AAMI research shows more young women are drink driving Lindsay Lohan after yet another court appearance. Experts believe young women are emulating 'bad girl' celebrities. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images) Source: Getty Images TELL US: Can 'Hollywood bad girls' be faulted for this? HOLLYWOOD bad girls are being blamed for an increasing number of young women drink driving. A survey of 1100 drivers aged 18-24 reveals that the drink driving message is not getting through to young women, who are almost twice as likely to have driven while intoxicated compared to a decade ago. The research by national insurer AAMI shows 14 per cent of women admitted getting behind the wheel while drunk in 2012, up from 8 per cent in 2002. This compared to 16 per cent of young men, down from 29 per cent over the same period. SA police data also shows an increase in the ratio of young women caught drink driving in the past 10 years. Young women accounted for 20 per cent of drivers aged 18-24 caught over the limit last financial year compared to just 13 per cent in 2001/02. Youth Psychologist Dr Michael Carr-Gregg said girls were more likely to "engage in behaviour which is taboo" than a decade ago. "More are getting drunk and engaging in risky driving and part of that is the role models which they are exposed to, like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan," Dr Carr-Greg said yesterday. These people are the focus of intense media and social media attention. Actress Lohan, 26, was twice caught drink driving in 2007 and singer Spears has a history of alcohol and drug abuse. Dr Carr-Gregg said another reason for the rise in drink driving was young women sought "to attract guys by behaving like them." "And the fact is - particularly in this age group - we know alcohol impacts on the inhibiting behaviour of the brain which means making more bad decisions," he said. SA Police Superintendent Bob Fauser, Officer in Charge, Traffic, said 36 of the 94 people to die on the state's roads last year were women. ." . .if this alarming drink-driving trend continues then almost certainly women will soon be equally represented in our road deaths," he said. AAMI's young driver survey also found: 13 PER CENT believe it is OK to drive after a few drinks if they feel that they are capable of driving 21 PER CENT sometimes take a different route home after drinking to avoid being breathalysed 49 PER CENT have been concerned that after a heavy night of drinking they are still over the limit when driving the next morning AAMI spokesman Reuben Aitchison said the latest survey findings show the drink driving message was not reaching young women. "Drink driving is one of the most insidious of all the risky driving behaviours, as it impairs your judgment on so many important aspects of driving and significantly reduces your ability to anticipate hazards and react to them fast enough," he said.