Drinking and Driving...It’s no joke!

Throughout the assignment: Use complete sentences. Check your spelling and formatting. Use a
different color for your answers please. Grading: 50 points total - each area has a point value.

# 1: Prediction (5 pts)
How do YOU think the drunk goggles will work? Will your vision be affected? Balance
be affected? Be specific in your responses.
I think the drunk goggles will work as good as if we were actually drinking. I think my vision would be
affected by not being able to see fully or thinking one thing is somewhere else. I think my balance
would be affected by not walking straight on the line or being able to be in one spot and in general all
over the place.

How the Lenses Work: These teaching lenses are based on a scientific principle of optics ---
a series of angular prisms bend or offset incoming light rays before the rays strike the eye’s
retina. They trick the brain into reacting differently to visual stimuli, creating a similar effect to
that produced by alcohol and other drugs. The result is a realistic sensation of dizziness, reduced
hand-eye coordination, and a diminished ability to perform motor tasks-all hallmarks of
drunkenness.

After completing your prediction (#1), with your partner, complete two of the following activities with and without
the drunk goggles on. Be considerate of other classmates and class time.
Pick Up Objects: Toss keys or pens/pencils on the floor and have the person wearing the goggles go
across the room and pick it up.

Throw It: Throw a ball into a basket.

Play Catch: Play catch with another person

Do Squats: Squat and stand back up (be careful and have someone spotting you)

Walk the line: Walk the line (walk with hands out to side while looking straight ahead)

Reach for an object: Hold a slim object, like a pen/pencil, in front of the participant’s face at about their
arm’s length away. Have the participant touch the tip of the pen with the index finger,
alternating between each hand.

One Legged Stand: With your hands to your side, lift one foot six inches off the floor, pointing your toes
straight out. Looking at the extended foot, count out loud "one thousand one, one
thousand two, etc.." until you’ve held your foot out for 30 seconds.

**# 2: Response to using the drunk goggles… (5 pts) ** must be completed after using the drunk goggles.
Were your predictions accurate? Explain your response
Explain the difference between the 2 activities you completed with and without the goggles. What changed?
My predictions were pretty accurate, for example not keeping my balance and not walking on the
straight line and walking off the line. The first activity I did with and without the goggles was to walk the
line, with the goggles it was easy because I could see myself walking on the line but when I was
wearing the goggles my partner was telling me I wasn’t walking on the line. The second activity was
throwing it, when I threw the bag of wipes I made it in but when I had the goggles I kept missing and
couldn’t fully see.

# 3 Worksheet… (5 points for turning in your worksheet)

Complete the worksheet with the hidden objects, Spongebob coloring image, numbers and name.
● Circle the hidden objects (use a pen, pencil, marker, etc.)
● Color Spongebob (use a marker or colored pencil)
● Numbers (write 1-10 using a pencil)
● Name (use a pen or pencil to write your full name)
On the back of the paper:
● Play tic-tac-toe with a classmate

Response to worksheet...(5 pts) How did you do? Was it difficult? Was it easier or more difficult than you
expected? Explain why you think your experience was this way.
I did well and it wasn’t too difficult when. It was easier thanI expected because I thought it was going to
be difficult writing my name and writing numbers 1-10, the only thing that was a little difficult were the
tasks with the fishes. I think my experiences were this way because I could kinda see still but it was still
blurry.

How does this relate to driving under the influence? (5 pts)

This relates to driving under the influence because when you're driving you don’t know what you're
doing and your vision is pretty blurry which is the same as the goggles, while I was doing the tasks my
vision was blurry and wasn’t doing them as right.

**# 4: Response to OBSERVING the drunk goggles… (5 pts) ** must be completed after using the drunk
goggles WITH A PARTNER.
Describe how the goggles affected your partner. Include the name of your partner.
As an observer, did you notice any difference in their balance? Depth perception? Accuracy? etc. Be specific.
My partner Londyn, the googles affected her by walking on the line but her feet were also not on the
line fully, her balance was there but not fully. I saw that she couldn’t see as much as it wasn’t clear. I
noticed that she couldn’t walk fully straight but when we were throwing things in the trash she made it
in, but with tossing it was hard for her to catch.

# 5: Celebrities Caught Up (5 pts)

Find an article online about any celebrity who got “caught up” drinking or drugged driving. Respond to each of the
areas below:
Share the following: Who? What? When? In 2014 Justin Bieber had alcohol, weed, xanax, and
antianxiety medication in his system.

What were the consequences? His consequences were law enforcement arrest and
charged for driving under the influence while drag racing in
Miami Florida

Do YOU think celebrities getting caught up
decreases the seriousness of driving under
the influence? Explain your response.
I think celebrities getting caught doesn't decrease, it
increases because celebrities not caring that they drink or
have any drugs in their system while driving just gives an
example for teens and people in general that look up to any
celebrities will think it’s okay for them to do the same.

What kind of impression do these situations These types of situations leave today's youth thinking it’s
leave on today’s youth? cool to drink and thinking it’s fine for them to drive while
intoxicated. It makes them do dumb mistakes or led to
consequences.

#6: Response to Scenario (5 pts)

Choose one of the following scenarios. How would you respond?
● Scenario #1: At a friend’s house
Your mom dropped you off at a friend’s house for the evening. Your friend’s dad is planning to give you a
ride home. But when it’s time to go home, you can tell your friend’s dad has been drinking. What do you
do?
● Scenario #2: After the game/dance
You go to a school event (game or dance) with a friend. When it’s time to leave you realize your friend has
been drinking. What do you do?
● Scenario #3: Concert road trip
You and your friends have tickets to a concert. One of your friends has borrowed his parents’ SUV, and
you’re all going in one vehicle. But the driver has been drinking throughout the concert. When it’s time to go
home, what do you do?
● Scenario #4: Party at a friend’s house
You are invited to a party at a friend’s house. A close friend offers to give you a ride. When you get to the
friend’s house, it turns out that it’s a keg party. The close friend who gave you a ride drinks but also eats
throughout the evening. About five hours later, when it’s time to go home, your ride seems sober even
though he had several glasses of beer earlier on. You know that there’s a risk to being a passenger with
 driver who has had even just one drink, so you don’t want ride home with your friend. What do you do?
Scenario If my friend was drinking at a school event and it was time to leave because it was my ride
# __2_ back home, I would first take away the keys and give her something to eat or drink some
water for her to sober up. Then I would just most likely call someone else to pick us up or
one of our friends that didn’t drink to take us back. I would just let my friend leave her car in
the parking lot and come back the next morning.

#7: Response to Voices of Victims (5 pts)

Go to the following website Sober Rides: Faces of Drunk Driving
● Find a victim story (DWI = Driving while intoxicated or impaired)
● Write a short summary of the accident. [What happened, consequences to the driver or the victim, etc.]
In the video Walter is 21 years old and he was at a bar. He was drinking and driving after he had
taken a few shots, he was listening to music and turned the wrong way on a one way street. He
knew he was intoxicated once he saw those blue and red lights. Walter did not kill anyone or
anything, his consequence was going to jail and having a DUI. He had to find a lawyer and it
cost him a thousand of dollars and made it hard for him to find a decent job for four years
because of the one DUI.

# 8: Anti-alcohol print ad (5 pts)

Include an advertisement or graphic that specifically shows the negative consequences of alcohol consumption.
Must be appropriate

#9 : Closure/Reflection (10 pts)

What impact does drinking and driving have on individuals? On families? And on society? This should be a
paragraph response. Use the information you gathered from the tasks above for your response. Minimum 10-12
sentences. Addressing all three groups (individuals, families and society)
Drinking and driving have impacted individuals by getting injured and causing accidents that
could hurt or kill other people or themselves that could lead them to brain damage or worse.
The person that has been drinking and driving would have a lot of consequences. Depending
on how bad the accident is, no matter what you'll get a DUI. You would have to pay thousands
of dollars and find a good lawyer. Besides that it mostly depends on the judge and what
damage you did. It impacts on families because if you are or not the one drinking and driving
either or if someone ends up dead or paralized or some type of bad condition. The families have
to deal with it and suffer. The family would have to fight for justice and see the person who put
their child in that position. It impacts society because drinking and driving relates to death and
damage cost. Also it could impact on society to not drink and drive. Another thing is legal and
court expenses.

Additional Resources
Sober Rides Texas Department of Transportation
Driving While Impaired Costs Lives: Learn the facts about DWI | recovered.org National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc.
The Problem | MADD MADD: Impact of Drunk Driving
Impaired Driving: Get the Facts | Motor Vehicle Safety | CDC Injury Center Center for Diseased Control and Prevention