subject: Keeping Drunk Teens Out of Cars [print this page] Where does that leave us? Where it always has - to learn and evolve. Evolution in a particular direction requires specific, targeted growth, or education. We need to educate the youth of this country about how incredibly dangerous drunk driving is. This doesn't mean boring classes with teachers preaching at them while the teens play games on their phones. This means making it a part of their culture. We need to imbed it into teens' minds that it's "uncool" to drive drunk. This must be done through incorporated images in the shows they watch, the actions of celebrities they follow, and the decisions of real-life influences such as their parents. As the shapers of their world and culture, we must change ourselves and the media - in effect, we must first change our own culture. If a teen attempts to drive drunk, and his friends say, "Hey man, we're not going to let you do that. That's uncool," then we've succeeded.
