Based on the most recent statistics, the possibility of a person or someone in the family to be involved in an alcohol-related auto accident is potentially inevitable. Imagining that someone in your family will be a victim of auto-accidents is horrible. A large number of these deaths and accidents came from the age bracket of 15 to 24 and many young people are, for a fact, dying without getting old, tragic and meaningless. Although it is hard to tell, there are some explanations for this large number of teenage alcohol-related auto accidents. There's this false belief on "teenage invincibility", increase in personal freedom, and the "I can handle it" notion. And possibly the major influence a teenager has with their drinking and driving practice is peer pressure. A subtle yet very powerful force.
Other states have this law called Zero Tolerance, which suspends the driving privileges of a person below the age of 21 who operates a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. A teenager with an alcohol blood level of .05-.10 is considered, by most states, as a legally drunk limit, however, with the Zero Tolerance law, a teenager can have a suspension of his/her driver's license even on a small trace of alcohol in their system. There are exceptions though for those young people who consume alcohol as a part of a religious ritual or minors who have taken a prescribed drugs with an alcohol content. Refusing to take the sobriety test can lead to a greater possibility of losing your driving privileges.
Because a lot of these young people are inexperienced with alcohol, they tend to drink more than they should, thus intoxicating themselves. And although selling alcohol to minors is greatly prohibited, there are still a lot of irresponsible people who sell alcohol to minors. A teenager who is caught driving after consuming alcohol will be placed in police custody and will be charged with Driving Under Influence ( DUI ). If an underaged person is convicted of DUI, he/she may lose full driving privileges for at least two to six years, a maximum of one to three years of imprisonment, and a maximum fine of $2,500 fine to $25,000 fine, depending on how many times he/she has committed the offense.