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How to Reduce Teen Drunk Driving Author: Maria Palma Teen drunk driving has been a growing concern for many people - especially for parents. As much as we'd like to believe that our children are innocent and will stay kids forever, the truth is, many young people are involved in illegal activ...
How to Reduce Teen Drunk Driving
Author: Maria Palma
Teen drunk driving has been a growing concern for many people - especially for parents. As much as we'd like to believe that our children are innocent and will stay kids forever, the truth is, many young people are involved in illegal activities such as drinking alcohol. Although teen drivers represent a small fraction of the total driving population in the United States, teenagers do cause many of the accidents on the roadways. Consider some of these statistics:
- The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that 23% of teenage drivers in fatal car accidents had a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit of .08.
- A report released by the NHTSA revealed that 50% of high school students polled have admitted to drunk driving
- SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions formerly Students Against Drunk Driving) says that approximately three-fourths of high school students drink alcohol illegally even though they know the possible consequences of drunk driving
So, what can we do to reduce the incidences of teen drunk driving? Here are a few tips...
- Have open conversations with your teenager on a regular basis. Talking to your teen about drunk driving isn't something that shouldn't be avoided because it's a serious and tough issue to discuss or that you think they won't listen to you. Talk to to your teen as early as possible and create an inviting and open channel of communication so they feel comfortable talking to you about this issue. The more you talk to them about drinking and driving, the more likely that it'll stick with them. They'll know how much it means to you that they stay sober when they drive.
- Teens learn from their parents and the role models in their life, so if you set a good example and don't drink and drive, they'll be more conscious about doing the same.
Teen drunk driving could be reduced or avoided altogether if parents were made more aware of this issue and showed concern for their teens. Most of the time parents have this dominant, "Do what I say because I said so!" attitude that makes teens just want to rebel even more. Show them the same level of respect that you expect from them and they'll be more inclined to listen to what you have to say.
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High school news paper.
Have a meeting with current member and brainstorm for ideas.
Have some kind of fund raising campaign.
Flyer’s
Posters
Have a dance focused on SADD
Internet, school web page
Have a parents night
Draw up a billboard
Have the art students draw a mural on a wall pertaining to SADD
invite a celebrity guest speaker
Creative T-shirts with pictures of SADD events
Have one of the students start a column in the news paper every week or every month talking about events, people experiences, survivors of personal experience, maybe feature key experts in the field. Maybe true stories about triumphs and mis fortunes of students, teens, and adults. Tell your audience how to benefit from the right decisions ETC, ect, ect.
Use the high school radio, or your local broadcasting radio station to get the word out.
Ask the local churches for help in advertising your club of importance
Pass out pamplets, or even get together with other students and write a book based on your research and the research of other SADD chapters, then pass them out for free to students who are interested.
Have a car wash
Raise funds by including you track team or cross country team, for example they will run for the fund. I remember gathering sponsers who donated a quarter ever mile the team ran. We ran 500 miles as a team and each runner on the team collected from there sponsers.
what is a creative varisty letter for the club SADD at my school?
so at my school we have SADD (students aganist destructive decisions) and i need to come up with a design for the letter for our letter jackets. do you have any interesting ideas? i have no idea what to do or where i can make them. any help would be appreciated.
What is the best way to make people join a club called SADD?
SADD stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions. I am 16 and in 10th grade in high school. SADD is a club and we need people to come. We need help with ways to persuade people to come join.
Any fundraiser ideas will be great as well.
Is playing tennis, playing the piano, and being a member of SADD good enough for Ivy Leagues?
I used to play volleyball, but I’ve decided to devote my time to school and these extracurricular activities. Is it better to play one sport that you could be captain of (and are on Varsity) than two where one of them you aren’t great at? Will it be a factor when applying to colleges, that I only play one sport?
It also really matters on your grades and SAT scores. It also really helps if you know someone who can get you in. Its all about who you know. Volunteer work would help alot too. I feel like u might need some more extracurricular stuff. Grades are more important
I am a member of my SADD group at college but recently started smoking?
I’ve hard that losing weight can be done by smoking. I’ve tried diet and exercise. However, i am in my Students Against Destructive Decision group at college. Do you know if they find out i would be voted out?
I also have bipolar and sad, so I know it’s a doozy of a combination. I haven’t tried the light boxes as I’m a dirt poor college student. I just wanted to say that I too have had decent luck with the compact florescent bulbs that emit a daylight spectrum of light.
This is the first winter I used them, and while they didn’t totally banish my symptoms, my depression was much less intense and shorter lasting than is normal for me. This is especially remarkable considering that last fall I moved away from my support system to go to school, which would normally make things much much worse for me.
I hope this helps.
Does anyone out there use a SADD light therapy box or lamp?
I have bipolar disorder with SADD in the winter probably due to our extremely long winter’s in Wisconsin. I am on medication, but was thinking about getting one of those therapy light boxes, but they are very expensive (but worth it if they work)…has anyone out there tried one & if so, what model or company did you get it from (if it worked for you?). Thanks in advance.