drunk driving persuasive essay

The legal drinking age is 21, but people say they should lower the drinking age to 19. I disagree on this situation because of these 2 reasons: 1) every year we hear about a teenager dying because they ended up drinking while driving, or because they were in a car with their friends and the driver was drunk. And reason 2) is because it’s hard on parents to lose their child to teen drinking, and then they end up having to pay for damages done to other families.

Now I am going to explain why the drinking age should stay at 21. Approximately every year a teen ends up dying because they were in a car accident caused by teen drinking. A teen losing their life because of drinking is really horrible. Just think about it. A kid losing his/her life because they were driving or because they were in a car with someone who has been drinking. If you’ve been drinking why not ask somebody else to for you? And even if you want to drive, it would be best for another person to take you home or to whatever you need to go. Because losing your life especially if you’re a teen, isn’t ok at all. Think about it, a parent losing their child to drunk driving, is really hurtful. One because you’re still a teen haven’t fully grown up yet, and your mom and dad losing their son/daughter because of teen drinking. Losing your child hurts a lot. Nobody in the world would want to lose their child to anything. Damage to teen drinking is a lot of drama. First off, you parents lose a child. Second their insurance rate is going to go up because of the car accident, or because of the funeral arrangements. On top of that, not just your parents would be in grief, but your friends are too. Why? It is because they were really close to you, or because they were the ones who made a mistake and ended up drinking while driving, and you were the one who was the passenger when they ended up getting into a car accident. These are the reasons why the drinking age should not get lowered down. It should just stay at 21, because I don’t think teens are able to keep their drinking down.