Legal Drinking Age Survey

[jackkk]

Hey,

Sorry if this is completely Off Topic but I have to conduct a survey for a Legal Studies Assessment on the Drinking Age in Australia. I need at least 20 people to take part in answering the questions.

Below is a copy of it..

If you could just fill in your answers and what not, It would be appreciated

Please tick the appropriate box

Age: Under 18 /18-29/30-45/ 45-60/Over 60

Sex: Male/Female

Martial Status:Single/Married/Divorced/Defacto/Widowed

Religion: Christian Muslim Jewish Other ___________________

Occupation: Student Employed Unemployed Retired

If employed what is your occupation?

________________________________________________________

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.

Edited 07/06/09 03:13 AM by jackkk

[Trough Lolly]

*The Legal Drinking Age should not be raised to 21 in Australia, as there will be a greater occurance of Underage Drinking*

Gee ya think!

Maybe becuase they have an extra 3 years to do it!

[Mat]

Age: 18-29

Sex: Yes Please

Martial Status: Long term relationship

Religion: Atheist

Occupation: Employed

If employed what is your occupation? Commercial / Retail

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

No. Teenagers are still going to drink regardless

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

No.

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

No. Why punish those who consume alcohol or who use common sense to control themselves

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

No. Plenty of people over 21 die weekly from alcohol related problems.

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

No.

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

Yes of course drink drivers should face harsher penalties including jail but I dont believe its the #1 cause of fatal car accidents

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

Yes. 17 at Schoolies

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

No. Teenagers will still find a way to get it regardles. The government needs to be looking at safer roads / more hospitals / better schools etc before worrying about teenagers drinking

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

Yes, if that person is highly intoxicated

Edited 07/06/09 02:38 PM by Mat

[turbotrana]

Please tick the appropriate box

Age: Under 18 /18-29/30-45/ 45-60/Over 60 30-45

Sex: Male/Female Male

Martial Status:Single/Married/Divorced/Defacto/Widowed Married

Religion: Christian Muslim Jewish Other _______Other____________

Occupation: Student Employed Unemployed Retired

If employed what is your occupation?

___________Self employed_____________________________________________

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

Bloody oath

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

No, more education and parent education as loser parents have alot to do with underage drinking

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

yes

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

Of course it would

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

Of course there would

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

Yes, harsher fines for drink driving. First offence $1000 and confication of vehicle 1 month

Second offence $2000 and 12 months and loss of license 12 months

Third offence $5000 and car crushed and permanent loss of license and imprisonment 12months.

They also need to be educated/rehabilitated

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

No

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to

underage youth?

Yes, heaps more

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

Of course. Drink and drugs are the cause of alot of problems in society.

Funny you asked this. A very distant relative of the wife who was an alcoholic died today. Never did much with his life, just drank himself to death.

Edited 07/06/09 03:07 PM by turbotrana

[ZAP]

Age: 30-45

Sex: Male

Martial Status:Married

Religion: Other _____Athiest______________

Occupation: Employed

If employed what is your occupation?

____________Business Owner____________________________________________

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

No

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

Yes, having some form of drinking education program, so show responsible drinking. I do not think fines and gaol will make much differece. The key is education of pissed iddiots to show them what binge drinking does to them.

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

it would be impossible to control, so NO. People should know their limits or have friends that all help eachother to have a fun night out and not get totally wasted.

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

No, it has made no difference in the USA.

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

Yes, but it needs to start with parenting and licensed premmisses. People should also be fully accountable for their actions, be it pissed or sober. You should not get a reduced sentence or punnishment just because you were pissed when you comitted a crime. Nobody made you get drunk and commit a crime.

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

Instant impounding of your car for the period of license suspension. If they can take your car for a burnout, then the must take your car for driving drunk as it is far more dangerous.

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

15

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

No, it needs to be up to the individual, parents and places that sell booze, not the government to keep putting taxes and rules on the sale of Alcohol.

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

Yes, as it is meant to be now. It is funny that the same pubs/clubs are responsible for the most problems. Manly (Sydney) is a perfec example of how bad things get when license places do not stick to the rules.

At the end of the day you cannot put laws in to stop iddiots trying to wipe themselves out. Let Natural selection take its role in this process.

[nang3]

Age: 30-45

Sex: when permitted

Martial Status: Long term relationship

Religion: cash driven capitalist pig

Occupation: Employed

If employed what is your occupation? IT Engineering

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

If I ever have a daughter, yes ! otherwise 18 is plenty fine

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

Nope, getting your alcohol taken away from you and oldies called is bad enough!!

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

what are we talking about here - a limit on alcohol consumed where and when? at home? in the pub?

anyone telling me I cant drink anymore when im at home can f-off and die - its my house and il do what I want. if im being a f*ckwit in the pub causing problems then yeh cut me off, but otherwise if I want to drink 26 pints of heineken at the breakwater at a sunday sesh while not causing any problems then il farken well do it!

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

not sure, would have to look at stats etc all of which can be twisted to suit any argument really..

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

Possibly depending on what laws are being enforced more strictly - the selling of alcohol to underagers or the amount of alcohol being consumed before people are cut off from the bar..

It can go both ways really - cut someone off and they may get pissed off and be more likely to cause issues in the pub OR they may just call it a night and go home....

Let them keep drinking and they may have a good night and sore head the next day OR they may get blind and out of control etc..

it depends on the individual which makes it hard for vendors and enforcement agencies to make a blanket rule.

but I dont think being pissed is an excuse for any type of criminal behaviour and any punishments should be of the same severity pissed or not.

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

bullsh*t, its hoons chirping second gear and/or doing 5 over at midnight on deserted freeways that is the killer !!

I do think coppers need more resources to crack down on DUI drivers though so we will hear less of the endless bleating from the anti-HOON propaganda sheep

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

yeh like new years eve end of year 6 in New Orleans, old boy fed me champagne on a rivercruise... we always used to sneak a few cans of redback or goonbag or rocket fuel before Blue Light discos too... my mum also used to squeeze my dummy nipple into her gin and tonic when I was a baby.. explains a lot

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

no they do enough now, if someone wants something whether it be a bacardi breezer, goonbag or bag of smack they can and will get it

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

depends on what they are doing at the time.. acting like a farkwit then yeh cut them off... but if htey are drunk but behaving fine then whats the problem

[sixfan]

Hey,

Sorry if this is completely Off Topic but I have to conduct a survey for a Legal Studies Assessment on the Drinking Age in Australia. I need at least 20 people to take part in answering the questions.

Below is a copy of it..

If you could just fill in your answers and what not, It would be appreciated :ukliam3:

Please tick the appropriate box

Age: Under 30/45

Sex: male

Martial Status:Married

Religion: Christian Muslim Jewish Other ____christian_______________

Occupation: Student Employed Unemployed Retired

If employed what is your occupation?

_________________consultant Geologist_______________________________________

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

no

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

no

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

no way

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

no

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

no, drunk people aren't thinking of the consequences of thier actions, if they did there would be no such thing as hangovers.

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

yes, drink driving is the major cause of accidents in the NT, but the fuggen Labor party reduced the speed limits....to fight the road toll....

Couldn't up the penalties for DD or they'd alienate all thier voters up here. Manditory 6 month suspension for first offence, loss of licence on second, (unless there are really good mitigating circumstances, I'm happy to leave this assesment to the judge)

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

~12, I was allowed a small glass of wine with dinner, never got into the whole uderage drinking thing....making up for it now.

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

No the government needs to sod off and stop trying to do the parents job for them. this fuggen nanny state mentality sh1ts me to tears.

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

not really, highly intoxicated people who are given more to drink either vomit or fall over, (or both) either way, they are no-longer a threat to anyone else.

Highly intoxicated people can't fight very well, they keep falling over when they try to punch you. Mildly intoxicated people are much more dangerous.

Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.

[our06t]

Hey,

Sorry if this is completely Off Topic but I have to conduct a survey for a Legal Studies Assessment on the Drinking Age in Australia. I need at least 20 people to take part in answering the questions.

Below is a copy of it..

If you could just fill in your answers and what not, It would be appreciated

Please tick the appropriate box

Age: Under 30-45/

Sex: Male

Martial Status Married

Religion: Christian Muslim Jewish Other ____no ones convinced me they've got the answers yet_______________

Occupation: employed

If employed what is your occupation?

___Retail managment_____________________________________________________

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

no , don't see the point when you go to the pub half the young ones are only drinking water anyway , to keep the pills down

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

No unless it becomes a repeated offence wich causes harm to others

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

no , there is no possible way of controlling such a measure

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

No if they are reckless person they will find something to hurt themselves with

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

yes if the police where backed with the manpower they need

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

Yes this is a crime that affects many people when a drunk driver kills innocent people on the road

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

Yes around 15 at home

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

No , I think it's fairly well controlled ,with responsible service of alchohol etc

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

Yes , this also comes under responsible service

Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.

[iTec]

Age: 18-29

Sex: Male

Martial Status: Defacto

Religion: Christian

Occupation: Unemployed

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

no

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

No

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

No

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

No, it would more then likely increase them. If young adults are not going to be permited to drink alcohole in licensed venues where there is

security and systems in place (Resposible service of alcohole) to protect them then all they are going to do is move to a venue where there is no

security and no monitoring of how intoxicated they are.

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

Probably not, people who have consumed to much are not rational thinkers

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

for mid to high range drink driving it should carry a mandatory prison sentence, a week, a month anything. the penalties for low range drink driving are fair

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

yes about 14

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

what more precaution can the govenment take? It is allready illegal to purchase alcohol, I think stricter enforcment of the law would be beneficial but not really viable.

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

yes, It is allready law under the responsible service of alcohole to refuse service to any person who is intoxicated.

[XR6TWolf]

Age: 30-45

Sex: Malee

Martial Status:Divorced

Religion: none

Occupation: Employed

If employed what is your occupation?

Administration Manager

Please answer ALL questions listed below, by simply giving your honest opinion. When answering please briefly explain why.

1. Should the legal drinking age be raised to 21 years of age?

Yes. A lowering of the drinking age in New Zealand has proven that younger people simply lack the maturity to consume alcohol responsibly. Whilst this may be a stereotype the negative impact on society in the long term outweighs the benefits of a lower drinking age.

2.Do you believe that there should be harsher punishment for underage drinking?

Yes. Though target those supplying it and in cases where false pretences are used by an underage to obtain alcohol then CHARGE them with false pretences.

3.Do you believe that there should be a certain limit of alcohol allowed to be consumed at any one stage?

No. Each person reacts differently to alcohol and it needs to be a judgement call on the part of a host.

4. Do you believe that raising the legal drinking age to 21 will reduce the number of alcohol related deaths?

Yes.

5. Do you believe that there would be less alcohol related violence with stricter enforcement of the law?

Unquestionably!

6. The consumption of too much alcohol is the main cause of fatal car crashes. Do you believe that if one is caught drink driving, they should face stricter punishment? Possibly imprisonment? If YES what sort of punishment/fines should they face?

YES. Quite simple...drink drivers are criminals who kill and injure. Take the car, sell it and ensure that the driver does not receive the proceeds. For second or subsequent offences then jail is the only option but a short stay just isnt going to do it.

7. Were you underage when you first consumed alcohol? If so what age? (APPROXIMATELY)

Yes. 16

8. Do you believe that the government should take further precaution in order to prevent the sale of alcohol to underage youth?

Yes. All wholesalers should be equipped with electronic readers to read offical ID (drivers license, passport etc) which would alleviate the problem of retailers ignoring the rules as they so often do.

9. Many fights relate to alcohol. Do you believe that if one is highly intoxicated they should be refused purchase of any other alcoholic beverage?

YES. Not sure about Australia but here in NZ the law prevents bar owners from serving intoxicated patrons. While not widely enforced it should be and would reduce the issues caused later in the night.

Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey.