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What's weirdest thing about American culture? (lemmygrad.ml)
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[–] axont@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The drinking age is due to America's astronomical rate of drunk driving fatalities. It was so high in the 60s that it was impeding the development of the national highway system, so the federal government cut a deal that if states set their drinking age to 21 they'd get highway funding. I think Louisiana was the last state to have a drinking age of 18, and they also had the reputation for the most poorly maintained roads in america

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Huh TIL, i thought it was some law relic inherited from Brits.

The drinking age is due to America’s astronomical rate of drunk driving fatalities

Not surprising though