Teen Drunk Driving Descreases As Gas Prices Increase

While we may all be feeling the staggering gas prices hitting our wallets pretty hard, it appears there might actually be a benefit to the gas prices on the rise. The incidences of teens drunk driving has dramatically decreased, in fact it's down 54% from twenty years ago.

We all know the economy is down, and teens just don't have as many jobs to get to to need to be driving so most teens just haven't been driving as much as they use to be. It's also become a harder process for teens to get their licenses, and have more restrictions like driving at night, passenger restrictions, and longer schooling. 

Back in 2010, 22% of high school seniors reported not driving at all in an average week, up from 15% not driving in 2000. And based on studies, Males are more likely to drive drunk than females. 



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