flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (06/26/84)
Since the main argument for a national drinking age of 21 relates to auto fatalities, and since virtually all of those fatalities are caused by *male* drivers, how about a higher drinking age for men? --The aspiring iconoclast, Paul Torek, umcp-cs!flink
saquigley@watmath.UUCP (Sophie Quigley) (07/02/84)
What I think would be better is to have a higher driving age rather than
a higher drinking age. Obviously, of the two combined actions of driving
and drinking, driving is the most dangerous of the two.
Sophie Quigley
...!{clyde,ihnp4,decvax}!watmath!saquigleyhaapanen@watdcsu.UUCP (Tom Haapanen [DCS]) (07/11/84)
> What I think would be better is to have a higher driving age rather than > a higher drinking age. Obviously, of the two combined actions of driving > and drinking, driving is the most dangerous of the two. Also, of the two, driving is the more useful and necessary action. Have you ever heard of any organization aiming to abolish driving? (cmp. all the organizations fighting use of alcohol) Especially in the North American society, driving and automobiles are generally regarded as a necessity rather than as a luxury. Same can not be said about drinking. Tom "biased, and proud of it!" Haapanen {allegra,decvax,ihnp4}!watmath!watdcsu!haapanen University of Waterloo