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January 31, 2020

All the Signs Were Ignored

A week before I was going to take the driving test to get my license, a man ran a yield sign and T-boned my car. It was around 7:30 in the morning and he said he was tired and didn’t see the sign, he was also using his phone to navigate to wherever he was […]

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March 13, 2018

A Friends’ Arrest Gives Perspective

By Justin Lowry I had a friend who was personally effected by impaired driving. My friends and I use to go out almost every weekend. After a heavy night of drinking, I left to go home by getting a transportation service to take me. One by one our friends left to go back home. One […]

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February 1, 2018

How Alcohol Impaired Driving Has Impacted Me

By Adriana Calzada-Camacho Growing up and being around people who drink a lot has made me look at alcohol differently. When I was younger (about 10 years old), my family and I were headed back home from a party. My dad had been drinking at the party, but he was the only person that could drive […]

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November 14, 2017

My Parent Crashed My Car

Tale from the DUDE Side by Hsergay Paw My dearest father was enjoying a reunion with his buddies one day. He wanted to boast about the car he bought me for my graduation and drove it to the reunion. As adults alcohol was involved, however, he thought he was sober enough to drive home. He […]

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October 13, 2017

Don’t Put Your Life In Danger

Tale from the DUDE Side by Alexandra Bowden Two of my friends were drinking and ended up driving. Unfortunately, one of them did not make it. My mom raised me to always understand that I should never drink and drive, but having experiences the loss of a friend in a drunk driving car crash showed me […]

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February 13, 2017

Find a DUDE and Respect the DUDE

by Christian Delatorre A few years ago my cousin and his friend were driving drunk and a train hit them. My cousin survived, but the driver did not. The wreck was a big deal and impacted everyone living in our small town. I attend Ranger College and I’m very active in the U in the […]

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