nicksmom - That is the biggest joke law ever. Ive never heard anyone abiding by it. What does a time frame do for young drivers?...or anyone? Nothing.

Until age 18 teens are on graduated licenses and can't legally drive after midnight. I'm sure lots of parents took that into account on New Year's Eve in addition to serving up liquor.

bennetonf1 - So you are saying its taken you over 20 years to know how to drive correctly?

A whole 20 years of driving?
No wonder your opinions are so wise.
(sarcasm)

Never had a dui or even a single traffic violation in my 20 years of driving. Boo you..ha.

Just keep paying those fines Sigma.

....reason I came to that conclusion is because all we seem to do is make the fines higher... we never really address the problem. Ironic isnt it...

We purposely create our problems in society so we can later come back and reap the rewards of the revenue the fines we created bring. Like a kid waiting till 16 to drive, when they turn 16 all they do is drive, drive, drive.. so when 21 comes and they can drink....what do you think happens? By having it this way we assure lots of young people will be drinking and driving generating lots of citations and making lots of money for the state/city. We have to keep the judicial system in business somehow.

The issue isn't the drinking age. Other countries have more responsible societal attitudes towards alcoholas a part of their culture. Our culture is to drink to get blitzed and then have an asterisk that says "drink responsibly".

since everyone evolves at different ages, age is pretty irrelevant to judge if a person can drink or not. If people were introduced and could drink at say 13, then it wouldnt be a new thing as soon as they got their license and they wouldnt have to over indulge in it like what we see. Other countries that have a much lower drinking age dont seem to have the problem.

Sigma, put your beer down and go to bed.

Sigma, Maybe if we didn't have any age we would not have so many problems. Nobody would be eligible for Social Security, Nobody would be old enough for a drivers license, would not have to register for the draft and on and on. Somehow all of your suggestions make so much sense. No laws would really solve all of the crime problems and most of the social problems.

Maybe if we didnt have a drinking age we wouldnt have so many problems.

If everyone wants a safe night,if you hear of,or know of,anyone hosting a drinking party for under age children,call the cops and divert what might happen after the fact,death or someone innocent dying tonight,those people might call you a zero,but in my book you would be a hero !!

I saw a lot of adult behavior when I was a child, however I was parented as child to only do things appropriate for a child at a given age for that time, again parents are not being good parents in this day and age.

A lot of people will be drinking and driving tonight, not just teens. This is accepted by society as a whole. Why wouldn't teens want to get in on the act? Many parents model and encourage this behavior. Teens are just doing what they see the adults do.

Real Alcohols™ stay home on New Years Eve night.
We may be dumb, but we ain't stupid!
I'm just sayin'...

Parenting is a lost art and will be one of the main causes of our countries demise (the other is our lack of an ethical politician and the debt they are creating).
Those parents allowing teens to drink and then drive from their homes always drove me crazy when I was a parent.
Turning them in got you know where with the PD.

I will be in by 6:00 tonight to avoid amateur hour.

Happy New Year on your ride over The Fiscal Cliff.

When I was a teen it was illegal to buy alcohol. I never drank as a teenager. I did not feel motivated to drink as a teenager. I also had a thing called parents, something that seems to be missing in today's society. I hope the public will be safe tonight.