Jun 7, 2009 #2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Tour_de_France. Without counting the rest days, they averaged 105.32 miles per day. The longest stage was 144 miles and the winner of that stage finished it just under 5 hours and 28 minutes.
2. There are fewer drunk driving accidents in countries with lower drinking ages. In many countries around the world, the legal drinking age is already 18. In these countries, they have seen a greater reduction of drunken driving accidents than the United States, where the legal age is 21.. There are fewer drunk driving accidents in countries with lower drinking ages. In many countries around the world, the legal drinking age is already 18. In these countries, they have seen a greater reduction of drunken driving accidents than the United States, where the legal age is 21.
The researchers found that a drinking age of 18: 1  Increases prenatal alcohol consumption among 18- to 20-year-old women by 21 percent; 2  Increases the number of births to 18- to 20-year-olds by 4.6 percent in white women and 3.9 percent in 18- to 20-year-old African-American women; Increases the likelihood of women under age 21 having a low-birth weight baby by 6 percent (4 percent for white women and 8 percent for African-American women); and. 2  Increases the likelihood of premature birth by 5 percent in white women under age 18 and by 7 percent in African-American women under age 18.