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Essay / Driving: the negative effects of driving and driving
Young people are more likely to experience a negative effect on their driving skills. Drivers aged 16 to 20 who drink are twice as likely to be involved in a fatal crash as motorists over the age of 21 who drink alcohol. If minors are caught driving after consuming alcohol, New York State has a zero tolerance policy. On the other hand, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 82 percent of today's youth don't drink. This means that almost 20 million young people are making the right choice by not drinking alcohol. Similarly, according to the University of Michigan's "Observing the Future" survey, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the proportion of high school students reporting having had a drink in the past 30 days was 32 percent lower in 2002 to what it was. In 1982 (