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Students learn dangers of distracted driving Sixteen-year-old Tabitha Lee admitted that she sometimes texts while driving. “Only at red lights really,” said Tabitha, a Puget Sound
Adventist Academy junior, who got her license last year. “But after this, I probably won’t even do that.” She learned quickly the dangers of distracted driving as she texted while running a red light and swerving
into the opposite lane at the school on Sept. 29. She was not in a real car, but in a hightech simulator that allowed students to experience in a controlled environment the potential consequences of texting and drunken driving
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as part of Unite’s Arrive Alive Program. The nationwide tour, which brings health and wellness programs to high school and college campuses, also uses an impact video and a number of other resources to heighten awareness to the dangers and consequences of distracted driving. “It was sobering just to see the real footage of actual people who are our age getting into accidents just because of a drink,” said Tabitha of the video, which shows an injured teenager taken to an
Puget Sound Adventist Academy senior German Mendoza texts while “driving” in a simulator down a virtual road in the school’s parking lot on Sept. 29. CARRIE WOOD, Kirkland Reporter emergency room as the result of texting while driving. During the program at
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Puget Sound Adventist Academy, 9th through 12th graders watched the video and then went to the parking lot to use the simulator. Drivers donned goggles that show them a virtual road. They steer like they’re in a regular car and sensors translate movements to the screen. Taylor Braunworth, a 10th grader, drove normally at first. But then his cell phone went off with a text. He swerved in and out of the turn lane as he texted, “I will not text and drive.” “It’s definitely tricky,” said Taylor, who recently got his permit. “The steering is way over-sensitive, but I get the [ more DRIVING page 17 ]
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...today’s parent point. There’s definitely a real comparison – you can get yourself into real trouble.” Students standing outside the simulator watched on a separate screen as drivers speeded down virtual roadways, plowing into pedestrians and other cars. Heather Schlaman, an 11th grader, was handed a mock ticket, showing her citations for swerving and going under the speed limit. “The driving in the simulator seemed harder than driving in a normal car,” said Heather, who got her license last year and only texted once at a red light. “But the texting while driving was really hard.” She learned to always stay focused on driving “and don’t try to do anything else because it could end really badly.” John Beddoe, also an 11th
grader, said it was difficult trying to concentrate on driving while fumbling for his phone and texting. “I don’t do a lot of texting, so it was kind of two new experiences for
me,” he said of the simulator. “People really need to watch what they’re doing. Pay attention to the road.”
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