This safe driving class, presented by Lieutenant Kyle Perfield of the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office, aims to educate drivers on Nebraska's rules of the road, distracted driving, crash statistics, and impaired driving to promote safer driving habits and reduce accidents.
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welcome to the sarpi county safety
program safe driving class I'm
Lieutenant Kyle perfield with the sarpi
county sheriff's office and I will be
your instructor for the class
today so a little bit about me I've been
a deputy sheriff for 16 years and I'm
currently the commander of the
investigations division which covers
criminal investigations narcotics and fugitive
fugitive
investigations I also am on our crash
Response Team uh and help run that team
uh basically a math and iics nerd we
respond to all serious injur and
fatality crashes in sarpi County uh and
investigate and reconstruct those I'm
also a crisis and hostage negotiator and
when I'm not busy with all of that I am
also an adjunct faculty member at Peru
State College I have a bachelor science
and criminal justice and a masters of public
administration uh some basic class rules
uh your cell phone use is suggested to
be limited uh so that you can pay
attention and ensure that you can pass
the quiz at the end of this course to
successfully complete it uh you must
watch the entire educational video to
receive credit for this class during the
video keywords will be provided several
times throughout the course these
keywords will not be traffic specific
and you must get the questions asking
what the keywords were 100% correct in
the quiz to pass the class if you do not
get these correct you will not pass the
class and you will have to retake it
however upon successful completion of
the class you do not have to pay your
citation you don't need to go to court
and your record will not reflect this
charge if you were cited for multiple
offenses on your citation you must
contact the sarpi county attorney's
office regarding your citation they can
be reached at 42593
2230 you will receive a confirmation
email from the sarpi county safety
program after successfully registering
for the course information about
receiving a certificate and any other
pertinent information will be in that
email please refer to it with any
course in today's class we will be going
over the Nebraska drivers manual
Nebraska rules of the road some
distracted driving information
information on Motor Vehicle crashes
impaired driving and then you will test your
knowledge we'll begin with the Nebraska
rules of the
road in Nebraska we have a point system
you start with zero points it's similar
to golf you want to keep that score as
close to zero as possible an
accumulation of 12 points in a 2-year
period results in a six-month suspension
of your driving privileges if you are
suspended twice for points violations
within 5 years uh you will receive a
three-year revocation of your driving
privileges uh provisional operators
permits or pops we'll get into what
those are here in just a little bit but
they can only accumulate six points in a
2-year period points cancel or go away 2
years from the date of the conviction
but the actual conviction itself will
remain on your driving record for 5
years so insurance companies and those
sort of things will be able to see that
for quite some time after the goes away
scale examples of points motor vehicle
homicide and dii third offens those are
both 12 points leaving the scene of a
crash is six DUI for first and second
offenses is six points reckless driving
five careless driving is four texting
and driving is three points and then for
speeding it just depends on how fast
over the limit you were cited or found
guilty of going 1 to 5 miles per hour is
1 point 6 to 10 is 2 11 to 35 is 3
points pops are provisional operators
permits that's what people age 16 and 17
get issued in the state of Nebraska you
can go about getting it a few different
ways uh you can uh have a learner's
permit and either complete a DMV
approved safety course which is like
driver's ed or log 50 hours of driving
time and have it signed off by a parent
or guardian and then uh complete a
written and driving test uh for those
who haven't done driver Zed uh and you
can do that at your local DMV there are
some additional rules for people who
hold a provisional operators permit uh
they cannot use their their cell phone
at all only one friend under the age of
19 who is um like not immediate family
can be writing with them for the first 6
months uh basically they can't have the
carload of friends for those first six
months riding around with them and they
cannot drive from Midnight to 6: a.m.
unsupervised unless it's for a school
work or church function or if they have
a passenger with them who's 21 years or
older so essentially for those 6 hours
again they have something similar to a learner's
permit uh some statistics uh from uh the
Nebraska uh Highway Safety Office with
the Department of Transportation uh
these are a little bit old but sometimes
these statistics take a while to get
compiled uh the most recent ones that
the highway safety office released were
from 2020 and that states that team
drivers age 19 and younger represent
5.2% of all drivers in Nebraska and 78%
of the Teen traffic fatalities 18 of
those in
2020 78% were not wearing a seat belt
14% % of drivers uh uh excuse me 14% of
all reported crashes were with teen
drivers 25% of those occurred between
9:00 p.m. and midnight 14% of crashes
between midnight and 3:00 a.m. 31% of
them involved cell phone use 22% were
speed related 19% failure to yield 28%
were single vehicle rollovers 19% were
due to road conditions like snow ice and
water 26% of those were rear end type
all right required vehicle equipment
this supplies to 99% of vehicles out on
the roadways you have to have working
headlights tail lights brake lights a
horn turn signals windshield wipers seat
belts a muffler two systems of brakes so
that's your regular brake like your um
brake pedal along with an emergency
brake like a parking brake and you must
have safety glass and all windows you
must also carry with you your driver's
license your vehicle's current valid
registration and veh current proof of
insurance uh digital insurance cards are
accepted in Nebraska if you have to
present a digital insurance card on your
phone just let the officer Deputy or
Trooper know that that is where your uh
insurance card is located that you need
to pull it up on your phone and they'll
allow you time uh to do that uh a lot of
times it'll be when they go back to
their vehicle to complete whatever
paperwork they need to do for that
traffic stop uh it's a pretty regular
thing and a lot of people are opting
now uh Nebraska registered vehicles must
display two license plates one on the
front bumper and one on the rear bumper
U however you can now pay the DMV an
annual fee uh which will give you a
sticker to make you exempt from having a
front license plate uh renewal sticker
shall be placed in the top right corner
over the prior year sticker not all over
plate traffic control signals red
lights pretty simple means you have to
stop TR you stop before the stop bar or
crosswalk or before entering the inter
intersection that one's pretty easy uh a
yellow light is a warning that the green
is terminating and that a red is pending
traffic may not enter the intersection
and speeding up to beat the yellow light
is illegal um most crashes that happen
at light controlled intersections are
from when people are attempting to run a
yellow light one is usually trying to
turn left and the other is trying to go straight
straight
through and when they do that uh we
usually have a crash because they're
both uh usually speeding up or trying to
beat uh each other and unfortunately end
up in the same spot in the intersection
um it is the same thing as running a red
light uh and you will be cited for it
and a green light uh means that traffic
may proceed through the intersection if
so uh turning left to right I'll give
you the boring DMV definition that'll
make it a little bit easier to
understand uh right turn shall be made
as close as practical to the right hand
curb or edge of the roadway and the left
turn shall be made so as to leave the
intersection as nearly as practical p in
the extreme left hand lane lawfully
available to traffic moving in such
Direction upon the roadway being entered
it's very long and confusing way just
saying turn into the inside Lane if you
are in the left lane and and the where
the red line is indicated and attempting
to turn left you must turn in to that
nearest left lane at the same time
someone where the blue line is
indicating can turn right onto the same
roadway uh no vehicle has more Right Way
in this situation and turn making their
turn um you must turn into the lane
that's closest to you if you turn into
the outside Lane uh and sideswipe the
other vehicle you will be found um at a
traffic law violation and usually at
crash uh some rules for passing it is
unlawful to pass in a marked no passing
zone when uh to exceed the posted speed
limit to pass uh passing a school bus
with its rub light flashing within 100
ft of any intersection or railroad
crossing and on a hill curve Bridge or
obstructed this is our first keyword of the
the
quiz you must record this word the
keyword will be used later in the quiz
to verify that you watch the entire
video you must get all keywords correct
on the quiz at the end of the class to
successfully complete the course this
the school bus stop arm flashing yellow
means that a stop is pending and a
flashing red mean students are exiting
drop from a stop in all directions at a
reasonable distance obviously not
stopping is unlawful this is the highest
find that we can write a citation before
we have to send some to court it is a $500
$500
fine however uh there is one exception
motorists on the opposing side of of a
divided median roadway do not need to
stop a divided median roadway is a
roadway that has a physical barrier that
separates the opposing Lanes of of
travel like a concrete median or a grass
median for those familiar with serpi
County Highway 370 is a great example of
a divided median roadway uh there's
either a grassp median or raised
concrete median that separates uh the
East and Westbound Lanes of travel so if
a bus was on the eastbound side and
stopped and you were on the westbound
side you don't need to stop since
there's a physical barrier separating
you however if you're on a roadway that
just has a yellow painted line
separating you from the opposing traffic
this is a News segment from CBS News in
2018 about a crash where twin boys uh
and their nine-year-old sister were
struck uh in
Indiana the deaths of a 9-year-old girl
and her twin six-year-old Brothers at a
school bus stop in Indiana are raising
new current new concerns rather about
children's safety a pickup truck hit the
little kids and another boy who was
seriously hurt while they were crossing
the street to their stop bus on Tuesday
Morning the truck driver a 24-year-old
woman is now charged with three counts
of Reckless homicide Dean Reynolds is
min is in minone Indiana Dean good
morning this is just such a terrible terrible
terrible
story good morning Gail unbelievable
really all three children uh who were
killed just about 24 hours ago attended
this Elementary School here behind me
and now as you say there are questions
about whether School Bus saf safety may
have played a role in this heartbreaking
tragedy Troopers and First Responders
don't do a lot of cry that seems like
this but today there were some tears
shed Indiana State Police Sergeant Tony
slokum says just before sunrise Tuesday
Morning 9-year-old Olivia stall and her
twin six-year-old Brothers Xavier and
Mason Engel were struck by a truck and
killed while crossing a rural road to
their school bus all evidence so far
indicates the bus had its uh lights
activated and had to stop arm extended
it is illegal in all 50 states to pass a
school bus when it is stopped with its
lights flashing and stop arm extended
but by one estimate more than 15 million
Americans illegally passed by stop
school buses during the last school year
that's nearly 85,000 times each school
day cameras have caught just how
dangerous that can be in Austin Texas a
car slammed into this child who just got
off the bus he was able to walk
away and in Charleston West Virginia a
car just missed hitting this child one
of the solutions explored is adding
extended stop sign arms to the side of
the buses it does not appear the bus in
Indiana had that it's horrible that this
happened Elgen Engel is the uncle of
Olivia Xavier and Mason they were
holding hands every day on the way to
the bus stop and including today it
looks like Olivia stepped in front of
the car for the boys it looks like
Olivia seen what was happening and she
stepped up like a
hero I wish she could have saved her
hero now the driver of the pickup has
also been charged with a misdemeanor for
passing a stopped school bus she is now
released on a $155,000 bond meanwhile
the mother of the 11-year-old child who
was seriously hurt yesterday says he has
successfully undergone three surgeries
but has a long road to recovery ahead of
him Nora I cannot imagine what these
parents are going through Dean thank
you the basic speed law in Nebraska
requires driving at a speed that is
reasonable and prudent under existing
road conditions this usually applies to
adverse weather in the winter uh speeds
must be reduced to maintain a safe
operating Speen if you are found driving
too fast for roadway conditions and you
lose control of your vehicle or strike
another vehicle you can be cited for
exactly that driving too fast for the
conditions even if you were doing what
the speed limit was on that roadway but
it was too fast based on too much snow
or rain or whatever it might be you can
citation uh the state of Nebraska has
set speed limits based on uh what type
of roadway uh you are on cities counties
and the state can change the speed limit
through different uh enactments of law
or ordinances however if there is no
posted change you are expected to know
what the state set speed limits are for
a rural interstate highway it is 75 mes
hour for a freeway it is 70 M hour State
Highway 65 hard surface county road 55
miles per hour gravel roads are 50 mes
per hour residential districts 25
business districts 20 and for school
zones and along with work zones
uh the speed limit is whatever is posted
585747 fine and second offense is a $500
fine or 7 days in jail that sign on the
right is a sign that you'll see around
the state of Nebraska posted by Statute
indicating uh that you are needing to
vehicles this is a news clip uh locally
from 2024 where a cesco police officer
was killed during a failure to move over
incident a dedicated and a steadfast
Community servant who wore his badge
proudly on many uniforms that's the way
officer Russ Marlin's co-workers
remember him the cesco police officer
was hit and killed during a traffic stop
Friday night on Highway 77 as KV news
watch 7 Zed oaki reports his career span
three decades including serving the
County a brand new fir truck sits in
front of the cesco volunteer Firehouse
to honor one of their own Ross
Bartlett's gear and helmet place in the
front along with a rose both Bartlett
and his wife Tina were members of the
squad Bartlett was in charge of training
Madison County Sheriff Todd vul says the
couple did the same thing when they
lived in northeast Nebraska he wore his
badge proudly uh he had wore several
different ones from different apartments
over the years and um he was a friend
and he was a friend of the communities
that he worked for vul says Bartlett was
a Madison police officer and worked
part-time at the Sheriff's Office doing
court security Dependable um if you had
a if you were out on a call or something
like thought needed backup he was coming
and he was extremely professional you
know there's a lot of times where things
could have gotten out of hand and either
working in our court there or even when
he was an officer with the Madison
police department um he was able to
handle himself and just talk with people
for the past seven years Bartlett was an
investigator for the Nebraska Department
of Corrections and also worked part-time
as a cesco police officer on Friday
evening he was conducting a traffic stop
on Highway 77 when a pickup struck his
Cruiser from from behind killing him it
you know hit me pretty hard when I got
called by his daughter Saturday morning
folks says they all know their job is
dangerous he hopes this is a reminder to
everyone else on the road if you see
flashing red and blue lights you better
be slowing down and up this shouldn't
happen that way in Sesco Andrew oaki KV
news watch
7 funeral services for Bartlett is
Friday 10:30 a.m. at St Marks in Lincoln
a fundraiser for the Bartlett Family is
being held at the Red Rooster restaurant
in cesco from Tuesday to Thursday 5:00
p.m. to 9:00 p.m. meanwhile the state
patrol says they're continuing to
investigate the crash so far the driver
of the truck 49-year-old Tony Pierce has
not been cited he was not seriously [Music]
injured this is a diagram showing best
practice for moving over as you can see
the police officer in this illustration
is called over a blue vehicle and the
brown car is approaching the best thing
to do is to move over that one lane to
the left uh where that red vehicle and
the arrow indicate however if you cannot
move over because it is rush hour or
something to that effect uh you just
need to slow down to pass them at a safe
speed and then you can pick your speed
back up once you have passed whatever is
road right away for emergency vehicles
uh you should pull over as close to the
roadway and stop if a emergency vehicle
is approaching you from any direction uh
the key there is the right side of the
roadway uh even if you're in the left
lane you should still pull over to the
right lane of the shoulder if you pull
over to the left while we appreciate
your effort you have usually made it
more difficult because now there is a
vehicle on the left side of the road
which usually has no or a very small
shoulder and uh often times vehicle on
the right uh and now we have basically a
roadblock that we have to try to
navigate so even if you're in that left
lane still pull over to the right side
of the road
don't stop in an intersection you don't
know where that emergency vehicle is
trying to go so if you stop in an
intersection you may be blocking them
remain stopped until the emergency
vehicle has passed and watch for other
emergency vehicles fire trucks and
ambulances usually leave the same
building around the same time so once
one passes you make sure you're watching
and listening to ensure another is not
right behind it uh you cannot follow
firet truck within 500 ft or park on the
same block as a firet Tru and funeral
escort vehicles are considered emergency
vehicles and you are are required to
them some other rules of the road always
obey a police officer directing traffic
I know that that seems self-explanatory
uh but it never fails that when we're
out directing traffic uh which is
typically for a crash people will ask uh
what is happening or if they can keep
going that way because it's the only way
they know or something to that effect
please don't stop and talk to the
officers it's not that they don't want
to be friendly uh but they are trying to
focus us on keeping traffic flowing and
preventing additional crashes and if
they have to stop to offer directions or
answer questions it makes them lose
focus and uh create a more dangerous
situation pedestrians High the RightWay
in crosswalks even if you have a green
light so make sure that you yield to a
pedestrian in a crosswalk uh bicyclists
have the same duties as a vehicle on a
roadway uh so they must follow all laws
and they do have the right to be there
except for controlled access highways
such as an interstate and window tint in
Nebraska you canot have you tint below
35% for the front windows and 20% for
the rear and back windows and you Cann
not have any tint below the as1 line on
your windshield if you're not familiar
where that is if you look up in the top
left where your oil change sticker
usually goes you'll see little writing
that says as1 with a line or an arrow
you cannot have any tint below that
section on your
windshield next we're going to watch a
video on the six conditions of driving [Music]
most of you will drive a car every day
you open the door get in buckle up start the
the
car put it in drive and head to your
destination based on statistics most
people are more interested in how fast
they get where they're going than
getting there safely do you know how
many people die in the US in car wrex
every year
42,000 that's right 42,000 people a year
get in their car drive away and never
come back where did they go wrong while
you're driving you incur six different
conditions these are the six conditions
of driving it's important that you
recognize these conditions and that you
drive accordingly these conditions are
always present whether in our favor or
not because of these conditions no two
trips are ever the same sometimes
conditions can change during a trip
every wreck that we could possibly be in
can be contributed to at least one of
these conditions the six conditions of
driving are driver light Road weather
vehicle and
traffic when talking about the driver I
would like to start with a statistic in
the US 85% of all traffic wrecks are due
to driver error you do not get in wrecks
because of bad luck you get in wrecks
because you do things wrong the driver
is often the only condition that you can
control it's the Driver's Responsibility
to know the rules of the road and the
conditions in which you're driving I
would like to ask you a question what is
the number one type of wreck in the US
it's the rear end collision how does it
happen not paying attention is not the
answer following too close is the answer
did you know that it takes the average
person 1 second to see the brake lights
of the car in front of them and then
move their foot to the brake the
driver's not pressed the brake they've
just moved their foot to the brake you
are human it takes a second or so to
react to What you see so if you are 1
second behind the car in front of you
and they slam on the brakes you are
going to hit them so what is a safe
following distance well the answer is 3
seconds your vehicle should be 3 seconds
behind the car in front of you under
normal driving conditions when
conditions change such as rain you
should increase your following
distance so how does a 3second rule work
well as the car in front of you passes a
stationary object such as a sign or
pavement marking you should be able to
count 3 seconds before you cross that
same object if you do not leave enough
time to react then you are relying on
the person in front of you to not slam
on brakes when you follow too closely
you do not control your fate the person
in front of you controls your fate so if
you run into the car in front of you
it's not because you're having a bad day
or because the guy in front of you as a
Jerk It's because you did not leave
yourself enough room to react to what
you saw other factors the driver has to
deal with are hearing Vision illness
Mobility teenagers love to listen to
music this is okay but you need to
remember that you also need to be able
to hear things outside of music while
you are driving you need to be able to
hear emergency vehicles horns from other
vehicles and hear things in your own car
such as Tire problems or engine knocking
you should never wear earphones while driving
driving
Vision most decisions you make are based
on what you can see as you get older
your eyesight May diminish if you notice
this you should get corrective lenses
immediately you should use sunglasses
when necessary and make sure to use your
sun visor when the sun is low in the sky
when changing lanes you should always
check your blind spot to make sure it's
clear to move into the other lane do you
know what a BL spot is it's the area
beside your vehicle that you cannot see
in your mirrors it's located in the lane
beside you left or right across from
your back tire you should spend most of
your time looking in front of you you
should only check traffic behind you
every 10 seconds you should also avoid
looking at one thing more than a second
or so your ey should be scanning the
road ahead of you
you
illness everyone gets sick medication is
a wonderful asset to our lives however
some medication can make you feel less
than 100% it is your responsibility to
know the effects of any medication
before you drive if you're driving and
you start to feel light-headed or dizzy
from medication you should pull over
immediately and call for help you can
receive a DUI from prescription
medication if you're involved in a wreck
and it can be proven that you were
impaired then the law will prosecute you
the victims will seek justice as well in
addition you could be seriously injured or
or killed
killed
drowsiness drowsiness comes from a lack
of visual stimulation in the mornings
when you're at school and you start to
feel sleepy you may not be tired but you
may be drowsy it's easy to become drowsy
when driving on long road trips what are
some of the things you can do when you
feel drowsy well you can open a window
and vent in some fresh air you can turn
on the radio and sing along you can stop
and get out we safe and exercise or stretch
stretch
you can also bring some food and you can
eat as you eat your body heats up which
can help with drowsiness you may also
find you get drowsy when you drive at
certain times during the day do not
ignore this fact you can try to avoid
driving during that time or have someone
else drive if these things do not work
then pull over safely and let someone
help
fatigue do you ever get tired fatigue is
different than drowsiness fatigue is
when your body is in or going into a
state of exhaustion you go to school or
work all day then you have practice or
erand then you have to drive home the
danger with fatigue is that it can only
be fixed by sleep or rest if you too
tired to drive then let a friend drive
or call for help you need to see the big
picture if you die in a car because you
were tired they did not bring you back
in life it's over slow down increase
Mobility at a young age your Mobility
will probably not be a big issue however
as you get older it may become a problem
you will need to turn and look back and
beside you from time to time we've
talked about checking blind spots when
you change lanes and how imperative it
is to turn your head and look into the
blind spot you also need to look back
when you put your vehicle in Reverse you
should not use your mirrors when backing
up because of blind spots a child or
person could easily walk into the path
of your vehicle and you will not see
them unless you turned and looking out
of the back
window distracted
driver drivers today are more distracted
than ever with new technology come great
things however using these things in the
car can prove to be deadly using radios
CD players MP3 players navigational
systems cell phones and computers are
just a few of the items of distraction
when you use any of these items while
driving you're doing two things at one
time when you're talking on your cell
phone are you focused on the call or
you're driving when you're changing out
your CDs or texting are you more focused
on the phone or on your driving with the
new GPS systems we can find our
locations easier than ever before but
you should never try and put in the
address while you're driving you should
pull over and then put the address into
the GPS texting and driving is now
proven to be more dangerous than
drinking and driving Plus it's against the
the law
law
habits habits are formed from repetition
you have many habits in your daily lives
how many of you brushed your teeth this
morning did you put your toothbrush
under the water did you ever think about
it it's been proven that it takes 14
days to form a habit however it takes 21
days to replace that habit it's very
important that we form good habits it's
also important that we recognize the bad
habits we picked up and replace those
ones mental
conditions you will have to deal with
mental conditions when you drive
everyone has to deal with things like
stress and emotions you may be dealing
with exams or meaning a deadline or
listening to the horn from the guy
behind you as you become emotionally
charged it will affect your attitude you
will have to find ways to deal with
these emotions this can lead to road
rage there are two kinds of road rage
the first kind is you having road rage
when you're you reach this state you may
be doing things that you normally would
not do you may take risks that you
wouldn't take you may put yourself in a
position to be injured or even killed
second there is road rage against you
when this happens you have someone who
is willing to cause bodily harm to prove
their anger your reaction to this could
add fuel to the fire every year people
are shot beat up driven off the road
cursed at flipped off and assaulted from
people who have road rage you should
always try and diffuse the situation if
someone is showing signs of road rage
against you you will need to keep a
level head try saying I'm sorry remember
there's always someone crazier than
you light
conditions almost all the decisions a
driver makes is based on what they see
if you cannot see clearly you may not
make a wise decision in order to see
clearly you must have adequate light too
much light or too little light can be D
dangerous too much light in the rain or
fog will only reflect the light back
into your eyes you should always use
your low beam headlights in the rain and
fog you may experience too much light
when the sun is low in the sky early in
the morning and late in the evening make
sure you use sunglasses when needed and
always use your sun visor to minimize
the effect of sun glare have you ever
heard of overrunning your headlights do
you know what that means the average car
low beam headlights will give you about
100t ft of vision you'll have about 200
ft of vision with your highbeam
headlights when you're traveling at a
speed of 35 mph it will take you about
100 ft to stop when you're traveling at
53 mph it will take you 200 ft to stop
in both situations above if something is
blocking the road like a train you would
stop just in time if you're going any
faster than the speed I mentioned you're
overrunning your headlights you would
not have enough time to stop your
vehicle you should also make sure your
headlights are clean from dirt and mud
so you can utilize the maximum amount of
light slow down increase your following
distance road
conditions how do we know if a road is
dangerous what do we look for there are
many things that contribute to making
roads more dangerous first over 90% of
wrecks happen at intersections
intersections are the most dangerous
part of Roads large intersections are
dangerous but small intersections are
dangerous as well intersection are where
people stop slow down turn and cross the
paths of other vehicles you should be
very cautious at
intersections this is not the place
where you want to be casual and
distracted turn Lanes offer a great deal
of relief from roads roads with few or
no turn lanes are more dangerous you
should also be aware of the shape of the
road such as straight flat banked Hills
and signs the surface of the road for
example concrete asphalt sand dirt
gravel oil or water you should be aware
of the shoulder of the road is there a
drop off sand or packed dirt you should
also know how to use the interstate
shoulder if you have to pull over on the
interstate you should move your vehicle
completely off the road into the grass
the shoulder is used for vehicles to
slow down and speed up if they're
re-entering the
interstate weather
conditions you will drive in many
different types of weather conditions
the most common adverse weather
condition that will occur is rain
whenever conditions are less than ideal
you should double your following
distance your car is equipped with
wipers and tires to help you deal with
the rain but you still need to drive
differently than you do when the roads
are dry and your vision is better the
first 15 minutes of rain is especially
dangerous as water mixes with sand
gravel oil and grease after 15 minutes
most of those elements are washed off
the road leaving just water you should
watch out for water that is puddled up
this can lead to hydroplaning when
hydroplaning occurs your tires are not
touching the road there's a small film
of water in between your tires and the
road you'll skid as if you're on ice
when skidding you should not press the
brake if your tires lock you cannot
steer the
vehicle driving in fog can be very
dangerous too your vision is very
limited therefore you should slow down
in heavy fog it's also hard for other
people to see you you have danger in
front of you and behind you you may want
to use your emergency flashers to draw
attention to those drivers who may be
driving too fast you may also have to
drive in the snow or ice these
conditions are the most dangerous
because you have the least amount of
traction following distance should be
tripled when braking on snow or ice you
should use light pumps on the pedal and
start braking three times sooner than
you normally would the best way to get
good traction on ice is using chains on
your tires slow down increase your following
following
distance traffic
conditions we share the road with other
people sometimes we have a few people
around us and sometimes we have hundreds
you'll need to be aware of the other
cars on the road sometimes people do
things wrong and you need to be ready to
react when that happens a good plan to
have is as follows scan the road ahead
at least 12 to 17 seconds identify
hazards early predict what others may do
and decide what you will do if execute your
your
decision traffic conditions can change
while you're driving you will drive in
city traffic secondary traffic open road
traffic Highway traffic and Interstate
traffic in the city is where most wrecks
occur this is the area where you find
the highest number of vehicles in the
city you also have to deal with more
situations you will incur 300 situations
per mile in the city you may have
multiple Lanes turn Lanes traffic lights
roads will usually be straight and wide
speeds are often 35 to 45 mph secondary
roads are designed to take some traffic
off of the main city roads these roads
may be more narrow and curves and hills
are often more sharp secondary roads
usually have fewer turn Lanes which can
congest traffic speeds may be 25 to 55
mph open road driving is like driving
out in the country many time these roads
have two lanes you will only incur 100
situations per mile speeds are often
faster than on the city and secondary
roads usually 45 to 60
MPH interstates are the safest roads to
drive on because they have no
intersections or railroad crossings they
have at least four lanes and the lanes
are always divided roads are usually
flat and straight but speeds are usually
high from 60 to 70 mph when wrecks occur
on the interstate they can be deadly
because of the high rate of speed the
faster you go the greater chance of
death when involved in a collision slow
down increase your following distance
pedestrians are considered traffic as
well people walking should walk against
traffic people riding bikes should ride
with traffic pedestrians should cross
the road at intersections and marked
crosswalks however if someone is not
Crossing in these designated areas you
still must yield to them the vehicle
always yields to The Pedestrian when you
incur someone walking or riding a bike
you should always give them plenty of
room in case they fall as you approach a
pedestrian look at the oncoming traffic
if it's clear then signal and move
safely Around The Pedestrian if there's
oncoming traffic you may need to slow
down and let the vehicles pass and then
move around The Pedestrian stay alert
around areas like schools parks and
playgrounds motorcycles are involved in
many collisions in the US 2/3 of all
collisions involving motorcycles also
involve a vehicle usually it's the
vehicle's and usually the driver did not
see the motorcycle motorcycles are
harder to see and they give the driver
little or no protection motorcycles are
entitled to the full width of the lane
and they can ride to a breast school
buses are part of the traffic we incur
on the roads school buses are carrying
our loved ones school bus laws vary
state- to State make sure you speak to
your driving instructor about the school
bus laws in your state you will always
stop when you're traveling in the same
direction as the bus and the school bus
has stopped loading or unloading
children the red lights are flashing and
the stop sign is extended you must also
stop when you're traveling in the
opposite direction with the exception of
State rules for example in many states
you do not have to stop if the road is
separated by a physical barrier you will
also incur emergency vehicles you should
always give the right of way to
emergency vehicles when an emergency
vehicle is approaching you from behind
or in front you should pull over to the
right and stop if possible never pull to
the left you should let the emergency
vehicle go left if needed never run a
stop sign or red light if an emergency
vehicle is behind you if you cannot get
out of the way then stop and let the
emergency vehicle go around you animals
make their way into the roads as well
you should be aware of your surroundings
if at all possible when you're driving
out in the country with little light
outside of the light from your vehicle
you may see deer possum rabbits foxes
even Bears when driving in areas where
there are lot of trees you may see a lot
of squirrels in neighborhoods you may
see dogs and cats no one wants to hit
animals however you should never create
a more serious Collision because of an
animal you should never hit a tree or
put your vehicle in a ditch over an
animal if the vehicle behind you is very
close and you see a squirrel don't cause
a serious Collision over the animal if
it is safe to break and avoid hitting
the animal then by all means do so no
matter how special the animal is no
animal life is as valuable as a human
life blind spots and no
zones these are areas you cannot see
with looking in your mirrors some blind
spots are bigger than others depending
on different types of vehicles the blind
spot is in the left and right lane about
where your back tire is when you change
lanes you should signal and check your
blind spot quickly if a car is in your
blind spot you should stay in your lane
you also should know when you're riding
in someone else's blind spot you never
want to do that especially in trucks
blind spots they are called No zones
because of the sides on trucks their
blind spots can be huge if you cannot
see the trucks mirrors they cannot see
you you should stay 200 ft behind and at
least 20 ft in front of
trucks the vehicle condition is your
responsibility usually our cars do not
fail us usually they're signs of
problems and the problems do not get
fixed the tires are the only part of the
car that's actually touching the road
tires are not not going to last forever
and the lifespan of your tires depend on
two things first is the quality of the
tire you purchased and the second is how
you drive your car the faster you drive
the quicker you wear down the Tires
Tires have tread on them for water you
can hydroplane with new tires if there's
enough water on the road and your speed
is too fast the more tread you have the
more water is channeled out from under
the tire to pass inspection in Most
states you can put the head of a penny
into the grooves and the rubber should
reach the top of Lincoln's head your
brakes are very important your brake
pads will not last forever either the
lifespan of brake pads is based on
quality and speed as well the faster you
drive the more often and harder you need
to press the brakes if your pad starts
to make a squeaking noise you should
have them checked your brake fluid is
vital as well this creates the pressure
needed to squeeze the pads in order to
stop your car if your fluid is too low
you notice the brake pedal going going
down more toward the floor than normal
you should have it checked
immediately your car's temperature is
regulated by air flow and water or
coolant through the cooling system if
your car begins to run hot you may want
to check the front grill and make sure
nothing is obstructing the air flow you
may also be low on coolant water works
fine but water also freezes and
expands if you always use antifreeze
coolant in your car you don't need to
worry about the coolant system in winter
but if you put into your system during
the warmer months you will need to get
the system flushed and have antifreeze
coolant put in there are many other
aspects of the vehicle such as the
battery belts transmission fluid
windshield fluid
headrests seat belts mirrors and lights
you may never have to deal with any of
these items but you will need to make
sure someone else
does I know that seems like a lot so
let's just wrap it all up with one word
safety look out for yourself and look
out for other drivers on the road I want
[Music]
driving next we're going to cover seat
belts there were 251 traffic fatalities
in Nebraska in 2023 and 70% were not
belts the seat belt law Nebraska states
that a driver and all front seat
passengers are required to ride buckled
up in a safety belt or child safety seat
back seat passengers age 18 or older are
not required to wear a seat belt if the
driver holds a provisional operator's
permit or a school permit all occupants
must wear a seat Bel regardless of how
they old they are or where they're
located in the vehicle however this is a
secondary violation I can't just pull up
next to someone and see they're not
wearing a seat Bel and stop them for
just that reason we have to have
something else like speeding uh to stop
the vehicle for before we can enforce
this law so $25 fine uh and there's no
point violations uh assessed against you
also if there are three violations
meaning three people should have had a
seat Bel on it's not $75 in fines at
that point it's still just $125 fine
even though three people were violating
reasons to wear your seat belt it keeps
your in vehicle and prevents ejection
those thrown or four times more likely
to die and 14 times more likely to
sustain a spinal injury it slows down
your body in a crash and spreads the
force over your entire body if you or
someone you known has been in a crash uh
with some decent speeds there's usually
bring across the shoulder and chest and
across the lap that's from the forces of
the crash being spread over the body
through the seat Bel instead of it being
focused into like the head hitting the
steering wheel or the body being from
effect next we're going to watch a video
works this is a seat belt usage versus
the fatality rate uh you can see as seot
usage has gone up the death rate has
gone down um so in 2020 when this was
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Willow this diagram shows uh the
different seat belt laws across the
United States you can see New Hampshire
is the only state to not have a the
books but everywhere else does uh take
note our neighboring states of Iowa and
Kansas are both primary enforcement
meaning that you can be stopped insided
just for not wearing a seat belt they do
child Pastor restraints uh in Nebraska
children must ride rear facing up to Age
Two or until they reach the upper height
or weight limit Allowed by the car seats
manufacturer children aged seven and
younger must ride correctly secured and
Fally approved child safety seat and
must be in the back seat unless it is a
single cab pickup children ages 8 to 17
must wear a seat belt everywhere in the
vehicle and childcare providers must
transport children securely in an
appropriate safety seater seat belt a
violation of this could result and the
Nebraska this shows the uh observed
usage rate of restraints um you can see
we had a dip uh from 2020 into 2021 2022
and 2023 they're not the numbers we
would like to see but hopefully
increased education like clicket or
ticket enforcement and those sort of
things uh will help engage people to
make sure that their children are
Vehicles here's a video on a real life
story uh of Brett Wagner and Josh Rogers
[Music] usage
usage
energetic Life of the Party
um a
[Music]
was always smiling walked around here
happy all the
time yeah he was out going he wasn't
shy um not afraid to do [Music]
[Music]
anything they live life to the fullest
they didn't they weren't scared of much
I mean they swam in a lake full of
alligators I don't know almost a weekly
basis you want to Define two standup
Josh and probably that's probably you
know the last greatest memory I [Music]
had tonight a tragic end of the year for
students at Lakewood Ranch High School
in Myaka City two of their classmates
died after a crash over the weekend all
new tonight at 11: or Alison tomorrow
joins us live to explain how friends and
Sal
well started out like any other regular
Christmas uh I woke up with my family uh
we open gifts we um you know ate
cinnamon cinnamon
uh cinnamon
rolls after we opened our gifts we
cleaned up called the family members and
thanked them for the
presence Christmas Day take me through
morning did I woke Josh up and I told
him good morning I do a big Christmas
Eve for my family and a very big
and then the big
question he said I'm going to go over
Brett's and I said honey we're leaving
in the morning I'd really like you to be
home I said Christmas is for family he
said Mom bread is my
okay so he got ready to leave and he
came in the bedroom and he gave me a
hug he said I love you I said I love you
too hugged dr's neck said I love
you and as he and Lenny were walking out
the door we said y'all be careful wear
belts tell me knocked at the front door
Brett went to the front door and it was
Josh and Lenny 20 one of their friends
it had been a while since I've seen Josh
and Brett told him I was here so he
wanted to come see me and hang out with
Brett and he made it a point to wear his gator
hat and then uh the conversation about
going to Walmart came up we wanted to go
spend the gift cards that we had got for
Walmart just buy stuff uh you know I had
stuff I wanted to buy before I came back
here Brett had stuff he wanted to get
and I said listen dude you're not going
anywhere this is amateurs night out you
need to keep your heiny at home you know
Christmas so we all hopped in Josh's
truck and um
my little brother Trey tried to hop in
the truck with us but there wasn't
enough room because of Josh's uh speaker
box so I told my brother I said Trey you
know just hang out here cuz you know
Nikki was there and some other friends
were there I was like just hang out here
back and
uh you know he didn't fight me normally
my little brother I want to go I want to
go and you know he understood there
wasn't enough room which I'm so thankful for
for
and you know we're driving down 64 like
any other time it's routine
almost and Josh is driving we got the
music going and the windows down
and the next thing I hear is Brett you
know he's oh [ __ ] tonight a tragic end
of the year for students at L Ranch High
hospital the
neither of the boys was wearing their
seat belt that [Music]
night I still haven't seen the car since the
the
accident but I remember it from being [Music]
[Music]
there I don't know what the inside looked
looked
like but Gina
Josh's mom tells me that it looked like
survived and not a day goes
by that I don't try to figure out [Music]
why and I had no clue that Brett and
Josh didn't have their seat belts
on felt like we flipped maybe 15 [Music]
[Music]
down and uh I crawl out of the
and at the time before I realized the
severity of the
accident it was kind of like one of
those wo type moments you know I felt
like we were going to all laugh about
it until I look [Music]
over and my cousin's lying there face down
no more than 10 ft away from me face
down not
breathing and I look
road and Josh is face down in the middle
[Music]
street Brett Wagner just 18 years old
when he died Christmas Day at this
intersection ejected from a car when
friends say another vehicle ran a stop
sign around lunchtime the group of
friends learned Brett's best friend and
the one driving the car that night in
the hospital for days had just died too
clicking your seat belt if you would
have put the seat belt
on I got a real good feeling with be talking
talking
to probably talking to both of
them they'd be here if they had those
seat belts on and that is a very very
hard pill to
swallow just by looking at the truck um
itself you know the three boys were in
there one was wearing their seat belt
just by looking at the truck the one
that was wearing his seat belt tearing
it looks like he would not be here with
us because of the way the truck
looks I mean Josh was driving his his
whole area is perfect the back seat
perfect the passenger seat I mean it
just by looking at it you wouldn't think
they'd be here today
so I believe if they would have been
wearing their seat belts they still be
here they'd have bumps and bruises maybe
[Music]
here I had uh a gas in my hand
that had only required like four or five
stitches and a bunch of road rash and
bumps on my head
what I had was a minor something that
people can think about when they get
into their
vehicles and maybe don't want to put
their seat belt on because whether they
don't care or they don't think they're
going to drive
bad so many people have reached out to
myself drum Miss Debbie
Fred and they all seem to say the same
thing you'll have your good days and
you'll have your bad days [Music]
[Music] I
I
disagree we have bad days and we have worse
worse
days none of them are
good all of them are
bad and I know if Josh could go back and
put his seat belt on he would do it for
amazing one thing can change your life
for the rest of your life and my life
will never be the same I'll never be the
whole I mean I will never be the same
person I once
was the happiness that I had the real
true happiness that I had I never knew I
had you complain about all these stupid
little things in your life that make you
unhappy you don't know what that is
until you lose your child I mean [Music]
[Music]
then what's truly awful about it is that
you had it all the time and you never going to get it back
time and you never going to get it back again because he's never going to walk
again because he's never going to walk in this house
in this house again take the two seconds to put it on
again take the two seconds to put it on you know buckle
you know buckle up I was young I used to hate my seat
up I was young I used to hate my seat belt put it on it saved
me there comes a point in time in your life where you have to get past this
life where you have to get past this what's hip and what's cool
what's hip and what's cool phase and realize what's safe and what's
smart and the sooner you do that the sooner you could save your own life we
sooner you could save your own life we can't control other people's driving we
can't control other people's driving we can control what we do when we get into
can control what we do when we get into our vehicle to protect
our vehicle to protect ourselves that's all we can control
ourselves that's all we can control click your seat
click your seat Bel really click your seat belt it only
Bel really click your seat belt it only takes a second to do that and had
takes a second to do that and had probably those in those seconds that it
probably those in those seconds that it takes to do that will save your life
next we're going to move on to distracted driving texting takes your
distracted driving texting takes your eyes off the road in average of 4.6
eyes off the road in average of 4.6 seconds at 55 miles hour that is similar
seconds at 55 miles hour that is similar to driving blindfolded the length of a
to driving blindfolded the length of a football field there are three types of
football field there are three types of distracted Driving Manual taking your
distracted Driving Manual taking your hands off the wheel visual taking your
hands off the wheel visual taking your eyes off the road and cognitive taking
eyes off the road and cognitive taking your mind off
driving this is a video uh that was uh supported by AT&T called
uh that was uh supported by AT&T called the it can wait campaign uh and we will
the it can wait campaign uh and we will watch that
now so a I just confess that I text and [Music]
drive if I get a text I look at my phone it's definitely texting Instagram
it's definitely texting Instagram Twitter Facebook Snapchat I do Snapchat
Twitter Facebook Snapchat I do Snapchat and drive sometimes is that like making
and drive sometimes is that like making Snapchats or watching them making them a
Snapchats or watching them making them a texting is like my main form of
texting is like my main form of communication boredom honestly and B
communication boredom honestly and B well no I guess no it's really just a
well no I guess no it's really just a I've only never done it at stoplights
I've only never done it at stoplights I've always been really good about it
I've always been really good about it the passenger has a pretty important
the passenger has a pretty important role driving now or they're like oh red
role driving now or they're like oh red light red light if someone that you like
light red light if someone that you like text you you're like you can't just like
text you you're like you can't just like let it sit there without just knowing
let it sit there without just knowing what they said cuz what if something
what they said cuz what if something exciting is happening or something
exciting is happening or something happened like every time I do it I kind
happened like every time I do it I kind of I think about I'm like why am I doing
of I think about I'm like why am I doing this and then I just keep doing it so
this and then I just keep doing it so I'd like to like want to introduce you
I'd like to like want to introduce you to a friend of
ours my name is JY Hi Alexis hi Dash Justin nice to meet you nice to meet you
Justin nice to meet you nice to meet you I just really quickly want to have a
I just really quickly want to have a chat tell you what happened to me when I
chat tell you what happened to me when I was 21 years old driving home from my
was 21 years old driving home from my college graduation
college graduation ceremony driver on his phone was so
ceremony driver on his phone was so distracted he turned left into the
distracted he turned left into the intersection at a red light another car
intersection at a red light another car an 18-wheeler swerv to miss him and hit
an 18-wheeler swerv to miss him and hit my family's car and the resulting
my family's car and the resulting Collision actually killed both of my
Collision actually killed both of my parents I spent 2 months in the hospital
parents I spent 2 months in the hospital fighting for my own life and then two
fighting for my own life and then two more months in a rehab
more months in a rehab hospital learning how to walk again
hospital learning how to walk again learning how to speak again learning how
learning how to speak again learning how to dress myself and how to feed myself I
to dress myself and how to feed myself I live with a partially paralyzed body I
live with a partially paralyzed body I didn't have my daddy to walk me down the
didn't have my daddy to walk me down the aisle and I got
[Music] married having sort of like met Jai cuz
married having sort of like met Jai cuz you look at ja and sort of give those
you look at ja and sort of give those same
same [Music]
[Music] reasons usually I use my phone to change
reasons usually I use my phone to change a song on I try I try to use it as
a song on I try I try to use it as little as
little as possible
but I'm not going to look at my phone ever
again honestly if I have been sitting at a Redlight I'll like glance down to see
a Redlight I'll like glance down to see if my mom's texting me but the people's
if my mom's texting me but the people's lives that are impacted from something
lives that are impacted from something that so stupid
that so stupid [Music]
B I can assure you on my drive home right now I'm not going to use my phone
right now I'm not going to use my phone and drive and I'm not going to do it
and drive and I'm not going to do it when I go to work tomorrow and the next
when I go to work tomorrow and the next day after that until you know it becomes
day after that until you know it becomes a habit and that just doesn't happen at
a habit and that just doesn't happen at all I know this is hard I'm sorry it's
all I know this is hard I'm sorry it's hard for me too but you know this is
hard for me too but you know this is real you have the power to really
real you have the power to really actually make a difference and do
actually make a difference and do something about
something about [Music]
[Music] it thank
it thank [Music]
you some distracted driving facts in 2022 a total of 3,38 people were killed
2022 a total of 3,38 people were killed in the United States due to distracted
in the United States due to distracted driving crashes drivers were 30% more
driving crashes drivers were 30% more distracted in February of 2022 than they
distracted in February of 2022 than they were in February 2020 making it the
were in February 2020 making it the worst month for phone distraction in the
worst month for phone distraction in the US since 2019 speeding is still above
US since 2019 speeding is still above pre pandemic levels but it's well below
pre pandemic levels but it's well below the highs of the
the highs of the 2020 time frame and combined with
2020 time frame and combined with distracted driving can make it much much
distracted driving can make it much much more dangerous distracted driving spikes
more dangerous distracted driving spikes at night between 600 p.m. and 11: p.m.
at night between 600 p.m. and 11: p.m. these numbers are also likely
these numbers are also likely underreported due to the difficulty in
underreported due to the difficulty in proving distraction as a contributing
factor Nebraska's uh distracted driving law uh States uh that no person shall
law uh States uh that no person shall use a handheld wireless communication
use a handheld wireless communication device to read a written communication
device to read a written communication manually type a written communication or
manually type a written communication or send a written communication while
send a written communication while operating a motor vehicle which is in
operating a motor vehicle which is in motion this is a secondary offense
motion this is a secondary offense similar to seat bels uh we must have
similar to seat bels uh we must have something else to stop the vehicle for
something else to stop the vehicle for before we can enforce this law it is
before we can enforce this law it is restricted to essentially text messages
restricted to essentially text messages and emails uh so if you think about what
and emails uh so if you think about what people do on your phone you know that
people do on your phone you know that there's a lot more that can be done
there's a lot more that can be done besides reading text messages and emails
besides reading text messages and emails you can be browsing Facebook or
you can be browsing Facebook or Instagram or sending Snapchat or
Instagram or sending Snapchat or something like that and by the way that
something like that and by the way that this law is written that is not
this law is written that is not enforceable so while we would enjoy a
enforceable so while we would enjoy a stricter law this is the one that we're
stricter law this is the one that we're working with here in Nebraska a first
working with here in Nebraska a first offense is a $200 fine and the second
offense is a $200 fine and the second offense is a $300 fine commercial motor
offense is a $300 fine commercial motor vehicles have to use handsfree devices
vehicles have to use handsfree devices to talk on the phone so your semis and
to talk on the phone so your semis and other vehicles like that must use a
other vehicles like that must use a Bluetooth headset or um the system built
Bluetooth headset or um the system built into your vehicle um like carplay or uh
into your vehicle um like carplay or uh the Android version to be able to talk
the Android version to be able to talk on the phone handsfree
this is another uh video uh called it can wait uh and uh it also discusses
can wait uh and uh it also discusses real life stories of people affected by
real life stories of people affected by distracted driving
distracted driving [Music]
[Music] [Applause]
I had my brother in my hand and all of a sudden my hand was
[Music] empty Exavier is now
empty Exavier is now eight we call him X he is to us the
eight we call him X he is to us the Mighty X-Man yes X as a little person
Mighty X-Man yes X as a little person from the time that he hit the floor in
from the time that he hit the floor in the morning until you had to forcefully
the morning until you had to forcefully almost tie him down at night he was
almost tie him down at night he was running back and forth back and forth
running back and forth back and forth extremely energetic he could call
extremely energetic he could call football plays he loved the Green Bay
football plays he loved the Green Bay Packers I could turn the game on and sit
Packers I could turn the game on and sit him in front of it and do house chores
him in front of it and do house chores you know most people sit there baby in
you know most people sit there baby in front of SES Street I could sit X in
front of SES Street I could sit X in front of a
game he would have been an excellent athlete I was always looking forward to
athlete I was always looking forward to being in the stand screaming
being in the stand screaming xxxxx that was Mom's dream to be
xxxxx that was Mom's dream to be screaming from a football
St he's just arriving from school now I got to have them back I got to know
I got to have them back I got to know how school went I got to know today's
how school went I got to know today's Friday so I need to know if he got 106
Friday so I need to know if he got 106 on his spelling test which he almost
on his spelling test which he almost always
always [Music]
[Music] does ex's paralyzed from the diaphragm
does ex's paralyzed from the diaphragm down in the accident part of his spinal
down in the accident part of his spinal cord was
cord was dissipated his legs are gone
his chair are his legs now the use of his right hand is
now the use of his right hand is partial he woke up actually from the
partial he woke up actually from the coma a lefty he went in a
coma a lefty he went in a righty she missed his brain stem by that
much ex is on life support the ventilator has to breathe
support the ventilator has to breathe for my son
for my son [Music]
most nights I'm here on the couch listening for the
listening for the ventilator listening to making sure that
ventilator listening to making sure that all the breaths are right that his peep
all the breaths are right that his peep on his doesn't change that he doesn't
on his doesn't change that he doesn't need suctioning during the
need suctioning during the night I hear everything I hear
night I hear everything I hear everything I can hear the ventil change
everything I can hear the ventil change Cycles I can hear just the breath sounds
Cycles I can hear just the breath sounds different and run down the stairs and
different and run down the stairs and the nurse goes he's good mom he's good
the nurse goes he's good mom he's good boy you got good
boy you got good [Music]
ears there are times when the pain is so bad I can't breathe
I want to say the worst thing that I can't say to
say the worst thing that I can't say to X which I used to be able to say all the
X which I used to be able to say all the time go in the yard and play I can't say
time go in the yard and play I can't say that
that anymore because if we go play we need to
anymore because if we go play we need to take the suction machine we need to
take the suction machine we need to transfer him over to the ventilator for
transfer him over to the ventilator for his chair before we can do anything we
his chair before we can do anything we need to do that first it's a it's it's a
need to do that first it's a it's it's a production
play any mother understands I can't say go play
[Music] he comes to life when she comes in the
he comes to life when she comes in the [Music]
room ex doesn't remember as well as both Ari and I do but Ari was walking across
Ari and I do but Ari was walking across the street with Xavier on that October
the street with Xavier on that October [Music]
day we pray that that never happens to another brother sister we pray that
another brother sister we pray that another child doesn't get taken from a
another child doesn't get taken from a family member's
family member's [Music]
[Music] hand she came from this direction
hand she came from this direction and at first we didn't even see her the
and at first we didn't even see her the cars on the other side of the stop sign
cars on the other side of the stop sign they stepped off the curb coming across
they stepped off the curb coming across the street and Ari said he was
the street and Ari said he was gone she took him from AR's hand
she was not only speeding in the school zone but she had also run the stop sign
zone but she had also run the stop sign because she was
because she was texting the lady who hit X was
texting texting she her head was in her lap she never even saw EX in front of
lap she never even saw EX in front of her she actually came straight through
her she actually came straight through the stop sign there were no break marks
the stop sign there were no break marks no skid marks at
no skid marks at all she never never stopped at a
all she never never stopped at a four-way stop sign she never
four-way stop sign she never stopped you know I'm told that the text
stopped you know I'm told that the text was I'm on my way did she make
time that would be my question for her [Music]
and for for weeks it did it felt like I'd wake up and I just
I'd wake up and I just think did I did I dream that
think did I did I dream that [Music]
accident I'm just a guy you know I'm just young guy I got a wife you know a
just young guy I got a wife you know a daughter on the way I'm just a guy this
daughter on the way I'm just a guy this couldn't happened to me that can't be
couldn't happened to me that can't be real you know I had to have just dreamed
real you know I had to have just dreamed that
memories you know what you saw that day um you know they come back at
day um you know they come back at different points you all maybe be
different points you all maybe be somewhere and I'll see um an Amish
somewhere and I'll see um an Amish family or I'll see an Amish and it'll
family or I'll see an Amish and it'll bring back memories of the accident
[Music] this was the last text message I sent
this was the last text message I sent before I caused an accident that killed
before I caused an accident that killed three
people the Amish family was under way um 8:00 in the morning that day and then
8:00 in the morning that day and then the um the the van was driven by a young
the um the the van was driven by a young man from bluon uh Chanel Gerber um he
man from bluon uh Chanel Gerber um he wasn't way to a job um he cleaned
wasn't way to a job um he cleaned carpets at the time
carpets at the time um and he was traveling about the speed
um and he was traveling about the speed limit we determined he wasn't speeding
limit we determined he wasn't speeding or anything like that just traveling
or anything like that just traveling along and he overtook the Amish right
along and he overtook the Amish right there right just where about my car is
there right just where about my car is and basically hid the Amish buggy from
and basically hid the Amish buggy from behind
behind and and just ended up all the way uh
and and just ended up all the way uh from from the point where my car is here
from from the point where my car is here it's about 400 ft 430 ft where he ended
it's about 400 ft 430 ft where he ended up when where the van ended up I was
up when where the van ended up I was heading east um right into the sunrise
heading east um right into the sunrise um driving along as I was driving um I
um driving along as I was driving um I was texting back and forth with my wife
was texting back and forth with my wife I was texting and I think I was I was
I was texting and I think I was I was reading a text back at the time of the
reading a text back at the time of the accident because I remember driving and
accident because I remember driving and like my head just snapped up when I I
like my head just snapped up when I I saw you know the windshield just glass
saw you know the windshield just glass broke and and screeching and my head you
broke and and screeching and my head you know it happened in about a second I
know it happened in about a second I mean I had a thousand thoughts going
mean I had a thousand thoughts going through my mind as I started coming to A
through my mind as I started coming to A A stop I saw you know a body come down
A stop I saw you know a body come down from off the top of the the
from off the top of the the van um and I just thought oh my gosh
van um and I just thought oh my gosh what have I done I just what have I
what have I done I just what have I done and I realized you know I had hit
done and I realized you know I had hit something and I realized it was an Amish
something and I realized it was an Amish buggy I jumped out of the van totally
buggy I jumped out of the van totally silent outside the
van at that second in time there was nobody else coming or
going I walked around back and I looked in the ditch and there
back and I looked in the ditch and there was bodies just laying there um I just I
was bodies just laying there um I just I mean it was just silent it was just
mean it was just silent it was just quiet the only the only sound I heard
quiet the only the only sound I heard the only thing I saw moving was the
the only thing I saw moving was the horse it was severely wounded um it was
horse it was severely wounded um it was just kind of moving around on the ground
just kind of moving around on the ground a little bit remember um the mother
a little bit remember um the mother was laying I believe was face down on
was laying I believe was face down on her hands and knees like like she had
her hands and knees like like she had been sitting on a
been sitting on a chair um and it just like the force just
chair um and it just like the force just hit her and she just didn't have time to
hit her and she just didn't have time to move you know she was just sitting in
move you know she was just sitting in that same position on the
that same position on the ground and I just remember staring
ground and I just remember staring nobody else was around just me and the
nobody else was around just me and the family that was laying in the ditch and
family that was laying in the ditch and the horse and just
this is the uh van that was driven by Chandler Gerber uh as you can see the
Chandler Gerber uh as you can see the front of the vehicle is just totally
front of the vehicle is just totally smashed here he was devastated uh he was
smashed here he was devastated uh he was crying um he was uh just in almost in a
crying um he was uh just in almost in a panic mode I knew that I had been
panic mode I knew that I had been texting and
texting and driving I knew that I had been around
driving I knew that I had been around that time you know involved with reading
that time you know involved with reading my phone or texting or or what have you
my phone or texting or or what have you I was hysterical I was I think I I was
I was hysterical I was I think I I was probably in shock I was sitting in a van
probably in shock I was sitting in a van in the passenger seat taking in as far
in the passenger seat taking in as far as I could see straight ahead just
as I could see straight ahead just lights and sirens and
lights and sirens and people and I saw a hearse drive by and
people and I saw a hearse drive by and so right then I just had this sinking
so right then I just had this sinking feeling um that there was at least one
feeling um that there was at least one one dead dead person they took two two
one dead dead person they took two two young children it was a three-year-old
young children it was a three-year-old and a
and a 5-year-old they took a 17-year-old son
5-year-old they took a 17-year-old son I saw the youngest of the children
I saw the youngest of the children three-year-old enus
three-year-old enus um
um I
it he was laying face down in the ditch right here just to our side right right
right here just to our side right right behind um right in front of me here
behind um right in front of me here actually um he looked like he was asleep
actually um he looked like he was asleep until we roll him over and we saw the
until we roll him over and we saw the injuries to his face uh injuries to his
injuries to his face uh injuries to his legs looked like they were both broken
legs looked like they were both broken um it was it was very
um it was it was very devastating
[Music] um shortly after the accident it was
um shortly after the accident it was pretty
pretty rough a lot of
rough a lot of Tears a lot of why did this
Tears a lot of why did this [Music]
[Music] [Applause]
[Applause] [Music]
[Music] happen this note was from uh Martin
happen this note was from uh Martin Schwarz the father of the children that
Schwarz the father of the children that had passed away uh from my accident it
had passed away uh from my accident it says Dear ones trusting in God's ways
says Dear ones trusting in God's ways how does this find you hope all in good
how does this find you hope all in good health and in good cheer around here we
health and in good cheer around here we are all on on the go and try to make the
are all on on the go and try to make the best we
can I always wonder if we take enough time with our
time with our children wishing you the best with your
children wishing you the best with your little one in the unknown future I think
little one in the unknown future I think of you often keep looking up God is
of you often keep looking up God is always there sincerely Martin and Mary
Schwarz I just I wish I wish so bad I could go back to that day
could go back to that day and
and change my focus I wish I could go back
change my focus I wish I could go back and and say you
and and say you know I I can do these texts when I when
know I I can do these texts when I when I get to my stop you know when I get
I get to my stop you know when I get there I don't have to do this right now
there I don't have to do this right now while I'm
while I'm driving um you know there's just nothing
driving um you know there's just nothing that
that important um but at that point you know
important um but at that point you know it was just you know oh I can text and
it was just you know oh I can text and drive it's no big deal um and it is a
drive it's no big deal um and it is a big
big deal please please don't do it please
deal please please don't do it please don't don't ever text and
don't don't ever text and drive it's life you get one chance and
drive it's life you get one chance and you live with the choices you
make she has no life really her balance is off her arms don't work very
is off her arms don't work very well she likes to watch the boats going
well she likes to watch the boats going up and down the river and she's got
up and down the river and she's got double vision she can't see very well
double vision she can't see very well it's very hard for her she cannot leave
it's very hard for her she cannot leave this
this yard we put up a fence in her backyard
yard we put up a fence in her backyard so she wouldn't roll down the bank into
so she wouldn't roll down the bank into the
the [Music]
river she loves feed her bird taking care of the wildlife that comes around
care of the wildlife that comes around she had her life planned she was always
she had her life planned she was always planning everything now she can't play
planning everything now she can't play anything cuz she can't remember
anything cuz she can't remember anything Debbie was very active outgoing
anything Debbie was very active outgoing she worked 60 plus hours a week she held
she worked 60 plus hours a week she held a very good position traveling all over
a very good position traveling all over the world going to istan ball turkey
the world going to istan ball turkey traveling to
traveling to France and loving working for her job
France and loving working for her job and they love Debbie very very much now
and they love Debbie very very much now she is dependent on everybody myself my
she is dependent on everybody myself my brother
brother friends she cannot go into the front of
friends she cannot go into the front of the yard by herself because her
[Music] vision I don't remember anything about
vision I don't remember anything about the
the accident from what there was so
accident from what there was so I was being my le do for work for the
I was being my le do for work for the last time in before I went to bed it was
last time in before I went to bed it was a Sunday night August the 7th
a Sunday night August the 7th approximately 9:15 my sister had come
approximately 9:15 my sister had come out of her house to um get her mail by
out of her house to um get her mail by the Big Pine Tree she was struck by a
the Big Pine Tree she was struck by a teenager texting and driving the white
teenager texting and driving the white mailbox is where my sister was struck
mailbox is where my sister was struck was carried on the hood of the car to
was carried on the hood of the car to right over here and this is where the
right over here and this is where the neighbors found
her when she was in the hospital she was swollen from head to toe she had a shunt
swollen from head to toe she had a shunt sticking out of her head right here to
sticking out of her head right here to relieve pressure in her brain because
relieve pressure in her brain because her brain was so
her brain was so swollen her eyes her right eye was
swollen her eyes her right eye was swollen
swollen shut her face was swollen her neck was
shut her face was swollen her neck was broken both her arms were broken ribs
broken both her arms were broken ribs were broken
were broken her pelvis was smashed she had a broken
her pelvis was smashed she had a broken ankle and a broken leg her thumb ripped
ankle and a broken leg her thumb ripped off almost ripped off they sewed it back
off almost ripped off they sewed it back together um it was terrible it was
together um it was terrible it was heartbreaking she was in her coma and I
heartbreaking she was in her coma and I went up to her and I started talking to
went up to her and I started talking to her and I had her hand and she squeezed
her and I had her hand and she squeezed my hand she knew I was there and I told
my hand she knew I was there and I told her I said Debbie I know you're in there
her I said Debbie I know you're in there I know you can't talk or anything but I
I know you can't talk or anything but I know you're in there and she gave gave
know you're in there and she gave gave me another squeeze on my hand she knew
me another squeeze on my hand she knew that I was talking to her she could feel
it her sentence was 30 days in jail She's Got 5 months of house arrest 5 100
She's Got 5 months of house arrest 5 100 hours of community
hours of community service and that's about
service and that's about it my sister doesn't want anything to do
it my sister doesn't want anything to do with her she's too angry right
with her she's too angry right now and I don't I don't think that anger
now and I don't I don't think that anger is going to go away anytime soon Charlie
is going to go away anytime soon Charlie is the big chocolate lab right
is the big chocolate lab right here he was 11 years old when he was
here he was 11 years old when he was killed Charlie was about 115 lbs oh was
killed Charlie was about 115 lbs oh was about 105 105 lb s was my best friend he
about 105 105 lb s was my best friend he was so so
was so so loveable we're working on my sister and
loveable we're working on my sister and somebody said where's Debbie's dog and
somebody said where's Debbie's dog and that's when the search went out and they
that's when the search went out and they found him over here in the trees the
found him over here in the trees the mailbox had been knocked the blue
mailbox had been knocked the blue mailbox had been knocked down um we
mailbox had been knocked down um we think that he was thrown through the air
think that he was thrown through the air and knocked that mailbox
and knocked that mailbox down um he took the full force of the
down um he took the full force of the car he laid on the side of the road the
car he laid on the side of the road the neighbors told us wagging his
neighbors told us wagging his tail while Debbie was being loaded up in
tail while Debbie was being loaded up in the
Ambiance it's just not right my sister's life has been changed forever she went
life has been changed forever she went from being active to inactive in a
from being active to inactive in a stroke of a second and it's over her
stroke of a second and it's over her life as she knew it is over she loved
life as she knew it is over she loved work she helped me with my children she
work she helped me with my children she was always there for me it's
was always there for me it's heartbreaking every day to see my sister
heartbreaking every day to see my sister like this when you knew how she was
I'm very fond of telescopes it's just just a reminder of
telescopes it's just just a reminder of my father in the good times that we used
my father in the good times that we used to have the telescope just another way
to have the telescope just another way that I look at him being a scientist and
that I look at him being a scientist and the brilliant man he was at night we
the brilliant man he was at night we would go outside and look at the stars
would go outside and look at the stars and he would tell me the different
and he would tell me the different constellations help me learn
constellations help me learn them when there were meteor showers they
them when there were meteor showers they come and wake me up at 3:00 in the
come and wake me up at 3:00 in the morning and take me outside and we just
morning and take me outside and we just stare and watch the meteor showers for
stare and watch the meteor showers for hours just me and my dad outside wrapped
hours just me and my dad outside wrapped up in blankets it was just a phenomenal
up in blankets it was just a phenomenal feeling just good father daughter time
feeling just good father daughter time for
for us the best father I could have ever
us the best father I could have ever asked
asked for yeah growing up I was pretty typical
for yeah growing up I was pretty typical um played a lot of sports Growing Up
um played a lot of sports Growing Up played basketball played football um
played basketball played football um play baseball ran track I'm quiet on the
play baseball ran track I'm quiet on the phone I'm awkward on the phone I'm uh
phone I'm awkward on the phone I'm uh you know I I have always preferred to to
you know I I have always preferred to to text or to talk in
text or to talk in person I'm a cowboy I guess and I'm a
person I'm a cowboy I guess and I'm a child of the mountains I recently took a
child of the mountains I recently took a trip in out on the Prairie and it was
trip in out on the Prairie and it was pretty but I'm I'm a child of the
pretty but I'm I'm a child of the mountains I need mountains around me
mountains I need mountains around me every morning I can get up and watch the
every morning I can get up and watch the sun come up over this mountain to the
sun come up over this mountain to the east it's beautiful mountain and watch
east it's beautiful mountain and watch the sun go down the West over another
the sun go down the West over another pretty mountain and so I'm not much into
pretty mountain and so I'm not much into Tech technology as a blacksmith all your
Tech technology as a blacksmith all your problems can be solved with a bigger
problems can be solved with a bigger Hammer you more heat and a bigger hammer
Hammer you more heat and a bigger hammer and so I'm not much of a technology guy
and so I'm not much of a technology guy and I never have liked texting and since
and I never have liked texting and since that day I've liked it even less I text
that day I've liked it even less I text often um you know daily keep in touch
often um you know daily keep in touch with friends and family the car doing
with friends and family the car doing the texting was going this direction the
the texting was going this direction the two th call Engineers were heading out
two th call Engineers were heading out this way and and as they passed they
this way and and as they passed they they brushed each other which spun the
they brushed each other which spun the little blue car with the th call
little blue car with the th call Engineers spun it around this way into
Engineers spun it around this way into the path of an oncoming
[Music] pickup there's about a 15 or 16 Mile
pickup there's about a 15 or 16 Mile Stretch of Highway 30 going to Logan and
Stretch of Highway 30 going to Logan and from the time we started on that stretch
from the time we started on that stretch of road headed towards Logan that the
of road headed towards Logan that the driver ahead of me was distracted I
driver ahead of me was distracted I didn't noticed that he was crossed over
didn't noticed that he was crossed over the center line multiple times it was
the center line multiple times it was early in the morning um it was uh still
early in the morning um it was uh still fairly dark outside and the was it was
fairly dark outside and the was it was raining pretty bad and on my way to work
raining pretty bad and on my way to work I'm I'm texting and reading messages and
I'm I'm texting and reading messages and I go across the center line and and I
I go across the center line and and I hit another car I don't remember what I
hit another car I don't remember what I was texting um I don't remember what the
was texting um I don't remember what the message said that's how important it was
message said that's how important it was and I saw him cross over the center
and I saw him cross over the center line and at that moment things things
line and at that moment things things kind of go into slow motion and you you
kind of go into slow motion and you you could just see that and I thought man
could just see that and I thought man this is going to be bad I remember the
this is going to be bad I remember the sound of the cars hitting glass breaking
sound of the cars hitting glass breaking Brakes and Tires Silling he just
Brakes and Tires Silling he just sideswiped it and sent it into a skid
sideswiped it and sent it into a skid and and I had the definite recollection
and and I had the definite recollection of thinking to myself that you know I I
of thinking to myself that you know I I knew right then that I was going to cide
knew right then that I was going to cide with that car and I just thought oh it's
with that car and I just thought oh it's going to be bad you know I just I knew
going to be bad you know I just I knew right then and there and it just the
right then and there and it just the question in my mind was how bad was it
question in my mind was how bad was it going to be
going to be and and my my
and and my my truck
truck [Music]
[Music] um hit the passengers side of the
um hit the passengers side of the car and basically scooped the car up and
car and basically scooped the car up and carried it off into the ditch with us as
carried it off into the ditch with us as we you know I I had break and was trying
we you know I I had break and was trying to get stopped and avoid it and
to get stopped and avoid it and obviously I
obviously I couldn't my pickup went halfway through
couldn't my pickup went halfway through that
that car I got out of my car I I ran back
car I got out of my car I I ran back towards the accident
towards the accident and there was a a man on the phone I I
and there was a a man on the phone I I heard him
heard him say um that there were two men in the
say um that there were two men in the car
breathing the two people that were killed were inside the blue
car this other one shows what the car car looked like after the accident
picture is all I can think about is is those
those families those two men
and well was driving I decided that texting and
texting and driving was more important to
driving was more important to me than those two men were to their
families and how selfish that was of me to make that decision to text and
day that you killed two people is one of the hardest things that
people is one of the hardest things that you could live
with I have night tears all the time about my dad's car accident that come in
about my dad's car accident that come in waves of it can be just me standing on
waves of it can be just me standing on the side of the freeway where it happen
the side of the freeway where it happen happened just watching the accident
happened just watching the accident happen and not being able to move I
happen and not being able to move I can't go try and stop the accident from
can't go try and stop the accident from happening I can't go see if my father's
happening I can't go see if my father's okay I can't save my father I'm just
okay I can't save my father I'm just standing on the side of the road I can't
standing on the side of the road I can't do
do anything two I've been
anything two I've been Reggie the one texting wall driving that
Reggie the one texting wall driving that hits the car
just being the one that causes the accident and two I've been the driver of
accident and two I've been the driver of the truck that T-boned my
the truck that T-boned my dad just sitting in the seat just
dad just sitting in the seat just killing my own
killing my own [Music]
[Music] father end up with some herniated discs
father end up with some herniated discs in my back
in my back and um my knees took a pretty big
and um my knees took a pretty big beating in the dash and you know how
beating in the dash and you know how much of the damage to them was from the
much of the damage to them was from the accident I don't know
accident I don't know but um horses shoing is a very physical
but um horses shoing is a very physical occupation it's hard on your back anyway
occupation it's hard on your back anyway and to suddenly end up with some
and to suddenly end up with some herniated discs you know your your life
herniated discs you know your your life of the horseshoer is
[Music] over it's been uh almost 7 years since
over it's been uh almost 7 years since September and it is still very difficult
September and it is still very difficult for
for me that accident was preventable there
me that accident was preventable there was there there's no other way to look
was there there's no other way to look at it
at it um put my phone away and I saved those
um put my phone away and I saved those two men's
two men's lives um and it's it's that simple it's
lives um and it's it's that simple it's that simple for me now looking back um
that simple for me now looking back um and when I speak to others I I I share
and when I speak to others I I I share the same message I say now it's it's
the same message I say now it's it's that easy for you going forward to save
that easy for you going forward to save someone's life you put the phone away
someone's life you put the phone away when you drive and you're you're safer
when you drive and you're you're safer behind the wheel and everyone else is
behind the wheel and everyone else is safer on the road around you I I want
safer on the road around you I I want people to to look at me and look at what
people to to look at me and look at what I did and what I caused and say I I
I did and what I caused and say I I don't want to be that
don't want to be that [Music]
[Music] guy first time I saw Reggie in
guy first time I saw Reggie in court my feelings was it was just sheer
court my feelings was it was just sheer hatred I was appalled at the fact that
hatred I was appalled at the fact that this kid my age had killed my dad taking
this kid my age had killed my dad taking him away from me on my sentencing date
him away from me on my sentencing date and the families had the chance to get
and the families had the chance to get up and and address me and and speak to
up and and address me and and speak to me and all I could do was just look at
me and all I could do was just look at him and hate him and wish how much he
him and hate him and wish how much he would die or that it was him that was
would die or that it was him that was dead instead of my dad Megan got up and
dead instead of my dad Megan got up and uh she talked about her her wedding
uh she talked about her her wedding and she had just gotten married
and um she talks about how her father wasn't there to walk her down the
aisle and she looked to me and and she said
and she looked to me and and she said because you you took that from
because you you took that from me and she was she was absolutely
right I would like to think that my dad is somewhere in the universe I go
is somewhere in the universe I go outside at night and sit on my balcony
outside at night and sit on my balcony when I'm really upset I stare at this
when I'm really upset I stare at this guy and whenever I'm super upset I
guy and whenever I'm super upset I always see a shooting
always see a shooting star and I like to think that that's my
star and I like to think that that's my way or my dad's way of trying to to
way or my dad's way of trying to to communicate with me I felt that my dad
communicate with me I felt that my dad would not have wanted me to be mad at
would not have wanted me to be mad at him for the rest of my life and that I
him for the rest of my life and that I knew my dad had forgiven him I knew that
knew my dad had forgiven him I knew that and that he would want me to try and
and that he would want me to try and move on and forgive him and even get to
move on and forgive him and even get to know
him forgiveness is that's something that I see for
is that's something that I see for Megan I see that for forgiveness I feel
Megan I see that for forgiveness I feel it I'm grateful for
it I'm grateful for it I reached out to Reggie to tell him
it I reached out to Reggie to tell him you know I forgive you my dad forgave
you know I forgive you my dad forgave [Music]
[Music] you I want to help you through your you
you I want to help you through your you know trying to make a difference in this
know trying to make a difference in this whole thing
I was once told that to be a good member of society you have to give back more
of society you have to give back more than you take I can never give back
than you take I can never give back those two men's lives
those two men's lives [Music]
ever I would just like to say um for anybody out there who has a cell
for anybody out there who has a cell phone um focus while you're driving pay
phone um focus while you're driving pay attention while you're driving don't
attention while you're driving don't take your eyes off the road while you're
take your eyes off the road while you're driving things can happen so quick that
driving things can happen so quick that it'll change your life
it'll change your life [Music]
[Music] forever I will say it over and over and
forever I will say it over and over and over again don't text and
over again don't text and drive that it can't
drive that it can't wait I would tell America to please
wait I would tell America to please don't text and
don't text and drive how many other people are going to
drive how many other people are going to have to be
have to be killed how many other people are going
killed how many other people are going to be left like my sister
Debbie it's just nuts it's crazy you know I don't know why people don't want
know I don't know why people don't want to talk to each other anyway
next we're going to move on to motor vehicle crashes seat belts airbags and
vehicle crashes seat belts airbags and TR restraints equal the best chance of
TR restraints equal the best chance of survival in a crash an accident or a
survival in a crash an accident or a crash in Nebraska is an unstable
crash in Nebraska is an unstable situation not under human control
situation not under human control involving a motor vehicle in transport
involving a motor vehicle in transport on a traffic way that results in death
on a traffic way that results in death injury or damage of at least $1,000
injury or damage of at least $1,000 crash reports are not taken if there is
crash reports are not taken if there is deliberate intent such as vandalism
deliberate intent such as vandalism legal intervention police uh hitting a
legal intervention police uh hitting a car intentionally to protect them from
car intentionally to protect them from injury or death such as a vehicle
injury or death such as a vehicle pursuit of a criminal or an act of
pursuit of a criminal or an act of weather such as hail or
weather such as hail or floods if you are involved in a crash
floods if you are involved in a crash you should stop all vehicles and do not
you should stop all vehicles and do not leave the scene it is a felony to leave
leave the scene it is a felony to leave the scene of any injury crash it's a
the scene of any injury crash it's a misdemeanor if it's just the vehicles or
misdemeanor if it's just the vehicles or property that's damaged assist any
property that's damaged assist any injured parties uh you must render
injured parties uh you must render reasonable Aid and or call 9911 for
reasonable Aid and or call 9911 for further assistance obviously calling 911
further assistance obviously calling 911 is the best situation to get trained
is the best situation to get trained personnel there to
personnel there to assist you must exchange information
assist you must exchange information with all drivers which is required by
with all drivers which is required by law if you've already contacted law
law if you've already contacted law enforcement feel free to wait until we
enforcement feel free to wait until we get there to facilitate the information
get there to facilitate the information exchange to ensure everyone's
exchange to ensure everyone's information is neatly secured we
information is neatly secured we understand that uh during these crashes
understand that uh during these crashes it can be a very stressful situation and
it can be a very stressful situation and um you may forget to get certain things
um you may forget to get certain things or uh people might be angered by the
or uh people might be angered by the fact that they were involved in a crash
fact that they were involved in a crash or might be blaming one person or the
or might be blaming one person or the other um so um we need to uh make sure
other um so um we need to uh make sure that everyone is safe during those
that everyone is safe during those encounters and we can certainly help
encounters and we can certainly help facilitate those uh types of
exchanges in Nebraska during 2020 again when those most recent stats were
when those most recent stats were released uh there was one motor vehicle
released uh there was one motor vehicle crash every 18 minutes 39 people injured
crash every 18 minutes 39 people injured each day and one person killed every 38
each day and one person killed every 38 hours
also from 2020 there were 19354 property damage crashes 9,847
19354 property damage crashes 9,847 injury crashes with 14,100 people
injury crashes with 14,100 people injured and 217 fatal crashes with 233
injured and 217 fatal crashes with 233 total fatalities for a grand total of
total fatalities for a grand total of 29,41 18 total crashes again I know
29,41 18 total crashes again I know these statistics are a few years old um
these statistics are a few years old um but Nebraska has not seen a real
but Nebraska has not seen a real downturn in crashes and these statistics
downturn in crashes and these statistics are um Under reporting what is occurring
are um Under reporting what is occurring now um we attempt to make efforts in
now um we attempt to make efforts in curbing these types of incidents however
curbing these types of incidents however um Nebraska is a growing state sarie
um Nebraska is a growing state sarie county especially is the fastest growing
county especially is the fastest growing County um and we have had our fair share
County um and we have had our fair share of crashes and tragedies that do not
of crashes and tragedies that do not seem to be going down based on our
growth airbags are the supplemental restraint system that's what SRS stands
restraint system that's what SRS stands for when you see that uh imprinted on
for when you see that uh imprinted on your dashboard or in your uh pillars of
your dashboard or in your uh pillars of your
your vehicle SE belts keep you in your seat
vehicle SE belts keep you in your seat um while airbags prevent you from
um while airbags prevent you from striking the dash or other parts of the
striking the dash or other parts of the vehicle airbags do not replace seat bels
vehicle airbags do not replace seat bels and if they're not used in conjunction
and if they're not used in conjunction with a seat Bel they may cause more
with a seat Bel they may cause more injury than they
prevent uh this next video we'll show you how airbags work and how they uh use
you how airbags work and how they uh use their technology and physics to help
their technology and physics to help lessen injuries to
occupants normally something blowing up in your face is definitely bad but right
in your face is definitely bad but right about now this chemical reaction could
about now this chemical reaction could very well save your
life it takes 50 milliseconds for you to hit the steering wheel in a crash
hit the steering wheel in a crash everything we're about to tell you goes
everything we're about to tell you goes down even faster your car has to be able
down even faster your car has to be able to detect when a potentially deadly
to detect when a potentially deadly crash is happening you don't want your
crash is happening you don't want your airbag deploying every time you hit a
airbag deploying every time you hit a pothole or getting a fender bender your
pothole or getting a fender bender your car has an accelerometer several
car has an accelerometer several actually in case one fails or goes off
actually in case one fails or goes off by mistake the detect sudden rapid
by mistake the detect sudden rapid changes in velocity in one model a ball
changes in velocity in one model a ball bearing is normally held in place by a
bearing is normally held in place by a magnet but in a crash it comes flying
magnet but in a crash it comes flying free and it flies right into an
free and it flies right into an electrical circuit that tells the car's
electrical circuit that tells the car's computer to deploy the
computer to deploy the airbags airbags don't just fill with gas
airbags airbags don't just fill with gas like a balloon blowing up that would be
like a balloon blowing up that would be way too slow the gas that fills airbags
way too slow the gas that fills airbags is actually produced by a chemical
is actually produced by a chemical reaction the classic example is sodium
reaction the classic example is sodium aide which is stable until it's heated
aide which is stable until it's heated in a crash a small explosive or heating
in a crash a small explosive or heating element called a squib goes off and
element called a squib goes off and ignites the sodium aide which decomposes
ignites the sodium aide which decomposes quickly to nitrogen gas and sodium metal
quickly to nitrogen gas and sodium metal that sodium metal could react with water
that sodium metal could react with water in the air to produce corrosive sodium
in the air to produce corrosive sodium hydroxide so airbag manufacturers
hydroxide so airbag manufacturers include some other compounds to react it
include some other compounds to react it into sodium oxide and alkaline silicate
into sodium oxide and alkaline silicate instead by the way the technology we
instead by the way the technology we described is a little old school
described is a little old school nowadays most frontal airbags are
nowadays most frontal airbags are actually inflated with guanine nitrate
actually inflated with guanine nitrate but it works on the same Principle as
but it works on the same Principle as sodium aide you're creating a lot of nen
sodium aide you're creating a lot of nen gas and accelerometers have changed with
gas and accelerometers have changed with the times too they're a little more
the times too they're a little more sophisticated than the ball bearing
sophisticated than the ball bearing thing meanwhile the nitrogen gas is
thing meanwhile the nitrogen gas is totally harmless being the main
totally harmless being the main ingredient in you know air just a small
ingredient in you know air just a small handful of sodium aide can produce 67 L
handful of sodium aide can produce 67 L of nitrogen and that volume of gas
of nitrogen and that volume of gas creates enough pressure to fill the
creates enough pressure to fill the airbag in less than 40
airbag in less than 40 milliseconds so quick first law
milliseconds so quick first law refresher an object in motion stays in
refresher an object in motion stays in motion so when your car hits something
motion so when your car hits something it stops but your body keeps moving
it stops but your body keeps moving forward and if it keeps moving forward
forward and if it keeps moving forward right into the steering wheel or
right into the steering wheel or dashboard that's bad news for you so the
dashboard that's bad news for you so the airbag is there to slow you down more
airbag is there to slow you down more gradually than a steering wheel
gradually than a steering wheel would but this rapidly inflating cushion
would but this rapidly inflating cushion isn't actually pillowy soft the front
isn't actually pillowy soft the front face of the airbag moves towards you at
face of the airbag moves towards you at between 150 and 250
between 150 and 250 mph and if you were to hit it while it
mph and if you were to hit it while it was still inflating that might be almost
was still inflating that might be almost as bad as hitting the steering wheel to
as bad as hitting the steering wheel to properly slow you down and airbag has to
properly slow you down and airbag has to have blown up already when you hit it so
have blown up already when you hit it so that means the accelerometer detects the
that means the accelerometer detects the crash the squib ignites the sodium aide
crash the squib ignites the sodium aide the nitrogen gas is produced and in 50
the nitrogen gas is produced and in 50 milliseconds it's already blown up in
milliseconds it's already blown up in your face and started to wind down
your face and started to wind down between 1987 and 2015 frontal airbag
between 1987 and 2015 frontal airbag saved
saved 44,8 169 lives that's a summer evening
44,8 169 lives that's a summer evening at Dodger stadiums worth of people and a
at Dodger stadiums worth of people and a lot of people around a cheer thanks to
lot of people around a cheer thanks to one chemical reaction and some ingenious
one chemical reaction and some ingenious physics thanks for watching and remember
physics thanks for watching and remember to drive safe this explosion could save
to drive safe this explosion could save your life but it's still better if it
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Tesla airbag control modules or the ACM uh it is a module within the vehicle
uh it is a module within the vehicle that runs Diagnostics and measures crash
that runs Diagnostics and measures crash severity it uses accelerometers sensors
severity it uses accelerometers sensors and other items to determine if the
and other items to determine if the vehicle is experiencing an extreme
vehicle is experiencing an extreme change in velocity uh or an impact based
change in velocity uh or an impact based upon the preset programming the ACM will
upon the preset programming the ACM will determine whether to deploy the airbags
determine whether to deploy the airbags when the ACM has time has to process the
when the ACM has time has to process the data for a crash or near crash event it
data for a crash or near crash event it will record information in an event data
will record information in an event data recorder it is continuously recording
recorder it is continuously recording and locks pre- crash data when the
and locks pre- crash data when the airbag control module indicates
airbag control module indicates something happened or almost happened to
something happened or almost happened to the vehicle it will record things like
the vehicle it will record things like vehicle speed brake application throttle
vehicle speed brake application throttle position seat belt status changes in
position seat belt status changes in velocity uh and other items every
velocity uh and other items every vehicle make and model is different and
vehicle make and model is different and uh usually the newer the vehicles the
uh usually the newer the vehicles the more data it will
more data it will show this are some excerpts slides from
show this are some excerpts slides from an airbag control module report uh you
an airbag control module report uh you can see in this particular crash uh the
can see in this particular crash uh the uh vehicle uh ex uh it had a 60.9 mph
uh vehicle uh ex uh it had a 60.9 mph maximum Delta V longitudinal uh it's a
maximum Delta V longitudinal uh it's a bunch of nerds speak um for about the
bunch of nerds speak um for about the amount of forces that this vehicle
amount of forces that this vehicle sustained the negative just indicates
sustained the negative just indicates Direction um I know based on my training
Direction um I know based on my training and experience that that means that the
and experience that that means that the uh forces sustained by this vehicle um
uh forces sustained by this vehicle um were from the front to the rear and uh a
were from the front to the rear and uh a 30 m per hour changing velocity is
30 m per hour changing velocity is something that will result in serious
something that will result in serious injuries or death and this vehicle uh
injuries or death and this vehicle uh sustained double that amount of
force this also shows um the seat belt status of the driver was unbuckled in
status of the driver was unbuckled in this particular crash uh so was the
this particular crash uh so was the passenger but there was no one in the
passenger but there was no one in the passenger seat so we would suspect that
passenger seat so we would suspect that and then all these things called tell
and then all these things called tell Tails were the uh warning lights on the
Tails were the uh warning lights on the dashboard so it's saying that all of
dashboard so it's saying that all of those were off at this
those were off at this time and then uh this talks about speed
time and then uh this talks about speed uh and the accelerator pedal how far it
uh and the accelerator pedal how far it was pushed engine RPM service break
was pushed engine RPM service break that's just the brake pedal whether it
that's just the brake pedal whether it was on or off and you can see in this
was on or off and you can see in this particular crash it's recording every
particular crash it's recording every half second data up till ne5 to zero
half second data up till ne5 to zero that means 5 Seconds prior to the impact
that means 5 Seconds prior to the impact and zero is near impact so that you can
and zero is near impact so that you can see this vehicle impacted at about 75 a
see this vehicle impacted at about 75 a half miles per
hour and this talks about uh steering wheel
wheel angle
angle so negative means to the left and
so negative means to the left and positive means to the right you can see
positive means to the right you can see where this uh vehicle was going
where this uh vehicle was going generally straight up until the last few
generally straight up until the last few ten of a second before impact and there
ten of a second before impact and there was a big deviation from 8.6 degrees at
was a big deviation from 8.6 degrees at 1.2 seconds prior to impact to 106.7
1.2 seconds prior to impact to 106.7 degrees at2 seconds before
impact vehicle insurance in Nebraska you have to have minimum liability coverages
have to have minimum liability coverages meaning your car insurance policy must
meaning your car insurance policy must meet at least the following liability
meet at least the following liability coverages 25,000 for bodily injury per
coverages 25,000 for bodily injury per person 50,000 for total bodily injury if
person 50,000 for total bodily injury if multiple people are hurt and 25,000 for
multiple people are hurt and 25,000 for property damage
property damage vehicles with leans or alone must have
vehicles with leans or alone must have full coverage uh in Crash investigations
full coverage uh in Crash investigations law enforcement determines law
law enforcement determines law violations not fault in the crash while
violations not fault in the crash while law violations may play a role in
law violations may play a role in determining quote fault end quote it is
determining quote fault end quote it is a civil matter among insurance companies
a civil matter among insurance companies and vehicle owners to rule who is at
and vehicle owners to rule who is at fault so um sometimes even police
fault so um sometimes even police officers can sometimes say you're at
officers can sometimes say you're at fault in a crash but if we're talking
fault in a crash but if we're talking technically we don't determine fault we
technically we don't determine fault we just determine law violations and it's
just determine law violations and it's up to those in the insurance realm and
up to those in the insurance realm and even uh going all the way up through the
even uh going all the way up through the court system maybe a judge or a jury
court system maybe a judge or a jury might be determining fault but police
might be determining fault but police officers just determine if law
officers just determine if law violations occurred and if there's
violations occurred and if there's enough proof or evidence to support
enough proof or evidence to support issuing citations for
that all right next we're going to move on to impaired driving uh impaired
on to impaired driving uh impaired driving is one of the largest
driving is one of the largest contributing factors in Nebraska
contributing factors in Nebraska Crashers resulting in death and serious
Crashers resulting in death and serious bodily
injury we're going to watch a video on impaired driving
impact if you're driving impaired we will find you we will pull you
will find you we will pull you over we'll conduct a field sobriety
test you will be given a breath test then we'll arrest you and take you
test then we'll arrest you and take you to jail and we will vigorously prosecute
to jail and we will vigorously prosecute you impaired driving is a dead end
you impaired driving is a dead end impaired driving is definitely a dead
impaired driving is definitely a dead end dead end this is a complete dead end
end dead end this is a complete dead end impaired driving is a dead end
impaired driving is a dead end [Music]
my name is Desmond Tuttle and I was convicted of a DUI my name is Michael
convicted of a DUI my name is Michael merian and I've been uh charged six
merian and I've been uh charged six times with DUI and I've been convicted
times with DUI and I've been convicted four times my name is Patricia Lane and
four times my name is Patricia Lane and I have a felony DUI hi I'm Seth Spicer
I have a felony DUI hi I'm Seth Spicer and I was convicted of uh operating
and I was convicted of uh operating Under the Influence my name is um Norman
Under the Influence my name is um Norman Elliot Lind I was convicted of a
Elliot Lind I was convicted of a driving under influence okay hi my name
driving under influence okay hi my name is Bill and I was convicted of DUI my
is Bill and I was convicted of DUI my name is Steve Phillips I was convicted
name is Steve Phillips I was convicted of a DUI my name is Garrett vent and um
of a DUI my name is Garrett vent and um I was convicted of felony alluding DUI
I was convicted of felony alluding DUI and reckless driving hello my name is
and reckless driving hello my name is Adam Johnson and I've been convicted of
Adam Johnson and I've been convicted of a
DUI uh well it just was a a careless night of drinking actually drinking went
night of drinking actually drinking went to the bar I just got done
to the bar I just got done drinking and of course he was driving on
drinking and of course he was driving on the back roads and while still on the D
the back roads and while still on the D road and it was time to go home so we
road and it was time to go home so we got in the car I jumped in the driver's
got in the car I jumped in the driver's seat drinking you know you don't exactly
seat drinking you know you don't exactly pay attention to reason and I drove home
pay attention to reason and I drove home bars closed driving home foolishly tried
bars closed driving home foolishly tried to uh get in a car and drive it when I
to uh get in a car and drive it when I had no business trying to drive in every
had no business trying to drive in every D I went through the sign instead of
D I went through the sign instead of stopping completely and on my my way to
stopping completely and on my my way to the house I was making the final turn
the house I was making the final turn into my home
into my home and cop pulled us over block and a half
and cop pulled us over block and a half away from home so he flipped on his
away from home so he flipped on his lights turned around and called me the
lights turned around and called me the police attempted to pull me over um I
police attempted to pull me over um I was under the influence I decided to run
was under the influence I decided to run got in a high-speed chase I was
got in a high-speed chase I was literally a block away from my house and
literally a block away from my house and got pulled over Got Away parked the
got pulled over Got Away parked the vehicle and they they found where I was
vehicle and they they found where I was arrested me and as I sat in the back of
arrested me and as I sat in the back of the cop car when I came to to trying to
the cop car when I came to to trying to figure out what happened uh I saw my car
figure out what happened uh I saw my car over there upside down it was it didn't
over there upside down it was it didn't even register that it was my car pissed
even register that it was my car pissed off upset and crying in handcuffs put me
off upset and crying in handcuffs put me in handcuffs and I resisted and I was
in handcuffs and I resisted and I was thrown to the ground just asked me the
thrown to the ground just asked me the normal questions and gave me the feel of
normal questions and gave me the feel of sobriety and cops put me in handcuffs
sobriety and cops put me in handcuffs stuck me in the back of a patrol car and
stuck me in the back of a patrol car and there just they don't have very much
there just they don't have very much room back there the cops put me in
room back there the cops put me in handcuffs and put me in back their
handcuffs and put me in back their patrol car he put me in handcuffs I was
patrol car he put me in handcuffs I was still trying to figure out what was
still trying to figure out what was going on watching a tow trck take your
going on watching a tow trck take your vehicle and thinking it's never coming
vehicle and thinking it's never coming back and how much money is going by then
back and how much money is going by then I was charged with resisting arrest and
I was charged with resisting arrest and they threw me in the back of the cop car
they threw me in the back of the cop car and took me to jail placed me in the
and took me to jail placed me in the handcuffs um started to walk me back to
handcuffs um started to walk me back to his car and Read Me My Rights and Sab me
his car and Read Me My Rights and Sab me into the back of his car put me in the
into the back of his car put me in the car and I was sitting there wai waiting
car and I was sitting there wai waiting for him to get in while he cleared the
for him to get in while he cleared the scene of course I went to jail and
scene of course I went to jail and that's when it hit me that
that's when it hit me that uh my car was total for a DUI cuz I
uh my car was total for a DUI cuz I failed the breathalyzer the cops took me
failed the breathalyzer the cops took me out of my car did a field sobriety test
out of my car did a field sobriety test brought me to jail and I was sitting in
brought me to jail and I was sitting in there for 40 days and uh got my DUI
then ah the consequence is first of all I found myself in jail pretty bad you
I found myself in jail pretty bad you know when you wake up in jail and you
know when you wake up in jail and you don't know what you did and you find out
don't know what you did and you find out what you did when you went to court uh I
what you did when you went to court uh I spent a 3 days in jail and had to
spent a 3 days in jail and had to do uh treatment program having my family
do uh treatment program having my family come forward with all the money to post
come forward with all the money to post bail was um a very shaming experience
bail was um a very shaming experience whenever posted bail my family all
whenever posted bail my family all always said you know you make your own
always said you know you make your own bed you sleep in it I had to have one of
bed you sleep in it I had to have one of my friends post my bail I had to call my
my friends post my bail I had to call my parents and tell them that I was in jail
parents and tell them that I was in jail and I needed them to post bail and at
and I needed them to post bail and at the time it was 3:00 in the morning and
the time it was 3:00 in the morning and there was really no place to get money
there was really no place to get money so they had to go and borrow it from a
so they had to go and borrow it from a friend which embarrassed them as well
friend which embarrassed them as well and people I could get a hold of uh they
and people I could get a hold of uh they didn't have the money to post me
didn't have the money to post me out so I had to spend all my time in
out so I had to spend all my time in jail when I was in the jail
jail when I was in the jail cell that I was sitting there
cell that I was sitting there thinking I really don't want to call my
thinking I really don't want to call my parents
parents it's not just yourself you have to worry
it's not just yourself you have to worry about you have to think of everybody
about you have to think of everybody involved I had to sit in a jail cell
involved I had to sit in a jail cell when I couldn't be with my
when I couldn't be with my family I've uh lost a lot of respect
family I've uh lost a lot of respect from family members um I've lost a
from family members um I've lost a relationship with my son my
relationship with my son my four-year-old son um you don't just hurt
four-year-old son um you don't just hurt yourself you hurt your family as well my
yourself you hurt your family as well my son into you know what I mean because
son into you know what I mean because that is what has affected me the most I
that is what has affected me the most I was driving my mom's car and my mom's
was driving my mom's car and my mom's car was founded and she had to pay to
car was founded and she had to pay to get it out there's a lot more to just
get it out there's a lot more to just drinking and driving it's not just that
drinking and driving it's not just that act it's you hurt a lot of
people it hurt my family not just me it is tough it's hard on my family it's
is tough it's hard on my family it's hard on my it was hard on my
hard on my it was hard on my kids it's hard on my girlfriend your
kids it's hard on my girlfriend your brothers sisters your significant other
brothers sisters your significant other your kids and those are the important
your kids and those are the important things in life impaired driving is
things in life impaired driving is absolutely devastating it destroys
absolutely devastating it destroys families and and uh
families and and uh communities it touches everybody's lives
communities it touches everybody's lives at one point or another you know there's
at one point or another you know there's always cops out there there's always
always cops out there there's always going to be cops my name is Officer
going to be cops my name is Officer Steve Dunn I work for the Anchorage
Steve Dunn I work for the Anchorage Police Department I'm currently assigned
Police Department I'm currently assigned to the Traffic Unit and I've been with
to the Traffic Unit and I've been with the Department about 15 and a half years
the Department about 15 and a half years as far as do arrest I've been involved
as far as do arrest I've been involved in hundreds and hundreds of DUIs I'm
in hundreds and hundreds of DUIs I'm Daniel Cox I'm a sergeant with the
Daniel Cox I'm a sergeant with the Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway
Alaska State Troopers Bureau of Highway Patrol I've been in law enforcement for
Patrol I've been in law enforcement for 13 and a half years and I've arrested
13 and a half years and I've arrested hundreds of people for DUI my name is
hundreds of people for DUI my name is Perry Morgan I work with the University
Perry Morgan I work with the University of Alaska Anchorage Police Department
of Alaska Anchorage Police Department I've been a police officer for 11
I've been a police officer for 11 years since my time serving as a police
years since my time serving as a police officer I've been involved in hundreds
officer I've been involved in hundreds of DUI arrests my name is off McCormack
of DUI arrests my name is off McCormack I'm with the city of West Silla I'm a
I'm with the city of West Silla I'm a patrol officer I've been with the city
patrol officer I've been with the city of West illa since 2007 I've arrested
of West illa since 2007 I've arrested approximately 50 people for DUI my name
approximately 50 people for DUI my name is Jamie Hammond I'm an officer with the
is Jamie Hammond I'm an officer with the Palmer Police Department and I've been
Palmer Police Department and I've been on for 16 years and the amount of people
on for 16 years and the amount of people I've arrested for DUI is probably over
I've arrested for DUI is probably over 300 people my name is Gustaf Olson I'm
300 people my name is Gustaf Olson I'm an Assistant Attorney General I'm a
an Assistant Attorney General I'm a special prosecutor in the aspa unit
special prosecutor in the aspa unit Prosecuting Western Alaska alcohol
Prosecuting Western Alaska alcohol interdiction in manufacturing I've
interdiction in manufacturing I've prosecuted over
prosecuted over 2,000 DUI or impair driving crimes in my
2,000 DUI or impair driving crimes in my career it it affects you financially it
career it it affects you financially it affects you uh personally you drink and
affects you uh personally you drink and drive you're going to get caught sooner
drive you're going to get caught sooner or later I lost my license I lost my
or later I lost my license I lost my license for 3 months but it's been over
license for 3 months but it's been over six now and I still don't have it back
six now and I still don't have it back 30 days for 3 years I ended up losing my
30 days for 3 years I ended up losing my license uh the last time for a total of
license uh the last time for a total of 7 years 10 years uh it took me 13 years
7 years 10 years uh it took me 13 years to get my life together get my license
to get my life together get my license back again
back again as far as
personal it of course sucks it's hard to meet a girl when you don't have a ride
meet a girl when you don't have a ride my car was impounded my license was
my car was impounded my license was revoked my car was impounded got
revoked my car was impounded got auctioned off my car was total so
auctioned off my car was total so someone else got to have my ride because
someone else got to have my ride because I decided to drink and drive I rolled it
I decided to drink and drive I rolled it twice there wasn't a piece of glass left
twice there wasn't a piece of glass left in it I never saw that car again as far
in it I never saw that car again as far as I know
as I know after it left the tow yard it went
after it left the tow yard it went straight to the crusher and it's just
straight to the crusher and it's just not worth it this is a crime that will
not worth it this is a crime that will continue to impact your life as well as
continue to impact your life as well as the lives of others for months and even
the lives of others for months and even years later got to pay huge fines
years later got to pay huge fines consequences I mean it's a bunch of
consequences I mean it's a bunch of stuff it's fines really expensive fines
stuff it's fines really expensive fines attorney fees jail time your license
attorney fees jail time your license taken away which is the big thing um it
taken away which is the big thing um it goes on your record so your bills pile
goes on your record so your bills pile up and they pile up and you end up in
up and they pile up and you end up in debt swimming in
it I did lose my job as a result of my DUI uh certain job opportunities were
DUI uh certain job opportunities were unavailable for me because of my DUI and
unavailable for me because of my DUI and took some time to get another job it was
took some time to get another job it was hard to find the job without a driver's
hard to find the job without a driver's license finding another job is almost
license finding another job is almost impossible my career is on the line now
impossible my career is on the line now because I'm unable to drive was it DUI
because I'm unable to drive was it DUI on my record it's become extremely
on my record it's become extremely difficult to obtain my driver's license
difficult to obtain my driver's license and
and um
find find employment that will support me as of now I'm stuck working a job
me as of now I'm stuck working a job that I don't really want to work but I
that I don't really want to work but I have to because I'm unable to do my main
have to because I'm unable to do my main career well impaired driving is it's
career well impaired driving is it's it's a huge issue uh public safety issue
it's a huge issue uh public safety issue and you know more oftentimes than not
and you know more oftentimes than not they
they result in in severe consequences uh
result in in severe consequences uh deadly con consequences there are safer
deadly con consequences there are safer and better ways to get around uh and
and better ways to get around uh and enjoy yourself than than driving after
enjoy yourself than than driving after consuming alcohol drinking and driving
consuming alcohol drinking and driving is highly avoidable not only impacts the
is highly avoidable not only impacts the individual who's been drinking and
individual who's been drinking and driving it impacts the entire community
driving it impacts the entire community and ultimately alcohol can result in you
and ultimately alcohol can result in you making decisions that are so poor that
making decisions that are so poor that they are going to impact you your family
they are going to impact you your family and the people around you um ESP
and the people around you um ESP especially if you drive for a very very
especially if you drive for a very very long time if you decide to get into a
long time if you decide to get into a car there's a big chance that you know
car there's a big chance that you know you might kill someone take in mind that
you might kill someone take in mind that when you get behind the wheel Under the
when you get behind the wheel Under the Influence that you're not only putting
Influence that you're not only putting your life in jeopardy but those around
your life in jeopardy but those around you and uh the effect is is is a lot
you and uh the effect is is is a lot larger than just imprisonment or or loss
larger than just imprisonment or or loss of
of license it uh it it can affect families
license it uh it it can affect families kids children Generations I
kids children Generations I mean the effects can be
tremendous I'm so glad I never cared anybody or never put anybody in the
anybody or never put anybody in the hospital to have to live with that for
hospital to have to live with that for the rest of my life would be awful I am
the rest of my life would be awful I am so thankful that uh there was no one in
so thankful that uh there was no one in the vehicle with me I am doubly thankful
the vehicle with me I am doubly thankful that no other car was
that no other car was involved and just the thought that I
involved and just the thought that I could be I could have woke up and found
could be I could have woke up and found out I killed somebody I mean that just
out I killed somebody I mean that just uh it it really hit home and it's just
uh it it really hit home and it's just it's the stupidest thing I could ever
it's the stupidest thing I could ever think of you know you don't think of it
think of you know you don't think of it at the time
at the time but what happens when you're sitting in
but what happens when you're sitting in a jail cell for life
a jail cell for life because you didn't give the bartender
because you didn't give the bartender your
your keys having the understanding that I had
keys having the understanding that I had you know I could have hurt somebody is
you know I could have hurt somebody is pretty sobering
pretty sobering and if you choose to do something like
and if you choose to do something like that you're not
that you're not just getting behind the wheel
just getting behind the wheel you're taking risks not with just your
you're taking risks not with just your life but other people's as well you
life but other people's as well you could hurt someone too you could really
could hurt someone too you could really hurt somebody if you were to be
hurt somebody if you were to be intoxicated and impaired and driving
intoxicated and impaired and driving down the road I
down the road I mean your vision's gone your reaction
mean your vision's gone your reaction time's gone on you you could kill
time's gone on you you could kill somebody and I I'm really lucky that I
somebody and I I'm really lucky that I didn't if you're in a car impaired and
didn't if you're in a car impaired and you decide okay I'm going to go where I
you decide okay I'm going to go where I want to go because I feel like it and
want to go because I feel like it and you end up running into somebody or
you end up running into somebody or crashing you've affected a lot of
crashing you've affected a lot of [Music]
[Music] people my name is Fe mccrum and all of a
people my name is Fe mccrum and all of a sudden out of my pereral vision I see
sudden out of my pereral vision I see this car coming at me extremely fast and
this car coming at me extremely fast and went oh my gosh he's going to hit me
went oh my gosh he's going to hit me it's going to take longer for your your
it's going to take longer for your your your brain to uh to realize the hazard
your brain to uh to realize the hazard is longer for your brain to send
is longer for your brain to send messages to your your uh your body to
messages to your your uh your body to react did you see this one this makes
react did you see this one this makes the uh 10th year since the car wreck in
the uh 10th year since the car wreck in March before the crash I had a studio
March before the crash I had a studio that I had built from scratch a
that I had built from scratch a photography studio I was coming from the
photography studio I was coming from the photo lab on uh
photo lab on uh 32nd
32nd um and I had just dropped off the
um and I had just dropped off the film um turned on to spinard went down
film um turned on to spinard went down to Benson turned right on to Benson was
to Benson turned right on to Benson was headed down towards Kinko's on Northern
headed down towards Kinko's on Northern Lights about 10:30 11:00 at night it was
Lights about 10:30 11:00 at night it was just at the beginning of breakup I can
just at the beginning of breakup I can remember the streets were not slick get
remember the streets were not slick get to that intersection and all of a sudden
to that intersection and all of a sudden out of my pereral vision I see this car
out of my pereral vision I see this car coming at me extremely fast and went oh
coming at me extremely fast and went oh my gosh he's going to hit me don't
my gosh he's going to hit me don't remember the hit I don't remember I've
remember the hit I don't remember I've been told that the car spun rolled and
been told that the car spun rolled and slid across the street and what stopped
slid across the street and what stopped the underc carriage of my car slid into
the underc carriage of my car slid into the light pole the next thing I know I'm
the light pole the next thing I know I'm laying on my side um and people are
laying on my side um and people are running up to the car oh my gosh are you
running up to the car oh my gosh are you okay are you kidding and I hear someone
okay are you kidding and I hear someone say are you kidding me he left I
say are you kidding me he left I remember hearing my cell phone ringing I
remember hearing my cell phone ringing I remember um wanting to try to get out
remember um wanting to try to get out everybody said no just stay there um
everybody said no just stay there um next thing I know I hear a police
next thing I know I hear a police officer identify himself and tell me
officer identify himself and tell me that my daughter's on the way um I could
that my daughter's on the way um I could hear my cell phone ringing and
hear my cell phone ringing and apparently he had finally picked it up
apparently he had finally picked it up uh and told her where I was and she came
uh and told her where I was and she came to the scene the car was on its side and
to the scene the car was on its side and I was hanging outside side the window of
I was hanging outside side the window of the car my right side was on the
the car my right side was on the pavement and I had been told afterwards
pavement and I had been told afterwards that the only reason I was not crushed
that the only reason I was not crushed was my
was my grandson's car seat it flew out of the
grandson's car seat it flew out of the car and the van rolled on top of the
car and the van rolled on top of the child seat which prevented the car
child seat which prevented the car itself from coming down and crashing and
itself from coming down and crashing and and crushing me underneath the car and
and crushing me underneath the car and then I found out that he was a drunk
then I found out that he was a drunk driver and that um within four or five
driver and that um within four or five days I'd found out I was his third DUI
days I'd found out I was his third DUI offense in six months his license had
offense in six months his license had been revoked for three years 3 months
been revoked for three years 3 months prior he'd been told this is your second
prior he'd been told this is your second offense you cannot drink you cannot
offense you cannot drink you cannot drive for 3 years 3 months later he
drive for 3 years 3 months later he spends all day and all night in a bar
spends all day and all night in a bar drinking he gets into his car and he's
drinking he gets into his car and he's going to drive home and after the the
going to drive home and after the the wreck he saw the gentleman stop looked
wreck he saw the gentleman stop looked back saw that what he had done and then
back saw that what he had done and then turned around and just drove off so the
turned around and just drove off so the guy behind me followed him home then
guy behind me followed him home then came back to the scene and told the
came back to the scene and told the police where he was that's how they knew
police where he was that's how they knew who had hit me otherwise we'd have never
who had hit me otherwise we'd have never known cuz he just took off and drove off
known cuz he just took off and drove off and the next day I could barely move I
and the next day I could barely move I was so so sore and as a result I've had
was so so sore and as a result I've had to um close the studio down that it's
to um close the studio down that it's was something that I had built from the
was something that I had built from the ground up over 20 years love these yeah
ground up over 20 years love these yeah now my days are I just work from home as
now my days are I just work from home as I said I might do one or two photo
I said I might do one or two photo sessions for
sessions for someone and I do sewing for people
someone and I do sewing for people outside of my home I
outside of my home I do a lot of alterations on wedding gowns
do a lot of alterations on wedding gowns pageant gowns he chose CH to get go into
pageant gowns he chose CH to get go into that bar he chose to drink he chose to
that bar he chose to drink he chose to take his keys leave the bar get in the
take his keys leave the bar get in the car and drive because of his choices my
car and drive because of his choices my life changed I'm not
life changed I'm not saying don't go out and have a good time
saying don't go out and have a good time go out and have a good time take a cab
go out and have a good time take a cab call a friend take a
call a friend take a bus do something but don't drive
bus do something but don't drive impaired if you drive impaired you're
impaired if you drive impaired you're ruining your life and you're ruining
ruining your life and you're ruining other people's lives as well well my
other people's lives as well well my name is James killingbeck I was hit by a
name is James killingbeck I was hit by a drunk driver April 26th 2007 I'm Tammy
drunk driver April 26th 2007 I'm Tammy lusi my son's name is James kenbeck Jr
lusi my son's name is James kenbeck Jr he was hit by a drunk driver April 26
he was hit by a drunk driver April 26 2007 as he was headed home from work uh
2007 as he was headed home from work uh just before the crash I was actually
just before the crash I was actually just leaving work I remember getting in
just leaving work I remember getting in my vehicle starting it up and next day I
my vehicle starting it up and next day I know I woke up in a hospital I know it
know I woke up in a hospital I know it sounds funny but my child's a creature
sounds funny but my child's a creature of habit and at 10:47 when he wasn't
of habit and at 10:47 when he wasn't home from work p.m. and he should have
home from work p.m. and he should have been home at
been home at 10:45 I I don't remember the actual
10:45 I I don't remember the actual crash and I called and text and called
crash and I called and text and called and text his cell phone to no answer
and text his cell phone to no answer called his employer still no
called his employer still no answer um I knew then that something was
answer um I knew then that something was wrong I had a gut feeling it was a car
wrong I had a gut feeling it was a car accident it's on and off I remember
accident it's on and off I remember being in the
being in the hospital and it kind of flashes and
hospital and it kind of flashes and around midnight I got a phone call call
around midnight I got a phone call call from the hospital stating that my son
from the hospital stating that my son James was in the emergency room the
James was in the emergency room the first thing I really remember is waking
first thing I really remember is waking up and being told I wasn't able to walk
up and being told I wasn't able to walk bike run any of that anymore and I
bike run any of that anymore and I really had no idea why just kind of a
really had no idea why just kind of a shock being told you can't walk and you
shock being told you can't walk and you have no idea why I couldn't honestly
have no idea why I couldn't honestly tell you too much more about that night
tell you too much more about that night I I blocked it out for some reason I I
I I blocked it out for some reason I I do I every day new memory comes back of
do I every day new memory comes back of just like a childhood memory of like
just like a childhood memory of like jumping on the trampoline with my
jumping on the trampoline with my friends or something like that it just
friends or something like that it just kind of comes back in little fragments I
kind of comes back in little fragments I tell people from the movie 51st dates
tell people from the movie 51st dates how every day she had to be told who she
how every day she had to be told who she was I had to do that about 50 times a
was I had to do that about 50 times a day um I was told to tell him when he
day um I was told to tell him when he woke up what his name was where he was
woke up what his name was where he was how old he was and that he was hit by a
how old he was and that he was hit by a drunk
drunk driver for the first approximately 4
driver for the first approximately 4 days it was the hardest because he did
days it was the hardest because he did not know who I was um I remember asking
not know who I was um I remember asking him who his mom was and he said some
him who his mom was and he said some crazy lady which I chuckled and then I
crazy lady which I chuckled and then I looked at him and I said could I be her
looked at him and I said could I be her and he looked at me straight in the face
and he looked at me straight in the face and he said no and I would say that was
and he said no and I would say that was about the hardest moment I had to
about the hardest moment I had to relearn literally everything what it
relearn literally everything what it felt like to eat I was feeding him going
felt like to eat I was feeding him going to the bathroom take a bath you name it
to the bathroom take a bath you name it blue green black and then dog he could
blue green black and then dog he could have tell you which one did not belong
have tell you which one did not belong in that category it was it was extremely
in that category it was it was extremely challenging um I I knew that before the
challenging um I I knew that before the car wreck I had been able to do all of
car wreck I had been able to do all of that and I'd known what everything felt
that and I'd known what everything felt like but after the car
like but after the car wreck I forgot it and it was It was kind
wreck I forgot it and it was It was kind of frustrating really like I knew I knew
of frustrating really like I knew I knew how to do it but couldn't couldn't grab
how to do it but couldn't couldn't grab hold of it I basically had a
hold of it I basically had a toddler uh for probably took about 2
toddler uh for probably took about 2 years until I was really back up to
years until I was really back up to where I was before the car wreck um I
where I was before the car wreck um I know physical physically my son had
know physical physically my son had dreams of joining the service he could
dreams of joining the service he could no longer
no longer join um because of the the two rods in
join um because of the the two rods in his leg mainly because of the head
his leg mainly because of the head trauma I I know it affected her I'd say
trauma I I know it affected her I'd say almost as much as me just she was just
almost as much as me just she was just about as heartbroken as I was having to
about as heartbroken as I was having to uh be back at my side basically I was
uh be back at my side basically I was back in diapers again I don't know how
back in diapers again I don't know how to explain to somebody and he hates when
to explain to somebody and he hates when I say this but when he left that morning
I say this but when he left that morning I made sure that I said you know goodbye
I made sure that I said you know goodbye to my son and kiss him and have a good
to my son and kiss him and have a good day and I know he's alive and I have him
day and I know he's alive and I have him but he's not the same child that I said
but he's not the same child that I said goodbye to that morning uh I was 16 when
goodbye to that morning uh I was 16 when the car wreck happened um end of junior
the car wreck happened um end of junior year we've been getting reacquainted the
year we've been getting reacquainted the last 4 years impaired driving is the
last 4 years impaired driving is the most selfish thing I think a person can
most selfish thing I think a person can do it's like you said doesn't cost much
do it's like you said doesn't cost much to take a cap it wasn't an accident
to take a cap it wasn't an accident that that somebody came
that that somebody came home and changed our lives
home and changed our lives forever
forever it it's so frustrating to have something taken from you and you
something taken from you and you really had no say in it at all he tells
really had no say in it at all he tells me that it was him that was
me that it was him that was injured I may have not been physically
injured I may have not been physically injured um I was emotionally
injured um I was emotionally injured
injured um I look at my son now I can see the
um I look at my son now I can see the scars I can see when he limps I know
scars I can see when he limps I know that his left foot still doesn't have
that his left foot still doesn't have complete feeling in
complete feeling in it
it um he's
um he's he's not the same child he's he's got
he's not the same child he's he's got more of a temper it's not that hard to
more of a temper it's not that hard to call a cab or call a bu to pick you up
call a cab or call a bu to pick you up it's definitely not worth it I have no
it's definitely not worth it I have no sympathy for anybody who gets a DUI none
sympathy for anybody who gets a DUI none whatsoever I don't think they get enough
whatsoever I don't think they get enough punishment and it's totally not worth
punishment and it's totally not worth all the fines and trouble you have to go
all the fines and trouble you have to go through getting a DUI it will get you
through getting a DUI it will get you nowhere and definitely not fair to the
nowhere and definitely not fair to the other person either
other person either I'm Linda hornstein and I am the mother
I'm Linda hornstein and I am the mother of Corey hornstein Williams I Sally D
of Corey hornstein Williams I Sally D and um my sister is Corey Ray hornstein
and um my sister is Corey Ray hornstein Williams my name is Allison Hurst my
Williams my name is Allison Hurst my friend Corey hornstein Williams we were
friend Corey hornstein Williams we were involved in a car wreck and she was
involved in a car wreck and she was killed by a drunk driver December 6th
killed by a drunk driver December 6th 1996 at tutor and bonface she was my big
1996 at tutor and bonface she was my big sister she would take care of me um we
sister she would take care of me um we were roommates um we worked together and
were roommates um we worked together and so we spent all of our time together she
so we spent all of our time together she was feisty she was little I think she
was feisty she was little I think she had to be and um she was she was a good
had to be and um she was she was a good person um she was my mentor growing up
person um she was my mentor growing up and one day I was sledding down a hill
and one day I was sledding down a hill with Sally her younger sister and I hear
with Sally her younger sister and I hear Cory yelling mama mama look and she um
Cory yelling mama mama look and she um was skating
was skating and she had never had ice skating
and she had never had ice skating lessons but through watching others she
lessons but through watching others she taught herself and she did a beautiful
taught herself and she did a beautiful triple axle and watching
triple axle and watching her skate was like listening to music I
her skate was like listening to music I think ice skating um was probably one of
think ice skating um was probably one of my Fondest Memories of my sister and
my Fondest Memories of my sister and favoritest things I could possibly do
favoritest things I could possibly do with her um she she taught me how to ice
with her um she she taught me how to ice skate like I was saying um um she would
skate like I was saying um um she would teach me how to twirl and um ice skate
teach me how to twirl and um ice skate backwards and um it was great to be able
backwards and um it was great to be able to you know call our parents over and be
to you know call our parents over and be like look look what I learned how to do
like look look what I learned how to do because you know Corey helped me cuz she
because you know Corey helped me cuz she was very good at teaching me how to do
was very good at teaching me how to do things she was fun she taught me how to
things she was fun she taught me how to um line dance her sister had spent the
um line dance her sister had spent the night with her and I went to pick her up
night with her and I went to pick her up to take her to school and I went into
to take her to school and I went into Corey's uh apartment she was renting
Corey's uh apartment she was renting with some other people and Corey was
with some other people and Corey was laying on the sofa she was on her back
laying on the sofa she was on her back and that was December 5th of
and that was December 5th of 96 and um she was laying on her back and
96 and um she was laying on her back and I sat down by her and uh attempted to
I sat down by her and uh attempted to kiss her on her
kiss her on her left side by her eyebrow and um she kind
left side by her eyebrow and um she kind of moved her arms around and um so I was
of moved her arms around and um so I was frantically looking for a piece of paper
frantically looking for a piece of paper I wanted to leave her in not and I was
I wanted to leave her in not and I was going to kiss her again but um you know
going to kiss her again but um you know I didn't want to wake her up and so as
I didn't want to wake her up and so as we got to the door I put my hand on the
we got to the door I put my hand on the door knob and I turned and looked at
door knob and I turned and looked at her and
her and um something told me to go back and kiss
um something told me to go back and kiss her again but I I just told myself again
her again but I I just told myself again I didn't want to wake her up and so that
I didn't want to wake her up and so that was in the morning I kind of wanted to
was in the morning I kind of wanted to stay home and relax but Cory wanted to
stay home and relax but Cory wanted to go out and have fun so she said she
go out and have fun so she said she decided let's go play bingo I was
decided let's go play bingo I was spending the night at her house that
spending the night at her house that night and I was actually going to go out
night and I was actually going to go out with them um to go play Bingo for a
with them um to go play Bingo for a little bit um but I had an allergic
little bit um but I had an allergic reaction to the deterent that they used
reaction to the deterent that they used I had taken a shower used the wrong
I had taken a shower used the wrong towel and um had to stay behind our last
towel and um had to stay behind our last conversation was 10:00 that
conversation was 10:00 that night uh and her sister was with her
night uh and her sister was with her that night and that was the last I love
that night and that was the last I love you she gave me a kiss and told me she
you she gave me a kiss and told me she loved me and you know kind of did the
loved me and you know kind of did the big sister had rub thing and um I was
big sister had rub thing and um I was like yeah yeah you know teenage girl
like yeah yeah you know teenage girl wanting to talk on the phone and um she
wanting to talk on the phone and um she uh she walked out the door and um she
uh she walked out the door and um she walks back in and she was like Hey I
walks back in and she was like Hey I love you and I was like I love you too
love you and I was like I love you too and we always do the I love you sign um
and we always do the I love you sign um and uh she kind of just smiled and as
and uh she kind of just smiled and as she shut the door
she shut the door um I smiled cuz I
um I smiled cuz I knew she loved me
knew she loved me and I stood up and watched him drive
and I stood up and watched him drive away we were at tutor Bingo and We R
away we were at tutor Bingo and We R turning from I believe it's Dale Street
turning from I believe it's Dale Street onto tutor one of the last things I can
onto tutor one of the last things I can remember thinking is if the traffic
remember thinking is if the traffic doesn't clear up to turn left I'm just
doesn't clear up to turn left I'm just going to turn right we're going to go
going to turn right we're going to go the long way home well traffic ended up
the long way home well traffic ended up clearing and we ended up turning left
clearing and we ended up turning left the next morning I got up I was getting
the next morning I got up I was getting ready for
ready for work and
work and um I got a knock at the door but I
um I got a knock at the door but I remember waking up to someone banging on
remember waking up to someone banging on the door and
the door and um thinking what did they forget their
um thinking what did they forget their key and it was a police officer I looked
key and it was a police officer I looked outside and saw the cop car and I
outside and saw the cop car and I thought oh my gosh what did I do I asked
thought oh my gosh what did I do I asked him if this was about my girls and he
him if this was about my girls and he said yes and I thought okay I can handle
said yes and I thought okay I can handle this and I invited him in and they told
this and I invited him in and they told me through the door to put the dog away
me through the door to put the dog away cuz um they had a dog named Riot and um
cuz um they had a dog named Riot and um so I put him away and they um I let him
so I put him away and they um I let him in and and uh he asked me to put my 110
in and and uh he asked me to put my 110 lb dog away and I did and I still wasn't
lb dog away and I did and I still wasn't getting it and then he asked me to sit
getting it and then he asked me to sit down at the table and I did I don't I
down at the table and I did I don't I can't I can't tell you what happened I
can't I can't tell you what happened I don't really remember he proceeded to
don't really remember he proceeded to tell me that there was a terrible crash
tell me that there was a terrible crash and that my daughter Corey along with
and that my daughter Corey along with another young woman had been killed and
another young woman had been killed and the driver Allison was in critical
the driver Allison was in critical condition and she was at the hospital I
condition and she was at the hospital I just remember feeling like somebody had
just remember feeling like somebody had kicked me in the stomach so hard I ended
kicked me in the stomach so hard I ended up on my knees in front of my kitchen
up on my knees in front of my kitchen sink and I held my head my head hurt so
sink and I held my head my head hurt so bad that day I lost so
bad that day I lost so much I lost my
much I lost my sister I lost my best friend I lost my
sister I lost my best friend I lost my mentor I lost ever being an
aunt I remember looking up at him and saying oh my God I I can't believe it my
saying oh my God I I can't believe it my life is
life is over and yet my I was still breathing I
over and yet my I was still breathing I was shocked that I was still breathing
was shocked that I was still breathing and my heart was still beating I lost
and my heart was still beating I lost the fact that she would be there
the fact that she would be there standing next to me at my own
standing next to me at my own wedding the person that answered that
wedding the person that answered that door is not the same person that got up
door is not the same person that got up off that floor I lost the fact that she
off that floor I lost the fact that she would hold her nieces in her arms
would hold her nieces in her arms and
and that she would be able to look at me and
that she would be able to look at me and say Sally I'm so proud of what you've
say Sally I'm so proud of what you've done I was going to bury a
done I was going to bury a child I remember being in the hospital
child I remember being in the hospital and I can remember the netting that was
and I can remember the netting that was all over my face the windshield coming
all over my face the windshield coming into the car at us the rear your mirror
into the car at us the rear your mirror came down and it fractured my cheekbone
came down and it fractured my cheekbone so I had gauze on my face to to cover
so I had gauze on my face to to cover the um surgery that the surgeon had done
the um surgery that the surgeon had done and I can remember them coming in and
and I can remember them coming in and cutting that Gau off my face I want to
cutting that Gau off my face I want to say it was the next day that my dad told
say it was the next day that my dad told me what had happened it was very
me what had happened it was very difficult for me to realize that she was
difficult for me to realize that she was gone I can honestly say I've never been
gone I can honestly say I've never been the same
the same since and I still have problems sleeping
since and I still have problems sleeping yeah there was a lot taken from
yeah there was a lot taken from me and I I don't think I could ever
me and I I don't think I could ever truly describe or be able to
measure what may have been I I just can't do it it's next to
can't do it it's next to impossible to measure that
impossible to measure that loss I try not to be selfish and think
loss I try not to be selfish and think about what was taken away from me
about what was taken away from me because I'm still here I still get to
because I'm still here I still get to live my life I get to have a husband
live my life I get to have a husband have a family and she didn't
have a family and she didn't years later I
years later I met one of the two
met one of the two officers that responded that actually
officers that responded that actually removed my daughter a few years after
removed my daughter a few years after that I met the other officer and that
that I met the other officer and that other officer told me that it was
other officer told me that it was actually his
actually his birthday that night and he told me or
birthday that night and he told me or that morning and he told me that there
that morning and he told me that there was not one morning one birthday rather
was not one morning one birthday rather they didn't go by that he didn't think
they didn't go by that he didn't think think of my daughter everyone that shows
think of my daughter everyone that shows up it affects them in some way and those
up it affects them in some way and those people that pick up that
people that pick up that newspaper and they search that article
newspaper and they search that article as quickly as they can because they want
as quickly as they can because they want to know if it's somebody they know or
to know if it's somebody they know or they turn on the TV and they they sit
they turn on the TV and they they sit there and have to
there and have to listen it's a domino effect and so it
listen it's a domino effect and so it just doesn't affect that one person it
just doesn't affect that one person it affects several lives and it it
affects several lives and it it matters and the sad thing is is that I
matters and the sad thing is is that I didn't even have a choice in the
didn't even have a choice in the situation she didn't even have a choice
situation she didn't even have a choice in the
in the situation and that's the hardest part
situation and that's the hardest part for me he really wasn't what what we
for me he really wasn't what what we think of as a drunk driver from
think of as a drunk driver from everything that I've read I've never met
everything that I've read I've never met him I've never spoken to him but from
him I've never spoken to him but from everything that I've read and heard he
everything that I've read and heard he was just over the limit by Blood and
was just over the limit by Blood and breath alcohol content um so he isn't
breath alcohol content um so he isn't the classical stumbling around drunk but
the classical stumbling around drunk but he was impaired so my idea of impaired
he was impaired so my idea of impaired driving is not just somebody who's
driving is not just somebody who's falling down drunk but somebody who has
falling down drunk but somebody who has been
been drinking and whether it's socially or in
drinking and whether it's socially or in abundance and then they tried to drive
abundance and then they tried to drive somewhere because just a little bit of
somewhere because just a little bit of alcohol can impair your driving can make
alcohol can impair your driving can make it so that that you don't have those
it so that that you don't have those quick
quick reflexes that you should if you were so
reflexes that you should if you were so completely sober the more alcohol you
completely sober the more alcohol you have your
have your system the your ability to concentrate
system the your ability to concentrate your ability to uh react to hazards that
your ability to uh react to hazards that might come out uh come about are are
might come out uh come about are are greatly affected uh your reaction time
greatly affected uh your reaction time has slowed before you even have that
has slowed before you even have that first drink you you need a plan what I
first drink you you need a plan what I like to say about impaired
like to say about impaired driving that it's stupid and there's so
driving that it's stupid and there's so many other options and you need to
many other options and you need to think before you get into a car and is
think before you get into a car and is is this really worth it and it's just
is this really worth it and it's just not is it worth it for you it's the fact
not is it worth it for you it's the fact that you're putting other people's lives
that you're putting other people's lives in Jeopardy drinking and driving is
in Jeopardy drinking and driving is really not worth it just if you're going
really not worth it just if you're going to drink either have a ride set up
to drink either have a ride set up already or pay the 20 bucks for a cab
already or pay the 20 bucks for a cab you don't know I mean the car you hit
you don't know I mean the car you hit could be your own sister or your own
could be your own sister or your own brother or your own mother or father
brother or your own mother or father aunt or best friend and is it really
aunt or best friend and is it really worth it that would be my question
worth it that would be my question getting behind the wheel after you've
getting behind the wheel after you've been drinking is just not worth it there
been drinking is just not worth it there are options I mean you can call a cab
are options I mean you can call a cab you can drink at home you can stay
you can drink at home you can stay wherever it is you are drinking if
wherever it is you are drinking if you're with a friend or have a
you're with a friend or have a designated driver it's inconceivable
designated driver it's inconceivable that because we don't want to leave our
that because we don't want to leave our car someplace or uh we feel that we can
car someplace or uh we feel that we can make it home
make it home uh that we would put ourselves and other
uh that we would put ourselves and other people to that kind of risk is someone's
people to that kind of risk is someone's life really worth $20 when you just
life really worth $20 when you just spent God knows how much on booze is is
spent God knows how much on booze is is it really worth it you know it's not
it really worth it you know it's not really even worth it to get behind that
really even worth it to get behind that wheel if you've had one drink because
wheel if you've had one drink because it's going to change your reaction time
it's going to change your reaction time and cuz I know my sister's life was
and cuz I know my sister's life was worth more than
worth more than $20 I just beg and plead please please
$20 I just beg and plead please please think about it before you leave the
think about it before you leave the house I just wish people would stop it I
house I just wish people would stop it I wish people would listen to the
wish people would listen to the seriousness of of what is happening it's
seriousness of of what is happening it's not a joke would I still have everything
not a joke would I still have everything I should have had if he wouldn't have
I should have had if he wouldn't have made that
made that choice it ruins so many
choice it ruins so many lives so many
lives so many lives my daughter's death certificate
lives my daughter's death certificate says she was murdered
says she was murdered he just used a big truck to do it please
he just used a big truck to do it please please please learn from our mistakes
please please learn from our mistakes and don't make the same take that time
and don't make the same take that time before you're getting ready to pick up
before you're getting ready to pick up the keys and drive take that that Split
the keys and drive take that that Split Second to think maybe I really shouldn't
Second to think maybe I really shouldn't drive and put your keys down give them
drive and put your keys down give them to a friend hide them throw them before
to a friend hide them throw them before you go out do whatever you need to do
you go out do whatever you need to do just don't drink and drive even 15 years
just don't drink and drive even 15 years later I still there's a piece of my my
later I still there's a piece of my my heart that will always be gone you know
heart that will always be gone you know I I kind of had to learn a hard way but
I I kind of had to learn a hard way but maybe by watching this video somebody
maybe by watching this video somebody out there might not have to learn the
out there might not have to learn the hard way maybe the message will get
hard way maybe the message will get through don't don't drink and drive it's
through don't don't drink and drive it's it's a bad idea
impaired driving is is a dead end impaired driving is a dead
impaired driving is a dead end impaired driving is a dead end yeah
end impaired driving is a dead end yeah impaired driving is a dead end you got
impaired driving is a dead end you got nowhere to go you're just going to get
caught in 2022 11,241 fatalities occurred in motor vehicle crashes due to
occurred in motor vehicle crashes due to unpaired driving every 50 minutes
unpaired driving every 50 minutes another fatality occurs due to impaired
driving how much alcohol is in a drink a standard 12 oz can of beer a 4 oz glass
standard 12 oz can of beer a 4 oz glass of wine and one and a/4 oun shot of
of wine and one and a/4 oun shot of whiskey all contain the same amount of
alcohol uh the effects of BAC or blood alcohol content are uh different um at a
alcohol content are uh different um at a 0.02 um you might see some W of judgment
0.02 um you might see some W of judgment relaxation and altered mood when you
relaxation and altered mood when you move up to that 08 the legal limit you
move up to that 08 the legal limit you can see muscle muscle excuse me
can see muscle muscle excuse me coordination becomes poor uh balance
coordination becomes poor uh balance speech Vision reaction time and hearing
speech Vision reaction time and hearing it's harder to detect danger and
it's harder to detect danger and judgment self-control reasoning and
judgment self-control reasoning and memory are all impaired and up to that
memory are all impaired and up to that 0.15 range almost double the limit you
0.15 range almost double the limit you can see far less muscle control vomiting
can see far less muscle control vomiting uh person has developed a tolerance for
uh person has developed a tolerance for alcohol and maybe a major loss of
balance Nebraska has an implied consent law Nebraska that states any driver that
law Nebraska that states any driver that operates a vehicle in Nebraska have
operates a vehicle in Nebraska have already agreed to submit to a chemical
already agreed to submit to a chemical test or test when requested by law
test or test when requested by law enforcement the term implied consent
enforcement the term implied consent simply means by choosing to drive a
simply means by choosing to drive a vehicle in Nebraska you must submit to a
vehicle in Nebraska you must submit to a chemical test or test when a police
chemical test or test when a police officer requests it refusal to submit to
officer requests it refusal to submit to a chemical test or test is a crime the
a chemical test or test is a crime the penalty if convicted can be worse than
penalty if convicted can be worse than the DUI itself so a chemical test is uh
the DUI itself so a chemical test is uh typically a breath test um there are two
typically a breath test um there are two um that occur in Nebraska um usually one
um that occur in Nebraska um usually one on the side of the road in uh the
on the side of the road in uh the picture there you can see an example of
picture there you can see an example of that and one back at a police station or
that and one back at a police station or a sheriff's office or at a jail and that
a sheriff's office or at a jail and that a more scientific test that uses a
a more scientific test that uses a different method to analyze the breath
different method to analyze the breath sample for alcohol content however all
sample for alcohol content however all of these tests are covered under implied
of these tests are covered under implied consent and you must submit to it if a
consent and you must submit to it if a police officer requests during a DOI
investigation Nebraska's DUI laws we have a zero tolerance DUI that says
have a zero tolerance DUI that says drivers under the age of 21 are subject
drivers under the age of 21 are subject to a lesser standard of
to a lesser standard of 02 a regular DUI is what most drivers
02 a regular DUI is what most drivers are subject to and that's a 8 when
are subject to and that's a 8 when operating a vehicle commercial motor
operating a vehicle commercial motor vehicle DUI operators of a commercial
vehicle DUI operators of a commercial motor vehicle are subject to that lesser
motor vehicle are subject to that lesser standard of 04 so half the
standard of 04 so half the 08 uh du is below the threshold of 08
08 uh du is below the threshold of 08 law enforcement in Nebraska can arrest
law enforcement in Nebraska can arrest someone for being under uh for excuse me
someone for being under uh for excuse me for driving under the influence even if
for driving under the influence even if they're under the quote legal limit if
they're under the quote legal limit if they can show impairment isue to alcohol
they can show impairment isue to alcohol or drugs and makes them unable to drive
or drugs and makes them unable to drive uh that is often times shown through the
uh that is often times shown through the field sobriety tests like the eye test
field sobriety tests like the eye test or uh walking and turning standing on
or uh walking and turning standing on one leg and those sort of things law
one leg and those sort of things law enforcement must show operation or
enforcement must show operation or actual physical control actual physical
actual physical control actual physical control means that the driver has the
control means that the driver has the ability to start and move the vehicle so
ability to start and move the vehicle so if you're behind the driver's seat and
if you're behind the driver's seat and you have the ability to start and move
you have the ability to start and move the vehicle you can get a DUI even if
the vehicle you can get a DUI even if you weren't driving down the
you weren't driving down the road another example if you're pulled
road another example if you're pulled over and a sleep behind the wheel with
over and a sleep behind the wheel with the vehicle off at the keys are in your
the vehicle off at the keys are in your pocket you are in actual physical
pocket you are in actual physical control uh so using those examples
control uh so using those examples something to be smart about when you are
something to be smart about when you are intoxicated and near your
vehicle uh Nebraska's DUI drugs drivers can be charged with dii drugs if
can be charged with dii drugs if impairment is found to be caused due to
impairment is found to be caused due to the use of drugs drugs can be either
the use of drugs drugs can be either illegal such as marijuana
illegal such as marijuana methamphetamine or cocaine or overthe
methamphetamine or cocaine or overthe counter or
counter or prescribed there is not a set threshold
prescribed there is not a set threshold like 08 for BAC for alcohol when
like 08 for BAC for alcohol when determining impairment due to drugs
determining impairment due to drugs officers document impairment using
officers document impairment using Advanced Training or contact a drug
Advanced Training or contact a drug recognition expert to assist in
recognition expert to assist in determining the type of drug the driver
determining the type of drug the driver may be impaired by at the time of the
stop next we're going to watch a drugged driving video uh produced by uh the
driving video uh produced by uh the Nebraska public television
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involves an impaired driver driving drunk buzzed or high is never
driving drunk buzzed or high is never acceptable and law enforcement officers
acceptable and law enforcement officers are working around the clock to stop it
are working around the clock to stop it with sobriety checkpoints and saturation
with sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols as a driver make the correct
patrols as a driver make the correct choice and pick the beverage on the
choice and pick the beverage on the right or have a pre-selected designated
right or have a pre-selected designated driver and you won't have this happen to
driver and you won't have this happen to you be smart drive sober or get pulled
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foundation.org all day every day America is a Mobile
all day every day America is a Mobile Nation almost every day we have contact
Nation almost every day we have contact with people driving Under the Influence
with people driving Under the Influence whether it's elicit or prescription
whether it's elicit or prescription drugs it is a huge problem in the
drugs it is a huge problem in the morning on your way to work one in every
morning on your way to work one in every 60 drivers around you is
60 drivers around you is impaired we had our little main strip
impaired we had our little main strip was called Wesley Street everybody just
was called Wesley Street everybody just ride up and down Wesley Street man if
ride up and down Wesley Street man if you could drink a little beer or maybe
you could drink a little beer or maybe smoke smoke a little weed or whatever oh
smoke smoke a little weed or whatever oh man you were doing big things at that
man you were doing big things at that [Music]
[Music] time on your way home from work up until
time on your way home from work up until 9:00 at night that number increases to
9:00 at night that number increases to one in every 10 drivers around you is
one in every 10 drivers around you is impaired for the weekend during the
impaired for the weekend during the evening it's one in every four drivers
evening it's one in every four drivers around you is
impaired is there a prevalence of marijana and the state of Colorado
marijana and the state of Colorado absolutely there is we're seeing an
absolutely there is we're seeing an increase in cannabis in the blood of
increase in cannabis in the blood of fatally injured drivers I had taken a
fatally injured drivers I had taken a whole bunch of Xanax that night for some
whole bunch of Xanax that night for some reason I realized that I was on the
reason I realized that I was on the wrong side of the road and I looked up
wrong side of the road and I looked up and there was cars coming at me and I
and there was cars coming at me and I veered off over the median and popped
veered off over the median and popped all four of my tires and went into a
all four of my tires and went into a ditch I remember times when my main
ditch I remember times when my main focus was trying to stay off the median
focus was trying to stay off the median and then when I would get to my parking
and then when I would get to my parking space I would just bounce into it you
space I would just bounce into it you know I I had no business being on the
know I I had no business being on the road so I think when people think about
road so I think when people think about medications and driving that they're
medications and driving that they're often thinking about kind of illegal
often thinking about kind of illegal drugs but that's not true for the
drugs but that's not true for the majority of people and these are
majority of people and these are medications that are highly used in the
medications that are highly used in the population increasingly Healthcare
population increasingly Healthcare Safety and law enforcement experts are
Safety and law enforcement experts are pointing to a new dangerous National
pointing to a new dangerous National trend driving under the influence of
trend driving under the influence of illicit drugs over-the-counter pills or
illicit drugs over-the-counter pills or even prescription
even prescription medications on any given day the people
medications on any given day the people driving next to you may present a
driving next to you may present a challenge for your
safety drunk driving is no longer the leading cause of impaired car crashes in
leading cause of impaired car crashes in the past four years the number of drug
the past four years the number of drug driving crashes in Ohio shot up by 25%
driving crashes in Ohio shot up by 25% more and more people are getting high
more and more people are getting high getting behind the wheel and not
getting behind the wheel and not thinking twice about
thinking twice about it I'm 24 years old I I don't think I
it I'm 24 years old I I don't think I ever had a problem driving law smoking
ever had a problem driving law smoking weed for the past five or six
weed for the past five or six years I've been battling with different
years I've been battling with different addictions
addictions specifically I hit rock bottom with
specifically I hit rock bottom with opiates which Shar painkillers I was
opiates which Shar painkillers I was raised in a middle class family my dad
raised in a middle class family my dad was a doctor my mom was a nurse
was a doctor my mom was a nurse my dad's always been an alcoholic uh I
my dad's always been an alcoholic uh I didn't look at him as an alcoholic until
didn't look at him as an alcoholic until I became an addict going into Middle
I became an addict going into Middle School I experimented smoking weed but
School I experimented smoking weed but it never went really
it never went really overboard near the end of my junior year
overboard near the end of my junior year of high school one friend in particular
of high school one friend in particular that I looked up to uh got me to try
that I looked up to uh got me to try ecstasy for the first time and
ecstasy for the first time and that's kind of how my harder drug use
that's kind of how my harder drug use started I tried opiates for the first
started I tried opiates for the first time and the drugs made me feel amazing
time and the drugs made me feel amazing and I didn't look at all the negative
and I didn't look at all the negative consequences of it so I felt like I was
consequences of it so I felt like I was in
in control and I definitely had a lot of
control and I definitely had a lot of issues
issues driving in the last 5 years I've totaled
driving in the last 5 years I've totaled four
four cars the night that I got my aggravated
cars the night that I got my aggravated DUI I was drunk and high on cocaine I
DUI I was drunk and high on cocaine I woke up from being passed out and I was
woke up from being passed out and I was told that I almost ran my brother over
told that I almost ran my brother over cuz he was trying to stop me from
cuz he was trying to stop me from driving away I ended up burying off the
driving away I ended up burying off the road and hitting a barrier on the side
road and hitting a barrier on the side of a highway when I kind of came to I
of a highway when I kind of came to I was in the back seat of the cop car and
was in the back seat of the cop car and I have no memory of driving at all I was
I have no memory of driving at all I was blacked
blacked out when I was doing drugs I didn't
out when I was doing drugs I didn't really care about anybody but myself I
really care about anybody but myself I didn't really think about uh the risk I
didn't really think about uh the risk I was to other people in my situation I
was to other people in my situation I couldn't live the way I was anymore you
couldn't live the way I was anymore you get to a point in addiction where you
get to a point in addiction where you don't really have a choice it's either
don't really have a choice it's either treatment or death or treatment or
treatment or death or treatment or incarceration and for me it was kind of
incarceration and for me it was kind of a life or death
a life or death thing until I went to Residential
thing until I went to Residential Treatment my periods of sobriety were
Treatment my periods of sobriety were really really
really really short I live in a sober
short I live in a sober living house with seven other recovering
living house with seven other recovering addicts and it gives me the support I
addicts and it gives me the support I need to continue in
need to continue in recovery the opposite of addiction isn't
recovery the opposite of addiction isn't sobriety or being clean that opposite of
sobriety or being clean that opposite of actual addiction is fellowship and
actual addiction is fellowship and connection is to give you accountability
connection is to give you accountability for your
for your actions you can see the challenges that
actions you can see the challenges that we're facing in law enforcement are drug
we're facing in law enforcement are drug driving is becoming a national priority
driving is becoming a national priority for educators and law enforcement
for educators and law enforcement creating learning opportunities like the
creating learning opportunities like the Nebraska highway safety conference we
Nebraska highway safety conference we are seeing our officers now better
are seeing our officers now better trained for drug impairment making more
trained for drug impairment making more rest and keeping our community
rest and keeping our community safer Colorado is at the Forefront of
safer Colorado is at the Forefront of the drug driving dilemma it was the
the drug driving dilemma it was the first state to legalize recreational and
first state to legalize recreational and medical marijuana the question is
medical marijuana the question is are we seeing more and more drivers
are we seeing more and more drivers impaired by cannabis specifically in
impaired by cannabis specifically in this state right now we're still in this
this state right now we're still in this new era of legalized recreational
new era of legalized recreational marijuana there's hundreds of
marijuana there's hundreds of dispensaries throughout the state where
dispensaries throughout the state where a person 21y older can go purchase a
a person 21y older can go purchase a certain amount of marijuana and they can
certain amount of marijuana and they can use it in private Colorado adults are
use it in private Colorado adults are using marijuana at higher rates than
using marijuana at higher rates than others uh States that's a fact and we're
others uh States that's a fact and we're seeing increases in drug driving arrests
seeing increases in drug driving arrests related to
related to cannabis drug driving has always been a
cannabis drug driving has always been a problem but fortunately in law
problem but fortunately in law enforcement we're getting better and
enforcement we're getting better and better at how we identify drug impaired
better at how we identify drug impaired drivers the goal in the police
drivers the goal in the police department here so we are putting on a
department here so we are putting on a series of trainings for police officers
series of trainings for police officers to become more situationally aware on
to become more situationally aware on how to identify the drug impaired
how to identify the drug impaired drivers you're going to have the sways
drivers you're going to have the sways and then the Hop to prevent from falling
and then the Hop to prevent from falling the training that we're going through on
the training that we're going through on our department it's titled advaned
our department it's titled advaned roadside impaired driving enforcement
roadside impaired driving enforcement what people would commonly know as
what people would commonly know as roadside maneuvers you see the tip of my
roadside maneuvers you see the tip of my finger I'd like to follow that with your
finger I'd like to follow that with your eyes your eyes only don't move your
eyes your eyes only don't move your head1 1002
head1 1002 10034 this is the next level to help
10034 this is the next level to help police officers understand how to better
police officers understand how to better identify the drug impaired driver and
identify the drug impaired driver and know what signs and symptoms to look for
know what signs and symptoms to look for number n come on in another type of
number n come on in another type of training brings law enforcement officers
training brings law enforcement officers and members of the public together hey
and members of the public together hey everybody I want to welcome you guys
everybody I want to welcome you guys back to another green lab session in
back to another green lab session in 2015 I created a class called marijuana
2015 I created a class called marijuana DUI investigations the most unique
DUI investigations the most unique feature of the class is what is called a
feature of the class is what is called a green lab and that is where we take
green lab and that is where we take members of the community not the law
members of the community not the law enforcement students but we have them
enforcement students but we have them dose on
dose on marijuana I haven't driven in a long
marijuana I haven't driven in a long time but I used to drive all the time
time but I used to drive all the time stoned and uh never had a rag it makes
stoned and uh never had a rag it makes me more alert alert aware I'm like I
me more alert alert aware I'm like I focus better with school less
focus better with school less distracted I have to go out and function
distracted I have to go out and function I have to drive my car I going to school
I have to drive my car I going to school I'm going to work the focus the pain
I'm going to work the focus the pain relief that all lasts you know a decent
relief that all lasts you know a decent amount of time but like the Head trip
amount of time but like the Head trip part of it I can insta sober I'll be
part of it I can insta sober I'll be sober by the time I walk in there
sober by the time I walk in there obviously you've already agreed to do
obviously you've already agreed to do some roadside test for us so we'll start
some roadside test for us so we'll start off with that we allow the law
off with that we allow the law enforcement students to have access to
enforcement students to have access to that person so they can do roadsides
that person so they can do roadsides they can interview them they can ask
they can interview them they can ask questions of them and the whole purpose
questions of them and the whole purpose of the class is to get Law Enforcement
of the class is to get Law Enforcement Officers more comfortable with trying to
Officers more comfortable with trying to detect the marijuana impaired driver on
detect the marijuana impaired driver on a scale from 0 to 10 with zero being
a scale from 0 to 10 with zero being completely sober 10 being unconscious
completely sober 10 being unconscious how would you rate yourself on that
how would you rate yourself on that scale for how impaired you feel right
scale for how impaired you feel right now
now 2.5 really based on those I would take I
2.5 really based on those I would take I would take you into custody if you were
would take you into custody if you were driving yeah you're swaying Dre that um
driving yeah you're swaying Dre that um I picked up lack of convergence which is
I picked up lack of convergence which is when I come in like this especially
when I come in like this especially coming out your eyes are are hurky jerky
coming out your eyes are are hurky jerky they weren't really tracking evenly
they weren't really tracking evenly every smoker is different I I could get
every smoker is different I I could get in the car and drive right now you guys
in the car and drive right now you guys done with questions yeah yeah all right
done with questions yeah yeah all right thank you awesome Erica Erica thanks a
thank you awesome Erica Erica thanks a lot Erica thanks the reality is
lot Erica thanks the reality is marijuana is the number one drug after
marijuana is the number one drug after alcohol that we find in drivers on
alcohol that we find in drivers on American roads now we have a new
American roads now we have a new substance introduced public consumption
substance introduced public consumption that has its own impairing qualities and
that has its own impairing qualities and it's different from alcohol however
it's different from alcohol however there are no national standards for
there are no national standards for marijuana
marijuana impairment so the burden of proof rests
impairment so the burden of proof rests with drug
with drug recognition as a result all 108 Loveland
recognition as a result all 108 Loveland police officers are receiving roadside
police officers are receiving roadside Enforcement Training Adam 158 copy
Enforcement Training Adam 158 copy traffic 1939 when the laws changed and
traffic 1939 when the laws changed and marijuana became legalized in the state
marijuana became legalized in the state of Colorado uh we started to see it more
of Colorado uh we started to see it more prevalent within our community as far as
prevalent within our community as far as the traffic
the traffic stops one of my greatest passions is
stops one of my greatest passions is getting um drug impairing drivers off
getting um drug impairing drivers off the roadway just because I truly believe
the roadway just because I truly believe that whenever someone is impacted by
that whenever someone is impacted by someone who's driving under the
someone who's driving under the influence of all
influence of all or drugs they're innocent
or drugs they're innocent victims we're seeing an increase in
victims we're seeing an increase in cannabis in the blood of fatally injured
cannabis in the blood of fatally injured drivers and we have more than 10,000
drivers and we have more than 10,000 people in our country killed every year
people in our country killed every year on our nation's highways by impaired
on our nation's highways by impaired drivers that is a serious community
drivers that is a serious community health issue and problem in our country
health issue and problem in our country so as a chief that's what I look at
so as a chief that's what I look at protecting our our community and every
protecting our our community and every time we arrest an impaired driver or
time we arrest an impaired driver or deter somebody from driving a vehicle
deter somebody from driving a vehicle while impaired I believe we're saving
while impaired I believe we're saving lives good evening sir I'm officer
lives good evening sir I'm officer Gonzalez do you know the reason why I
Gonzalez do you know the reason why I pulled you
pulled you over not every drug driver recognizes
over not every drug driver recognizes the
the impairment well I was about 16 I got my
impairment well I was about 16 I got my first car couldn't tell me nothing cuz I
first car couldn't tell me nothing cuz I knew everything that's when I really
knew everything that's when I really became a genius I had all the answers so
became a genius I had all the answers so I made some choices that uh that were
I made some choices that uh that were not good smoking a little marijuana I
not good smoking a little marijuana I started doing pills just thought that
started doing pills just thought that everything was was okay because I was
everything was was okay because I was getting away with it I had a lot of
getting away with it I had a lot of success athletically in high school uh I
success athletically in high school uh I participated in football and track I
participated in football and track I didn't really work hard at it but I
didn't really work hard at it but I could just do it and uh at the end of 10
could just do it and uh at the end of 10 games I actually led the state of Texas
games I actually led the state of Texas in Russian and I got football
in Russian and I got football scholarships all over the country soon
scholarships all over the country soon he signed with coach Tom Osborne at the
he signed with coach Tom Osborne at the University of Nebraska and Simmons
University of Nebraska and Simmons became a star receiver on the highest
became a star receiver on the highest scoring team in college football the
scoring team in college football the 1983 scoring
1983 scoring explosion and I got drafted into a
explosion and I got drafted into a professional football league called the
professional football league called the usfl and that's kind of where I ran into
usfl and that's kind of where I ran into a real real speed big speed bump
a real real speed big speed bump uh I got introduced to cocaine in my
uh I got introduced to cocaine in my rookie year in the pros and uh I wind up
rookie year in the pros and uh I wind up with a $1,000 a day habit I get up drive
with a $1,000 a day habit I get up drive myself to wherever I had to go and I
myself to wherever I had to go and I couldn't see anything wrong with what
couldn't see anything wrong with what with what I was doing I was really
with what I was doing I was really self-sabotaging and didn't know it you
self-sabotaging and didn't know it you don't get caught it
don't get caught it doesn't present itself as a problem but
doesn't present itself as a problem but Simmons did get caught repeatedly and
Simmons did get caught repeatedly and possession of cocaine sent him to prison
possession of cocaine sent him to prison four times Well in prison for the fourth
four times Well in prison for the fourth time I had lost pretty much everything
time I had lost pretty much everything my parents were both in heaven didn't
my parents were both in heaven didn't really have a purpose for living anymore
really have a purpose for living anymore but didn't have the courage to take my
but didn't have the courage to take my own life so when I realized that uh I'm
own life so when I realized that uh I'm just existing then uh one day I received
just existing then uh one day I received a letter from a man that I hadn't heard
a letter from a man that I hadn't heard from and 20 years what's going on Coach
from and 20 years what's going on Coach Ricky how you doing good to see you I
Ricky how you doing good to see you I didn't even know he knew where I was and
didn't even know he knew where I was and the letter was very brief it was a
the letter was very brief it was a letter that said uh dear Ricky I know
letter that said uh dear Ricky I know your parents believed in you I believe
your parents believed in you I believe in you and up on your release if there's
in you and up on your release if there's anything I can do to help you feel free
anything I can do to help you feel free to contact me and it was sign Tom
to contact me and it was sign Tom Osborne with that letter it actually
Osborne with that letter it actually changed my life I mean because the I
changed my life I mean because the I think the timing the timing was very
think the timing the timing was very very very important because I was at a
very very important because I was at a bad place I was a dark place as you and
bad place I was a dark place as you and I both know the drug culture can suck
I both know the drug culture can suck you in pretty fast oh absolutely I'm
you in pretty fast oh absolutely I'm glad I was able to be a small part of oh
glad I was able to be a small part of oh something good and and you know I
something good and and you know I appreciate that more than you'll ever
appreciate that more than you'll ever know and actually to be honest with you
know and actually to be honest with you I memorize that letter so that I can use
I memorize that letter so that I can use it in my speeches too to encourage
it in my speeches too to encourage others and I went to this party being
others and I went to this party being the genius I am and they were doing
the genius I am and they were doing stuff at this party that I was familiar
stuff at this party that I was familiar with and I tried this drug this drug
with and I tried this drug this drug called cocaine and I got hooked I think
called cocaine and I got hooked I think in another month I'll have eight years
in another month I'll have eight years clean and sober so I try to get people
clean and sober so I try to get people to understand especially our youth that
to understand especially our youth that what they're doing isn't brand
what they're doing isn't brand new they think riding around having a
new they think riding around having a couple of drinks smoking a little bit
couple of drinks smoking a little bit taking a pillow to they think that's new
taking a pillow to they think that's new man people was doing that before they
man people was doing that before they were thought about but they don't know
were thought about but they don't know that because they're only listening to
that because they're only listening to people their
people their age but if you ask Omaha Drug
age but if you ask Omaha Drug recognition expert Angie Baker a less
recognition expert Angie Baker a less known Rising impairment exists for all
known Rising impairment exists for all drivers and it's from an unexpected
drivers and it's from an unexpected Source medications prescribed by
Source medications prescribed by physicians there are people that are
physicians there are people that are taking medications on a daily basis
taking medications on a daily basis there are some that just need that
there are some that just need that medication to keep them stabilized and
medication to keep them stabilized and things like that but they aren't aware
things like that but they aren't aware that it causes them
that it causes them problems or significant problemss when
problems or significant problemss when they're
they're driving it is an increasing problem
driving it is an increasing problem during the day the numbers are high
during the day the numbers are high however at night these numbers go
however at night these numbers go up recently a drug driving incident made
up recently a drug driving incident made national news when professional golfer
national news when professional golfer Tiger Woods was found asleep in his car
Tiger Woods was found asleep in his car on the side of the road do you know
on the side of the road do you know where you're at right now I do not know
where you're at right now I do not know you have no idea
you have no idea okay have you taken any medication today
okay have you taken any medication today I yet what what' you
I yet what what' you take DX okay are you prescribed that
take DX okay are you prescribed that yeah
yeah okay all right you're not even looking
okay all right you're not even looking at the
at the light fall the L you're not even you're
light fall the L you're not even you're not even
moving Miss heal the toe Steed offline stepped off to the right to balance not
stepped off to the right to balance not counting his
counting his steps all right Mr would I'm placing you
steps all right Mr would I'm placing you under arrest for suspicion of driving
under arrest for suspicion of driving Under the Influence
Under the Influence okay do you
okay do you understand blow out good there you go
understand blow out good there you go keep going keep going keep going keep
keep going keep going keep going keep going on both of your tests you blew
going on both of your tests you blew exactly the same thing three zos triple
exactly the same thing three zos triple zeros which means the instrument did not
zeros which means the instrument did not detect any alcohol on your breath he
detect any alcohol on your breath he definitely brought it to everyone's
definitely brought it to everyone's attention and now everybody knows it's a
attention and now everybody knows it's a problem it's the prescription it's like
problem it's the prescription it's like oh wow there are more of you people
oh wow there are more of you people doing that yes every day more and more
doing that yes every day more and more every day Prim example see the car in
every day Prim example see the car in front of us you see her riding the line
front of us you see her riding the line she's in the other lane those are
she's in the other lane those are indications of
indications of impairment it's difficult to tell
impairment it's difficult to tell someone they're not fine it's hardest if
someone they're not fine it's hardest if they've become an involved in an
they've become an involved in an accident and either harmed someone
accident and either harmed someone themselves or you know nearly get
themselves or you know nearly get involved in an accident and you tell
involved in an accident and you tell them but you're not fine and it's hard I
them but you're not fine and it's hard I mean they're good they're really good
mean they're good they're really good people out there that are you know their
people out there that are you know their medication is for a reason but my job
medication is for a reason but my job dictates that I protect everyone else
dictates that I protect everyone else out there you know I have to protect you
out there you know I have to protect you from yourself
from yourself sometimes my name is Megan and I'm 49
sometimes my name is Megan and I'm 49 years
years old I've been in recovery for over two
old I've been in recovery for over two years now
years now yeah much of the issue I had was with
yeah much of the issue I had was with prescriptions Looking Back Now I had
prescriptions Looking Back Now I had chronic headaches and it was just really
chronic headaches and it was just really really
really severe and by the time I became a
severe and by the time I became a teenager my mom was having me seek help
teenager my mom was having me seek help from a doctor and they decided to
from a doctor and they decided to prescribe benzo diazines which are
prescribe benzo diazines which are tranquilizers and it was very helpful
tranquilizers and it was very helpful for the condition that I had
for the condition that I had they encouraged me to take them if I'd
they encouraged me to take them if I'd had a hard day so that was just really
had a hard day so that was just really simple you just take a pill you have a
simple you just take a pill you have a hard day you take a pill and two was
hard day you take a pill and two was better than one and three was better
better than one and three was better than two and it just
than two and it just snowballed I knew that I had a problem
snowballed I knew that I had a problem and I knew I had to stop it never
and I knew I had to stop it never crossed my mind that I shouldn't have
crossed my mind that I shouldn't have been driving but I I
been driving but I I did it just didn't even cross my mind it
did it just didn't even cross my mind it scares me to death to think about how I
scares me to death to think about how I have at times in my life driven totally
have at times in my life driven totally under the influence of whatever I was
under the influence of whatever I was under the influence of at that moment
under the influence of at that moment there was one time that I drove my car
there was one time that I drove my car into the ditch instead of the
into the ditch instead of the driveway I remember times when my main
driveway I remember times when my main focus was trying to stay off the median
focus was trying to stay off the median and then when I would get to my parking
and then when I would get to my parking space I would just bounce into it you
space I would just bounce into it you know I I had no business being on the
know I I had no business being on the road another problem that I had was that
road another problem that I had was that I'm a healthc care professional I work
I'm a healthc care professional I work with people who have
with people who have addictions and in the particular field
addictions and in the particular field that I'm working in it was impossible
that I'm working in it was impossible for me to get any kind of treatment
for me to get any kind of treatment without one of my own clients finding
without one of my own clients finding out about it because of my need to
out about it because of my need to protect my
protect my identity I chose to do smart recovery
identity I chose to do smart recovery self-management and Recovery training
self-management and Recovery training and it's really about learning how to
and it's really about learning how to manage yourself and how to deal with
manage yourself and how to deal with urges and
urges and Cravings I think that most people just
Cravings I think that most people just blindly take whatever they're given no
blindly take whatever they're given no matter what it is whether it could be
matter what it is whether it could be addictive or not I think that a lot of
addictive or not I think that a lot of people including healthc Care
people including healthc Care Professionals are not educated on what
Professionals are not educated on what medications can be abused I mean how
medications can be abused I mean how many of us have gotten some bottle of
many of us have gotten some bottle of pills that said you know that it could
pills that said you know that it could cause
cause drowsiness and and it says to be careful
drowsiness and and it says to be careful driving how many people stay home when
driving how many people stay home when they get a pill like that I don't think
they get a pill like that I don't think anybody does our society doesn't allow
anybody does our society doesn't allow us to just not
us to just not drive we have to
drive we have to drive that need can create challenges
drive that need can create challenges for people who take daily
for people who take daily medications and it's become a focus for
medications and it's become a focus for researchers at the University of
researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center here at the mind
Nebraska Medical Center here at the mind and brain health lab researchers are
and brain health lab researchers are examining connections between personal
examining connections between personal medical needs reasoning and reactions
medical needs reasoning and reactions right looks like she's paying pretty
right looks like she's paying pretty good attention mhm we don't have an easy
good attention mhm we don't have an easy way of doing that in the clinic and
way of doing that in the clinic and telling how is it that the drugs that we
telling how is it that the drugs that we give or the diseases that people have
give or the diseases that people have play out in the real world and that's
play out in the real world and that's what we do here hi Mrs Smith how are you
what we do here hi Mrs Smith how are you good how are you driving is a great lab
good how are you driving is a great lab laboratory for how the brain works
laboratory for how the brain works what's going to happen is you're going
what's going to happen is you're going to drive through all kinds of roadways
to drive through all kinds of roadways because when you think about it you have
because when you think about it you have to make a lot of decisions and do things
to make a lot of decisions and do things under pressure of time and it's all
under pressure of time and it's all happening pretty quickly you just have
happening pretty quickly you just have to use the car just the way you would
to use the car just the way you would and I'm going to get out of your way
and I'm going to get out of your way here all right when a driver is in the
here all right when a driver is in the simulator we expose them to challenges
simulator we expose them to challenges people who are impaired because they
people who are impaired because they have disease where they're taking a drug
have disease where they're taking a drug may not actually make appropriate
may not actually make appropriate Corrections and then they're more to
Corrections and then they're more to risk of injury hurting themselves or
risk of injury hurting themselves or other people or even death oh that's an
other people or even death oh that's an interesting
interesting thing most of the studies relate to a
thing most of the studies relate to a full range of medical conditions it
full range of medical conditions it turns out that there is a really
turns out that there is a really important disease of sugar control
important disease of sugar control called diabetes over 10% of the
called diabetes over 10% of the population has diabetes I mean millions
population has diabetes I mean millions and billions of people you know and
and billions of people you know and those numbers are projected to increase
those numbers are projected to increase to about 2 billion worldwide so we give
to about 2 billion worldwide so we give people insulin in an attempt to keep
people insulin in an attempt to keep their blood sugar under control and when
their blood sugar under control and when it gets too low your brain doesn't have
it gets too low your brain doesn't have the fuel it needs to think you may get
the fuel it needs to think you may get drowsy you may become inattentive you
drowsy you may become inattentive you may not make good
may not make good decisions just like low blood sugar has
decisions just like low blood sugar has an effect on the brain it's possible
an effect on the brain it's possible that chemotherapy agents which a lot of
that chemotherapy agents which a lot of people take who have breast cancer or
people take who have breast cancer or colon cancer may also affect thinking a
colon cancer may also affect thinking a lot of patients complain after they've
lot of patients complain after they've had chemotherapy that they have
had chemotherapy that they have attention or memory deficits and we kind
attention or memory deficits and we kind of call that chemo
of call that chemo brain and you know these attention and
brain and you know these attention and memory abilities are critical for your
memory abilities are critical for your ability to drive um so that's what we're
ability to drive um so that's what we're trying to understand and to better
trying to understand and to better evaluate Behavior patients are taking
evaluate Behavior patients are taking realistic driving tests in especially
realistic driving tests in especially equipped car or having their own vehicle
equipped car or having their own vehicle outfitted with cameras and sensors
outfitted with cameras and sensors one big question is are people actually
one big question is are people actually getting into the car when they're in an
getting into the car when they're in an unsafe State we can't evaluate that in
unsafe State we can't evaluate that in the lab because we can't monitor people
the lab because we can't monitor people over long periods of time to see what
over long periods of time to see what they're doing set lights up ahead while
they're doing set lights up ahead while be turning right onto Saddle Creek black
be turning right onto Saddle Creek black boxes are sensor instrumentation that we
boxes are sensor instrumentation that we put into people's own cars so we
put into people's own cars so we actually remotely monitor their driving
actually remotely monitor their driving behavior over extended time frames like
behavior over extended time frames like a month to 3 months with the black boxes
a month to 3 months with the black boxes we can see that real world Behavior and
we can see that real world Behavior and so we can establish real world risk and
so we can establish real world risk and looking ahead the ultimate answer May
looking ahead the ultimate answer May lie in Smart Car Technology designing
lie in Smart Car Technology designing Smart Systems in a car is one way to
Smart Systems in a car is one way to cope with people who have trouble like
cope with people who have trouble like low blood glucose and diabetes so when
low blood glucose and diabetes so when you think about it right now we actually
you think about it right now we actually do have some kind of automated systems
do have some kind of automated systems to help us out but it may come a time
to help us out but it may come a time where the car can actually recognize
where the car can actually recognize that you're impaired and take over so
that you're impaired and take over so that's a project that we're actually
that's a project that we're actually actually working on right now with
actually working on right now with Toyota and this is an area that is of
Toyota and this is an area that is of major interest to car companies we're
major interest to car companies we're teaching the car you need to drive for
teaching the car you need to drive for the person when they're in this state
the person when they're in this state and that's really important when you're
and that's really important when you're thinking about these medical populations
thinking about these medical populations where they have to drive every single
where they have to drive every single day you can't just take them off the
day you can't just take them off the road you can't just say you're impaired
road you can't just say you're impaired right now don't get into the car so we
right now don't get into the car so we just have to develop smarter vehicles
just have to develop smarter vehicles and that's what we're
and that's what we're doing in the meantime result solving the
doing in the meantime result solving the drug driving dilemma remains with the
drug driving dilemma remains with the drivers themselves I do think that
drivers themselves I do think that sometimes hitting a low point will help
sometimes hitting a low point will help us to take stock that sometimes a low
us to take stock that sometimes a low Point can really wake you up be an
Point can really wake you up be an opportunity to change in my situation I
opportunity to change in my situation I couldn't live the way I was anymore I I
couldn't live the way I was anymore I I realized that I just physically could
realized that I just physically could not go on and I needed to find a new way
not go on and I needed to find a new way to live it's all avoidable people need
to live it's all avoidable people need to make that decision not to drive
to make that decision not to drive before they put a substance in their
before they put a substance in their body that's going to impair them because
body that's going to impair them because once the impairment happens the Judgment
once the impairment happens the Judgment goes out the door and people make bad
goes out the door and people make bad mistakes good people make bad mistakes
mistakes good people make bad mistakes [Music]
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Transportation Highway Safety Office the Corn Husker motor club
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Association and Triple A the auto club group DUI penalties a first offense uh
group DUI penalties a first offense uh second offense and third offense are
misdemeanors you range in days in jail maximum penalties from 60 days uh as a
maximum penalties from 60 days uh as a maximum for a First Defense and a 7 Days
maximum for a First Defense and a 7 Days uh mandatory uh for First Defense and
uh mandatory uh for First Defense and then that increases from there range you
then that increases from there range you canines from $400 all the way up to
canines from $400 all the way up to 25,000 for those fifth
offenses DUI is involved in motor vehicle crash crashes excuse me if the
vehicle crash crashes excuse me if the crash results in serious bodily injuries
crash results in serious bodily injuries the driver faces a felony with 60 days
the driver faces a felony with 60 days to 5 years in jail and a 15year license
revocation motor vehicle homicide from DUI if it's the driver's first offense
DUI if it's the driver's first offense it results in a felony charge with 60
it results in a felony charge with 60 days to 20 years in prison if it is the
days to 20 years in prison if it is the second or greater offense it results in
second or greater offense it results in a felony charge with 1 to 50 years in
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in May of 2019 the Dodge Journey was being driven
2019 the Dodge Journey was being driven by an individual Southbound on Highway
by an individual Southbound on Highway 75 near fairv Road and the driver was
75 near fairv Road and the driver was under the influence of alcohol and
under the influence of alcohol and methamphetamine the driver was going 109
methamphetamine the driver was going 109 mil hour when he failed to negotiate a
mil hour when he failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway and rolled his
curve in the roadway and rolled his vehicle the length of several football
vehicle the length of several football fields the crash was so forceful that it
fields the crash was so forceful that it threw the engine block from the vehicle
threw the engine block from the vehicle and ejected the driver who died at a
and ejected the driver who died at a nearby hospital upon arrival
on October 4th 2017 a mother and her 15-year-old
2017 a mother and her 15-year-old daughter were driving home from dance
daughter were driving home from dance lessons when they encountered a drunk
lessons when they encountered a drunk driver on Highway 50 just north of the
driver on Highway 50 just north of the Plat River the drunk driver 22-year-old
Plat River the drunk driver 22-year-old Paige Satan was already on probation for
Paige Satan was already on probation for a previous DUI after she was arrested in
a previous DUI after she was arrested in Omaha for hitting a tree on this night
Omaha for hitting a tree on this night Paige was driving in the wrong lane of
Paige was driving in the wrong lane of Highway 50 when she came upon the mother
Highway 50 when she came upon the mother and her daughter unfortunately both turn
and her daughter unfortunately both turn in the same direction to try to avoid
in the same direction to try to avoid the
the Collision there was breaking uh by the
Collision there was breaking uh by the victim vehicle but Paige was doing 75
victim vehicle but Paige was doing 75 miles hour upon impact the 15-year-old
miles hour upon impact the 15-year-old was killed at the scene and the mother
was killed at the scene and the mother uh suffered a traumatic brain
uh suffered a traumatic brain injury Paige suffered broken limbs but
injury Paige suffered broken limbs but was conscious the entire
was conscious the entire time Paige Satan plad guilty to felony
time Paige Satan plad guilty to felony motor vehicle homicide and felony DUI
motor vehicle homicide and felony DUI alcohol and was sentenced to 40 to 50
alcohol and was sentenced to 40 to 50 years in
prison on May 9th 2014 David Gresley and Tyler arm connect were
David Gresley and Tyler arm connect were traveling eastbound on Highway 31
traveling eastbound on Highway 31 approaching Highway 50 and approaching a
approaching Highway 50 and approaching a stop sign they just got done fishing in
stop sign they just got done fishing in the Plat River and enjoyed some Bud
the Plat River and enjoyed some Bud Lights while fishing as they came upon
Lights while fishing as they came upon the intersection they ran the stop sign
the intersection they ran the stop sign at the tea intersection and ran into the
at the tea intersection and ran into the rear of a semih hauling dry concrete mix
rear of a semih hauling dry concrete mix the kip caught fire and both men were
the kip caught fire and both men were alive as the fire grew Tyler was killed
alive as the fire grew Tyler was killed at the scene of the fire but David
at the scene of the fire but David received severe burns uh and survived
received severe burns uh and survived the fire at the scene but due to the
the fire at the scene but due to the long extrication
long extrication uh was flown by medical helicopter and
uh was flown by medical helicopter and uh suffered pretty severe injuries that
uh suffered pretty severe injuries that ultimately resulted in his
death well those are pretty sad examples um of the worst that can happen on the
um of the worst that can happen on the roadway we hope that the those examples
roadway we hope that the those examples are a ending to this class that you
are a ending to this class that you found informational and really drive the
found informational and really drive the message home that that driving safe is
message home that that driving safe is important please remember to buckle up
important please remember to buckle up drive safe
drive safe and make sure that you encourage others
and make sure that you encourage others to do the
to do the same please follow all the directions
same please follow all the directions provided to you in the email to ensure
provided to you in the email to ensure that you successfully complete this
that you successfully complete this class if you have any further questions
class if you have any further questions you can contact the SARP County safety
you can contact the SARP County safety program at
program at 42593
42593 1564 thank you
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