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October 2, 2020

Impaired Driving Toolkit

Downloadable resources to support impaired driving education. Don’t forget to submit an activity form for All-Star points and tag us on social media @UDriverSeat. Be the DUDE Social Media Toolkit DOWNLOAD Be the DUDE Sample Messaging DOWNLOAD NTHSA Halloween Buzzed Driving Resources DOWNLOAD Underage Drinking Toolkit U Call the Shots Poster DOWNLOAD Toilet Paper Poster […]

Article by Andrea Chacon / Digital Resources / digital resources, drunk driving, impaired driving, nhtsa, UDS Leave a Comment

October 17, 2019

A Combination Sure to Combust

Parties, Cars, and Dangerous Behavior A true story by Waamene Yowika According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) every day, almost 30 people in the United States die in drunk-driving crashes—that’s one person every 48 minutes in 2017. These deaths have fallen by a third in the last three decades; however, drunk-driving crashes […]

Article by Gaby Medina / News / blog, drunk driving Leave a Comment

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 […]

Article by Gaby Medina / Tales From the DUDE Side / driving impaired, drunk driving, tale from the dude side, Tales from the DUDE side Leave a Comment

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 […]

Article by Gaby Medina / Tales From the DUDE Side / alcohol awareness, drunk driving 1 Comment

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 […]

Article by Gaby Medina / Tales From the DUDE Side / car crash, drunk driving, tale from the dude side, uber Leave a Comment

February 7, 2017

One Of The Worst Habits College Students Can Adopt

By Avery Delgadillo When we enroll in college, we start to learn what’s expected of us – academically and socially. Classes are fast pace with extensive reading and no one is there to remind you when assignments are due or to hand hold you through homework. Going to college means you have officially begun the process of transforming […]

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