![]() “I would tell them if that’s the choice you’re going to make, think about the consequences of your actions. “You want to tell kids not to drink, but the reality is they’re gonna,” Howle said. Mother’s Against Drunk Driving, a national organization dedicated to reducing drunk driving, reports 300,000 alcohol-related incidents every day with 10,500 deaths a year. The commission reports a 36 percent increase for the same five-year cohort with a 13 percent increase in serious injuries. According to some studies almost 25 percent of fatal accidents involve ejection from the vehicle. ![]() General traffic fatalities in Washington state for youth ages 16-25 has increased significantly, however. During this same time period, the population for Washington state also rose about seven percent, according to the U.S. These simulations indicate that for a restrained non-ejected occupant, there is a critical combination of roof crush and head clearance for a given roll. “It does make you pause, but you have to have the ability to look past it,” he said.Īccording to the Washington Traffic Safety Commission, the number of fatalities involving impaired drivers (adult or otherwise) has increased about nine percent from 2013-17 and injuries have risen by three percent for all of Washington state. Although Howle has had to respond to horrifying scenes such as the one in the DUI simulation, he said he tries to get past the emotions because “the only way to help anybody is to just go to work.” ![]()
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