Although the juvenile will not experience drunkenness, the juvenile will feel the effects of the rush of alcohol more quickly than if he or she had consumed it slowly. Adults generally responded that they head home. Adults do not usually drive from place to place after they consume alcohol. In fact, most adults are headed home when stopped by law enforcement officers for alcohol-related offenses. Juveniles generally responded that they cruise around.
Juveniles are very social, and they like to drive from place to place and to see and be seen.
The significance of the juvenile response is that it will take the juvenile more time to get home than it will take the adult. The odds of having a crash increase the longer a driver stays on the road. And this is true even if the driver has had nothing to drink. Many responded that they would only drive when traffic was minimal, as is the case during those hours. Most juveniles live in jurisdictions where curfews prevail, and they tend to observe them.