UK, you obviously don't know about the area in which this happened.
Oceanside is about 1 hour from Tijuana Mexico.
I grew up in the San Fernando Valley which was 2.5 hours from Mexico.
Drinking age in CA is 21. Drinking age in Mexico is 18 or $3.25 whichever you are. At one point I know they started cracking down to restrict closer to 18 but really it is very much a So Cal thing to do on the weekends to drive to TJ get plastered and walk back across the border and DRIVE home.
I can't tell you how many people I helped or carried across the border in Mexico who were just too wasted to do anything but passout.
I know all about it because I was usually the designated driver and I didn't drink a single thing the entire night until I got home or the hotel sometimes at 6am. I can tell you that there were many small fender benders around that time period, of people who drove as far away as Bakersfield to party on the weekends. With the price of gas it is now may not be as problematic, but it still will happen.
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