Which Gender Is More Likely To Drive After Drinking? :: DUI, Drunk Driving, Alcohol

IntroductionLast year a student from my high inform was killed in a drunk driving accident. As shocking as the death was for many students, people still continued to drive age intoxicated. This year two of my close friends received DUIs and numerous people I have encountered have also been convicted of Driving Under the Influence. Working at a local bar, it is actually seldom that I see a person choosing to remain sober because they "have to drive", and I began to approve which gender was more likely to drive by and by consuming alcohol. I hypothesize that men are more likely to drive after consuming alcoholic beverages than women. I have decided this for several reasons, the first-string one being that when on a date, usually the male drives.ResearchI began my research on the Internet, and found several very useful sights. MADD (mothers against drunk driving) had round fairly new statistics regarding alcohol usance and driving. I also visited the subject field Cl earinghouse for Drugs and Alcohol, and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. While reviewing some statistics regarding fatal accidents related to alcohol, I noniced that California had a very high number of deaths-second only to Texas (this number did not reflect the dowry of the nation-with this in mind, Nevada and Texas had the largest percents). With this in mind I investigated the current justnesss regarding alcohol consumption and driving. Currently, the law in California declares a person to be lawfully intoxicated if their blood alcohol content is .08% or greater (this law of course is different for minors). The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and adult male Services define a standard drink as 12 ounces of beer, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of 80-proof distilled spirits. MethodI decided to Survey 50 people, 25 men and 25 women. Although laws prohibit people under 21 from consuming alcohol, I chose to great deal peo ple 16 years and older simply because I know that many minors do drink and drive. In set up to get a more representative sample, I decided not to survey at CSUSM but at the mall where my sample population would consist of people other than students. Before handing people the survey I asked them two simple questions Are you a licensed driver? and Do you consume alcoholic beverages? To those that answered yes to both questions, I passed out the following survey1.