Many believe that once the drinking age was set at 21, fatalities decreased, but "in a thorough and undisputed study, Asch and Levy demonstrate that raising the drinking age Age simply transferred lost lives from the 18-20 age group to the 21-24 age group” (Youth Rights, 2005) have shown through their study that increasing the age to 21 did not decrease the death rate from drunk driving, but only increased the average age of those who die in alcohol-related crashes. The study said