United States Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of fatalities among teens in the United States. In 2007 alone, 4,540 teen passenger vehicle occupants 16 to 20 years old were killed in motor vehicle crashes, and more than half (2,502) were unrestrained at the time of the fatal crash.
It’s our job to prevent under age drinking. Most programs focus on stepped up enforcement on the highway, increased enforcement on liquor and beer retailers who provide alcohol to young people and parents in an effort to have them set a good example for their children and to teach them the danger of drinking and driving.
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