Students learn about Impaired Driving

ZANESVILLE, Ohio – Local students are learning the risks of impaired driving first hand.

Mid-East Career and Technology Centers, Criminal Justice department teamed up with the Students Against Destructive Decisions club to show students how it feels to drive while wearing DUI simulation goggles and driving through a series of traffic cones.

Photo By: Karysa Kent

“This is actually an event that I use to hold many years ago, when I use to work for the [Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department],” Criminal Justice Instructor Phil Snider said. “We held it a lot at local schools. Had a lot of positive outcomes from it at that time and it was something I wanted to try here at [Mid-East Career and Technology Centers].”

Criminal Justice Instructor, Phil Snider said Eagle Sticks Golf Club donated a golf cart and Ohio Department of Transportation donated the traffic cones.

“I hope it’s something we can continue throughout the years here at [Mid-East Career and Technology Centers],” Snider said. “Our administration certainly supports the activity and like I stated earlier we got a lot of support from the community. From Eagle Sticks Golf Course and the Ohio Department of Transportation.”

Snider says this week is Prom week for the students and Mid-East Career and Technology Centers is using a series of events to show the risks of impaired driving.