Alcohol and Drug Education: A Prevention Program for Prospective Adolescent Licensees
Facts, Figures and Common Sense about Drunk Driving

If you're a parent, you know the anxiety you feel when your teen-age son or daughter is about to obtain a driving permit.

If you're an educator or community agency that works with teen-agers, you know how their sense of immortality can often cloud their judgment.

If you're a teen-ager about to begin your driving instruction, you probably don't want to hear preaching, or depressing facts and figures about alcohol and driving.

We promise that, for whatever reason you order our drunk driving prevention manual, you'll find the information helpful. Yes, it will point out some unhappy figures on teen-age drinking and driving, and the problems that alcohol and illegal drugs can cause the teen-age driver. But this information is necessary to make everyone who lives with, works with, or loves teen-agers – as well as teen-agers themselves – aware of the dangers of combining substances and driving.

That said, here's what you'll find in the prevention manual:

• The above-promised facts and figures on drinking and driving
• An acknowledgment that teen-agers must have rites of passage, and the role that drinking, driving, and using drugs play in those rites
• Alcohol 101: a basic education on the physical effects of alcohol and illegal drugs, and how their use impairs judgment and driving ability
• Laws and punishments concerning drunk driving
• A plan for keeping yourself safe while on the road
• Resources for further information

The benefits of our drunk driving prevention manual
Why should anyone – especially teen-agers – read this manual? The best answer is in the words of Francis Bacon: "Knowledge itself is power." Armed with facts about how alcohol and illegal drugs can negatively affect your brain, your judgment, and your driving ability, you can make informed choices about your actions before you get behind the wheel.

It's also important to know about the victims of drunk driving-and that's not just the person who has the misfortune of being in the path of an oncoming drunk driver. Passengers, pedestrians, cyclists, families, witnesses – in fact, entire communities suffer when an accident results from drunk driving.

We also suggest a plan that teen-agers – or any driver, for that matter – can put in place before they attend an event where alcohol will be served. It's hard to make logical decisions about getting yourself home safely when you've had too much to drink, so planning ahead of time is a smart thing to do. We'll show you how to do that.

Who should read the drunk driving prevention manual?
Parents are welcome to order the manual for their own teens who are learning how to drive. It's also a valuable resource for adults or teen-agers associated with:

• Driving schools
• Community agencies
• Teen centers
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Public or private schools
• Guidance offices
• Drug/alcohol prevention programs
• After-school recreation programs
• Treatment agencies
• Scouting groups

…and any other group that wants to help teen-agers make informed choices about drinking, using illegal drugs, and driving.

How to order the manual
If you'd like to order copies of the drunk driving prevention manual, call (860) 645-0553.