due 7/29 FINAL EXAM

The first place i visited was the doctors and i looked at some posters and learned about how alcohol can cause memory lose and causes brain damage. Then i looked at a marijuana poster and learned that it kills brain cells and you misjudge speed and braking while driving,marijuana affects the cerebellum and the hippo campus. The cerebellum controls your balance and posture. When marijuana is in your system your cerebellum is affected causing you to have bad coordination and bad road tracking. Then i looked at a cat scan and learned that if you crash at 10 mph it will still give you brain damage even though your not really even going that fast, brain injuries are very bad they mess up taste, senses and even cause mood swings it can even make tying your shoes difficult if you get a real bad brain injuries in some cases you have to re-learn everything like walking, talking. Then i put together a picture of a brain and learned what an injury looks like in a cat scan photo. Then i learned that the use of a seat belt reduces your risk of dieing in a car crash by 60%. More teens die each year then any age group by 80% because they didn't wear their seat belts. So wear you seat belt.

The hippo campus is affected when you drink too, It causes you to space out or black out and not remembering things



Then i visited the school i learned that every teen in a motor vehicle crash 100 others suffered non fatal injuries. Mike talked about loosing friends and what to do if you were at a party and one of your friends was drunk and you didn't want them to drive you could use these different ways to try to get them to listen to you. One way to get them to stay is to GET THERE KEYS and when your trying to do so talk to them and be like i don't think you should drive and if you want i could drive you home and i will go slow and take it easy with your car and drive extra safe. Another way is to FIND ANOTHER DRIVER and that driver would be someone sober and good friends with the person that needs a ride home and they trust each other. DELAY THE DRIVER what that means is to say hey i think you should stay longer because i have to tell you something and it will give you time to sober up and then you will be able to drive ALOT SAFER and not be drunk, just try to waste time. USE ANOTHER ANGLE talk to them and if your good friends they mite listen tell them you don't want them driving and its not safe. When talking to them make sure your away from every one because you don't want to embarrass them or anger them. You never want to let them go without trying every thing possible. Then i watched a couple videos one was a family victim who talked about there daughter Amanda, she was with a couple of friends and they were at an intersection turning left when all the sudden a car ran a red light at 70 mph and hit them broadside, Amanda died immediately because of a broken neck. Then there was an impaired victim that was convicted of drunken driving and went to jail because he hit a vehicle in front of him and the passenger got killed and he was drinking and driving so he got homicide charges. Drinking and driving is very bad and you should not do it because your dangering peoples lives.



Then i visited the lawyer and looked at case penalties of a girl who was drunk and ran a stop light and hit a vehicle and killed 4 teens and injured one. I looked at the defense and they said she wasn't drunk and the blood test didn't get refrigerated so its not accurate. The prosecution said she had 5 alcoholic drinks and she was speeding 60mph and she lied to police about the number of drinks she had. I chose the verdict guilty second degree and the jury agreed with me. Then i listened to the victims statements on how they miss there loved ones, she got a minimum sentence of 60 years.


Then i looked at the financial cost and i learned the definition of a total car and that is the cost to repair the damage is greater then the value of the car. Then they showed me the cost of getting into a crash, DUI or being taken into custody $50 towing fee, $137 for holding your car, $100 for restricted license, the insurance cost $10,800, then an alcohol education program $585, your defense attorney will cost $2,000, the court cost is $406. Your probation fee is $44, then you have to give money to the fund for head injuries which is $120, The lawyer said this is an average so it may even cost more so stay out of trouble.


I finally visited the police and i learned how to recognize an impaired driver. I also put pictures in order of what the most common thing an impaired driver would do and alot of drunk drivers swerve. They showed me the steps of getting arrested. The first step of getting arrested is getting pulled over for reasonable suspicion, 2nd step is the field sobriety test the 3rd step is Miranda rights and then taken to the station 4th step is Breathalyzer,blood,urine test to tell how much alcohol is in your system 5th step after booked held on bail and you have to pay bail, 6th step is open release and you get your court date to see if your guilty or not guilty, 7th step judge will listen to your case and he will give you your verdict.


I learned alot from this. In this accident i was the bicyclist who got injured when the car hit me and i have memory loss now but i survived with minor injuries. The driver of the vehicle will get the maximum which he deserves because he shouldn't of drove from the party, he should of sobered up before he left or had Someone else drive him. Driving is a very big responsibility and you should always drive with caution and NEVER EVER drink and drive. Driving is dangerous when people don't drive safe becuase they end up killing themselves or someone else. When you see a friend at a party and they are drinking stop them from driving so they don't injure themselves or anyone else.