In July 2004, all 50 states and the District of Columbia passed legislation establishing a driver with a BAC(blood alcohol concentration) of .08 to be legally intoxicated.

In 2008, 64.1 percent of eighth graders reported that alcohol is “very easy” or “fairly easy” to get.

1. Teenagers as a group average twice as many accidents as adult drivers, while driving only half as many miles. This makes the teenage accident rate per mile four times as great as that of adult drivers.

2. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death for teenagers.