The Save a Life Tour will be visiting Cooper High School today.
The world renowned program includes a 1/2 million dollar impaired driving simulator and a texting and driving simulator with an I-phone attached where students will be responding to short text messages while driving in a simulated world.
The program takes place starting at 7:40 a.m. followed by breakout sessions with hands on experiences following for the rest of the school day.
The program comes just a few weeks short of the one-year anniversary of a tragic accident that involved three Cooper High School students, killing one and severely disabling another.
The school hopes to encourage safe driving habits among teen drivers by participating in this comprehensive safe driving awareness program.
The national “Save A Life Tour” alcohol awareness program has been developed to provide state-of-the-art, interactive drunk driving simulation that truly shows how alcohol impairs driving skills. The drinking and driving simulators are the only simulators in the nation that give participants a completely realistic, sober perspective on the effects of driving while intoxicated.
The Save A Life Tour has been presented to students at over 1500 different colleges and universities and over 300 different high schools across the country in the last three years.
Along with driving while impaired, distracted driving has become a major danger to young people across the country. The Save a Life tour educates students about the dangers of driving distractions, driving while drowsy, seat belt usage and driving safety in general.
The Save a Life Tour is a comprehensive high impact safe driving awareness program that informs, educates, and demonstrates the potentially deadly consequences resulting from poor choices and decisions made by the operator of a motor vehicle.
The Save a Life Tour utilizes several methods for educating including: video presentation, speaking presentation, interactive demonstration with simulators, pre and post surveys and take-a-ways including a pledge card and a wristband.