<p>For what its worth, I recently heard on the news (but I don’t have the sources) the same conclusions as 1of42: That drunk driving fatalities are down due to seat belt laws, airbags, MADD, speed limits and stronger enforcement, not because of the change of drinking age to 21.</p>
<p>From my perspective as a parent (who imbibes and has done so since the legal-at-the-time-age of 18), the real issue with college drinking is not the drinking, its the driving. So on campuses where most kids live in dorms and don’t drive, the simple experience of uncontrollable puking can be enough to serve as a strong deterrent to the problem, imo.</p>