Study shows if your friends drink and drive, you will too
Categories: Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment
The University of Michigan recently took a look at the habits of about 3,500 young people, and what they found is that people with friends who drink and drive are much more likely to do so themselves. It's less about peer pressure, and more about social circles and what people think when they consider the risks involved -- apparently many aren't thinking things through very well.The study is prompting policy-makers to take a new look at how they approach the issue, with new efforts focused on changing perceptions of just what the risks of drinking and driving are (it involves so much more than just getting a ticket or losing your license!) and attempting to lessen the social pressures that encourage excessive drinking in the first place.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
mcewen 4-01-2007 @ 11:48AM
Gosh I am so glad I've lost my herding instinct, clearly there must be some advantages to growing old and crusty!
I'm just happy to the be a slightly tarnished black sheep of a different order.
Cheers dears
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allornothin13 4-01-2007 @ 11:17PM
i like your articles, but this one is just plain ridiculous. I am not a drinker, and every one of my friend's is. They all drink excessively and all drive drunk as well. And guess what...i never have driven under the influence! Even the handful of times that i have had a sip of alcohol I have not driven. In fact, because all of my friends drink and wont think twice about getting behind the wheel of a car after doing so, I always volunteer as the designated driver.
Peer pressure is an excuse in certain issues, but I think you are stereotyping a little bit with this article.
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