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Drinking and Driving: What Teens Should Know

NCJ Number
108550
Date Published
1984
Length
0 pages
Annotation
This film presentation is designed to help teenagers develop a mature attitude toward drinking and driving by challenging them to acknowledge and accept the responsibilities involved.
Abstract
The presentation begins by refuting teenage misconceptions about drinking and driving. It presents the facts about alcohol-related highway accidents as the most common cause of teenage deaths. It also gives an overview of student and community efforts to prevent drunk driving and provides practical ideas that can help teenagers act assertively and decisively to save their own lives and the lives of their friends. (Publisher summary modified)