Underage drinking and driving in Pennsylvania contributes to many auto accidents around the state. Governmental agencies identify four major causes of teenage auto accidents:

• Alcohol
• Risk Taking
• Immaturity
• Inexperience

In Pennsylvania, any person under 21 breaks the law if he or she drinks, possesses, buys, or transports alcohol.

Pennsylvania case law has shown that any detectable alcohol on a minor's breath is sufficient to sustain a charge of underage drinking. For minors, police can use a device for a preliminary breath test (PBT), which is good enough evidence to convict.

A significant amount of fewer teens are drinking and driving in Pennsylvania since stricter drinking and driving laws were passed. In Pennsylvania anyone under the age of 21 cannot have a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) level over .02 percent.

If you or a loved one have been injured or killed in a Pennsylvania auto accident caused by an underage driver who was drinking, please fill out the form on your left for a free case review by a Pennsylvania auto accident lawyer.