She ended up wrapping her car around a tree.' 'When I was younger, I stood up to my best friend who wanted to go out.
'We need to empower teens to stand up to peer pressure,' she said. Georgina Avilez of the local chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving said drinking and using drugs while driving remains an important issue. This event reminds them to think before they do something stupid.'Īlso on campus that day were the Don't Drink and Drive van, sponsored by the Ventura County Behavioral Health Department, and a car that was involved in a fatal DUI crash, along with recordings of the event, brought by the Ventura Police Department. 'But my friends are going to be traveling to Mexico. 'I don't spend much time partying,' she said. Sonia Nunez of Santa Paula said she won't have time to party during Spring Break because she'll be working. 'This event is a good idea because we're at an age where we want to have fun,' she said. The idea behind the demonstration, he said, 'is to make you think that having fun is not worth getting hurt.'Ĭabrera plans to go with friends to Six Flags Magic Mountain over Spring Break - with no drinking allowed. 'We have done this many times, unfortunately, and we're good at it,' said Ventura Fire Capt. The firefighters quickly cut the roof off the truck and placed one of the students on a gurney.
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'My friends are so concentrated on social media that they always need to check on what's going on so they don't miss anything,' she said.ĭuring the Jaws of Life demonstration that about 100 students watched, firefighters extricated two young men - a driver and a passenger - who were acting as though they were trapped in an old brown GMC pickup. 'They think they're invincible.'Īlejandra Cabrera, a Ventura College student from Oxnard, agreed. 'There are more accidents now because of distracted driving,' she said. She noted that the newest threat to young people is distracted driving.
People can also get into fights and cause car accidents.' 'People can no longer legally give consent for sex if they are under the influence. 'Drinking can lead to many dangerous situations,' Capuano said. The event is always held on the Wednesday before Spring Break to remind students of the costs of drinking to excess, said Lucy Capuano, psychology professor and faculty adviser for the Psychology Club, which puts on the event each year. Ventura City firefighters and police officers joined the Ventura Community College Police for the ninth annual 'THINKB4UDRINK' event to show students what can happen if they drive while impaired. Ventura College students got stark reminders of the dangers of drinking and driving during a Jaws of Life demonstration Wednesday on campus. KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Ventura firefighters use the Jaws of Life to extract two people acting as trapped victims of a drunken driving accident during the 'THINKB4UDRINK' expo at Ventura College on Wednesday. The display was part of the 'THINKB4UDRINK' expo at Ventura College on Wednesday, an effort to discourage students from drinking and driving and drinking to excess over Spring Break. KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Kim Guevara looks into a Ventura Police Department exhibit of a car, kept in the same condition as officers found it, in which a drunken driver hit a truck, killing his lifelong friend. The safety fair was held in an effort to curb DUIs during Spring Break. KAREN QUINCY LOBERG/THE STAR Matt Clapsaddle, a Ventura City firefighter, assists Chasen Toth, a Ventura Police cadet playing the role of an injured drunken driver at the 'THINKB4UDRINK' expo at Ventura College on Wednesday.
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