CHS SADD hosts UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour and Assembly
November 9, 2022
Cassville Senior Dulce Rivera demonstrates UNITE's state of the art marijuana impaired driving simulation.
Adriana Keeton
The Missouri Department of Transportation teamed up with UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour and visited the Cassville High School campus on Friday, November 4.
UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour is the nation's number-one ranked drunk and distracted driving simulator in the country. The state of the art simulator allows participants to drive while distracted, drunk, or drugged in a fully functional vehicle without moving or being intoxicated.
Senior Dulce Rivera participated in the marijuana impaired driving simulation. When asked how she felt after using the simulation for marijuana impaired driving, she said, "I find it scary that some of my peers could be driving this way. That someone's poor decision can affect other's lives."
Missouri Highway Patrol Corporal Sam Carpenter was also available with a seat belt convincer. A seat belt convincer is an inclined seat, equipped with a seat belt, that replicates a 5 mph crash. Freshman Logan Marple was shocked after her turn on the convincer, "The impact is alot harder than I was expecting. It is a reminder to put my seat belt on every time."
Later in the day SADD Advisor Trevor McLaughlin headed an assembly that focused on "buckle up, phones down" and the affects of distracted driving. A video was shown, "Faces of Distracted Driving", which highlighted the story of Casey Feldman, a young woman whose life was lost too soon due to distracted driving. To view more information on Casey Feldman's story, visit https://www.caseyfeldmanmemories.org/.
Retired Missouri Highway Patrol Sargent John Lueckenhoff also spoke with students during the assembly regarding the importance of not driving distracted and wearing a safety device.
Luekenhoff pointed out that as of November 4, there were 842 traffic crashes in the state of Missouri. In 2021, 1,016 people died in traffic crashes and 60% were not wearing a safety device. Studies show that 1/2 of those individuals would be alive today if they had buckled up.
The mission of the tour and assembly was to educate young drivers on the dangers and consequences of distracted driving and to create life-long safe driving habits. For more information on UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour, visit https://arrivealivetour.com/.
The Missouri Department of Transportation teamed up with UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour and visited the Cassville High School campus on Friday, November 4.
UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour is the nation's number-one ranked drunk and distracted driving simulator in the country. The state of the art simulator allows participants to drive while distracted, drunk, or drugged in a fully functional vehicle without moving or being intoxicated.
Senior Dulce Rivera participated in the marijuana impaired driving simulation. When asked how she felt after using the simulation for marijuana impaired driving, she said, "I find it scary that some of my peers could be driving this way. That someone's poor decision can affect other's lives."
Missouri Highway Patrol Corporal Sam Carpenter was also available with a seat belt convincer. A seat belt convincer is an inclined seat, equipped with a seat belt, that replicates a 5 mph crash. Freshman Logan Marple was shocked after her turn on the convincer, "The impact is alot harder than I was expecting. It is a reminder to put my seat belt on every time."
Later in the day SADD Advisor Trevor McLaughlin headed an assembly that focused on "buckle up, phones down" and the affects of distracted driving. A video was shown, "Faces of Distracted Driving", which highlighted the story of Casey Feldman, a young woman whose life was lost too soon due to distracted driving. To view more information on Casey Feldman's story, visit https://www.caseyfeldmanmemories.org/.
Retired Missouri Highway Patrol Sargent John Lueckenhoff also spoke with students during the assembly regarding the importance of not driving distracted and wearing a safety device.
Luekenhoff pointed out that as of November 4, there were 842 traffic crashes in the state of Missouri. In 2021, 1,016 people died in traffic crashes and 60% were not wearing a safety device. Studies show that 1/2 of those individuals would be alive today if they had buckled up.
The mission of the tour and assembly was to educate young drivers on the dangers and consequences of distracted driving and to create life-long safe driving habits. For more information on UNITE's Arrive Alive Tour, visit https://arrivealivetour.com/.
