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 work by making our vision a bit blurry , my vision would be affected , my
balance as well because it should reflect on how a drunk person reacts to the alcohol

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 accurate because it was actually very difficult to do normal things with the goggles
on. The difference between tossing the object back and forth was that with the goggles it was a whole
lot farther away than usual and I missed by a whole lot, and with the other I had better aim.

# 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 good with the worksheet. It was not difficult at all i thought it would have been harder , i think my
experience was this way due to me being used to the glasses after the while.
How does this relate to driving under the influence? (5 pts)
It relates to driving under the influence because it was very difficult to see and even focus , I can only
imagine how bad it would be to drive that way .

**# 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.
Mak did not seem to be affected. He actually did better with the activities rather than not having the
goggles on , he would write well and would toss well as well but on the other hand he was not doing
too good walking in the line or even keeping his balance.

# 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? Justin beiber , age of 19 , he was racing in his yellow lambo
and with a suspended license , he was then failed for a
sobriety test.

What were the consequences? He was charged with driving under the influence resisting
arrest and driving under the the influence

Do YOU think celebrities getting caught up I think celebs getting caught up does decrease driving that
decreases the seriousness of driving under way because it just hits them with a reality check like oh
the influence? Explain your response. yeah even a famous person got a dui /

What kind of impression do these situations I think it would leave people in shock , thinking they should
leave on today’s youth? be the most innocent people and should respect the laws
but then being shocked realizing it can be a huge problem .

#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 a
driver who has had even just one drink, so you don’t want to ride home with your friend. What do you do?
Scenario I would say no and then call someone else to come get me .
# _1__

#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.]
 What had happened was they crashed and had killed the other person, then they had to take time to go to jail in
order to fix their problem , after they got out they needed to go to classes to help .

# 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 in 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)
The impact that drinking and driving may cause to your family is for one they may lose a loved
one . The loved one may or may not have been the one driving but they may still get pulled over
and maybe kill someone in a car crash and then have to take responsibility for their actions
which is mainly time in jail . The other family may have to live with the fact that their kid or any
other family member has been injured , deceased , or even paralizyed . The society can be
affected due to influencing younger adults into driving with a alcohol level that is high.

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 Disease Control and Prevention