Comments on: Scare Tactics Used to Prevent Drunk Driving

By: gino

gino — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:40:07 +0000

They once did that at my school.. Except they staged the event outside the school itself. A lot of people were quite upset.. I think it gets the message across, but i do think there are better ways of doing it.

By: Lacey

Lacey — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 20:25:26 +0000

I definitely think that students should be taught not to drink and drive but this is not the way to do it! Whoever thought of the idea clearly did not think it through…or just wasn’t thinking at all. I can not believe that the officers and school board agreed to take part! I would like to know how they even managed to convince the entire student body that 26 students had died due to alcohol-related car accidents in one night. If I was in the position of one of those students I would be absolutely furious. I could not imagine how traumatized these students must have felt. These “dead” students were their friends! And then finding out that it was all a hoax? Honestly, that probably didn’t even convince them not to drink and drive. At that point, the only thing that they were convinced of is how ridiculous and stupid their principal and the police officers are. By making this huge hoax, they are actually taking away the seriousness of drinking and driving. There are so many people who actually do die or get seriously hurt from alcohol-related accidents. They could have used real examples to help teach students to be safe and not drive drunk without totally traumatizing them.

By: Law Office of Bruce M. Margolin

Law Office of Bruce M. Margolin — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:01:26 +0000

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By: Corey

Corey — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 01:33:44 +0000

I saw this at my school. Someone doesn’t die every 15 minutes form drunk driving incident. Dunk driving is now described as “Hardcore of Alcoholics who don’t respond to public appeal” says former MADD president Katherine Prescott. Drunk driving is now less of a problem than 25 years ago. It made me think that prohibition saved lives! Prohibition ruined more lives than saved! Most fatalities occur with the drunk driver him/herself. NOBODY DRIVES DRUNK ANYMORE BUT HARDCORE ALCOHOLICS!

By: Chairman Ma

Chairman Ma — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 18:17:27 +0000

How disgusting is this? If anything, this will cause those kids to drink even more.

By: rich

rich — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:52:25 +0000

please correct wWw to Wow. thanks.

By: rich

rich — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:51:41 +0000

wWw, and people say kids act irresponsibly. This will only reinforce a typical teen’s belief that when it come to information on drugs, sex and alcohol, adults cannot be trusted. Great job El Camino.

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:41:03 +0000

In some jurisdictions, making a false statement like this is a criminal offense similar to perjury.

If I were the parent of one of these students, I would immediately enroll my child in a private school. Then, I would sue the city and the school district for causing emotional distress by knowingly making false statements.

What were they thinking when they did this? What if one of the students was so distressed over it that they committed suicide? I’m sure they didn’t consult any psychological experts beforehand on the effects of their little ‘experiment’.

This could never be done to a group of adults without causing national public outrage.