Zero Tolerance and the Law
All 50 states and the District of
Columbia have laws that prohibit the purchase and possession of
alcoholic beverages by those under 21 years of age, yet every
year more that 60,000 drivers aged between 15 and 20 are killed
in alcohol-related collisions. These drivers are underage for
the legal consumption of alcohol but of an age to drive legally
- a deadly combination.
Zero-tolerance laws are designed
to prevent alcohol consumption by drivers under the age of 21.
In other words, they are laws to prevent needless death and
injury. Zero-tolerance laws provide that any amount of alcohol
in the body of a driver under age 21, generally 0.02 (the
illegal BAC level in most states for drivers 21 and older is
between 0.08 and 0.10), is an offense for which the driver's
license may be suspended for a period of time or revoked.
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