The student body and staff at Rushville Consolidated High School were held in rapt attention in Memorial Gymnasium Thursday morning. They were brought together for a brief visit by the “Save A Life Tour.”
The program is a part of the National Make A Difference Program that stresses the impact drinking and driving can have on one’s life and the devastation it can cause.
The program utilizes techniques that are popular with the high school age group by use of interactive immersive simulation technology that is both informative and attention getting.
The program was designed to bring alcohol awareness to the forefront and, at the same time, discourage drinking and driving.
Since 2000, alcohol-related fatalities have shown a marked increase, especially with younger drivers.
The program also centered on displacing some of the myths associated with drinking and driving. Roughly 15 percent of motor vehicle accidents involving drivers who are legally drunk occur as a result of a driver weaving back and forth across a lane of travel, while 75 percent of the accidents are a result of a motorist not being aware of their surroundings.
The program allowed the students an opportunity to sit in a driving simulator and experience what it is like to driver under the influence of alcohol and changing road conditions. The simulator uses the same state-of-the-art technology that currently is used to train many of the nation’s military and police personnel.
Prior to taking a turn at the simulator the students were shown a video and heard a true-life story of how many lives are effected by a single death resulting from a motor vehicle accident involving the use of alcohol.
“Take the keys, be a friend. Do not let anyone drive drunk. If you save just one life, you win,” the students were told.
Students sat quietly as they listened to the graphic horror and loss of what they saw and heard.
“We have to keep trying to get the students’ attention on this subject. If we can reach just one and they in turn reach out to a friend then we are doing our job. We just can’t stop trying, because then we will never win this battle,” RCHS teacher Faith Mock said.
Frank Denzler can be contacted at (765) 932-2222 or via e-mail at frank.denzler@cnhimedia.com. To add a comment to this story visit our Website at www.rushvillerepublican.com.
News
Related Photos
Discussion
Save A Life tour comes to RCHS
- News
-
-
RCCF Education Fund Grants awarded
The Rush County Education Fund Grants Committee recently met to review grant applications for the 2012 grant cycle and to make their recommendations to the Rush County Community Foundation's Board of Directors.
-
Commissioners hear of feasibility study
The Rush County Commissioners met earlier this week and heard a report regarding a feasibility study currently underway regarding the city possibly running an ambulance service out of the Rushville Fire Department.
-
Pool open
Waggener Community Pool will be open from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The pool will be closed Monday and Tuesday and then open again Wednesday as was originally scheduled. Information: 932-7100.
-
Farmers Market
The Rush County Farmers and Artisans Market kicks off the 2012 season at 9 a.m. Saturday in the 100 block of East Third Street in downtown Rushville!
-
Good Samaritan recognized for heroic efforts
The lives of three complete strangers became intertwined the morning of Oct. 25, 2011.
-
Lion Project showing community pride
If you've been paying attention, you'll have noticed that new concrete lions are showing up all over town.
-
Waggener Pool opening Saturday and Sunday
In an update to this story, the City announced plans today to open Waggener Community Pool earlier than originally planned due to expected high temperatures over Memorial Weekend. Mayor Mike Pavey has asked that the pool be open this coming Saturday and Sunday. Hours will be noon to 6 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday. The pool will be closed on Monday for Memorial Day and Tuesday, and open again Wednesday, May 30, as was originally scheduled.
-
Why do young white women risk cancer to be tan?
A CDC report out this month found that nearly one in three white women aged 18 to 25 had used a tanning booth in the previous year. White women aged 18 to 21 went the most often, averaging 27.6 sessions per year—that’s over two sessions per month—while nearly 70 percent said they had gone at least 10 times in the last year.
-
Collision lands driver in Indy trauma center
A Milroy woman sustained serious injuries in a single vehicle accident on SR 244 west of Milroy that was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Monday.
-
Todd resigns
Bill Todd (center) is pictured during a recent meeting of the Rush County Commissioners at which he formally announced that he had turned in his resignation as the Rush County Area Plan Director. Todd has served in the capacity of APC director since 1998.
- More News Headlines
-
RCCF Education Fund Grants awarded
Jimmy Carter Endorses Egypt's Election Results
Biden Addresses West Point Graduating Class
Dozens of Children Killed in New Syria Attack
Raw Video: Activists Allege Massacre in Syria
NJ Man Charged With Murder in Death of Patz
Support, Fun for Kids of Fallen Soldiers at Camp
Fugitive Penguin Caught, Returned to Aquarium
50 Years Later, Underground Fire Still Burning
Light Show Transforms Sydney Opera House
Raw Video: Unruly Passenger Restrained in Miami
Raw Video: Robber Uses Drive-thru Window
Raw Video: Dragon Arrives at Space Station
Calif.'s Coronado Named Nation's Best Beach
CEO Salaries Become Sore Issue in Labor Disputes
Raw Video: Fight Erupts in Ukrainian Parliament
Texan Ranchers Remain Wary of Drought
Raw Video: Soldiers Plant Flags at Arlington
Police: Man Arrested in Etan Patz Disappearance
NYC Protests: the Revolution Will Be Scripted
Chicago U.S. Attorney Fitzgerald Resigns
