Save a Life Tour comes to Maine-Endwell High School, educating students about safe driving - WBNG

ENDWELL (WBNG) - The International Save a Life Tour made a halt astatine Maine-Endwell High School Wednesday -- teaching students astir the risks of distracted and impaired driving done virtual world simulators.

“Students beryllium successful a seat successful beforehand of a surface arsenic if they’re successful an existent car, and commencement to thrust astir earlier I manus them a telephone that is sending them substance messages continuously passim their drive,” said Save a Life Tour Manager Hunter Miles. “They’re expected to effort to respond to them and recognize however hard it really is.”

The students besides participated successful a virtual world that allows them to acquisition an impaired driving scenario, thing pupil Victoria Capuli said is important to amended her classmates on.

“You spot a batch of the drunk driving and the destructive decisions being made connected the road. You spot the posts, you spot everything connected the news. It’s a harsh reality,” she said.

Other activities similar a escaped propulsion shooting contention portion wearing drunk goggles and a “Battle of the Belts” contention were besides held.

“Battle of the Belts is wherever there’s 4 radical successful a car moving unneurotic to spot however accelerated you tin spot up your belt, get retired of it, power seats and buckle up again,” said pupil Logan Ciganek. “It’s conscionable a amusive mode to marque radical alert to person their seatbelt on.”

All activities were offered during each student’s carnal acquisition class, truthful each pupil has the accidental to participate.

Students Against Destructive Decisions Club Advisor, Bill Ocker, said helium is gladsome to person each pupil larn astir the value of being harmless connected the road.

“Hopefully, this volition change determination making erstwhile it comes to making harmless choices and operating a centrifugal vehicle,” said Ocker.

Assistant Principal Jennifer Yurko said the schoolhouse has besides partnered with section organizations and instrumentality enforcement to beforehand harmless driving. She said students came up with the thought to marque this a assemblage lawsuit to assistance rise awareness.

“So galore students don’t recognize the precise existent anticipation a distracted determination tin pb to precise antagonistic consequences,” said Yurko.

The Save a Life Tour and different drivers information activities volition proceed astatine the schoolhouse until Thursday, Oct. 20.

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