The students at altenkunstadt secondary school feel as if they are intoxicated these days – not because of high-proof drinks, but because of a very special pair of glasses: intoxicating glasses. During ADAC safety training, in which the seventh to tenth grades participate, it does not provide any clarity, but clouds the senses of the young people. After their intervention, even the last one will understand: drinking alcohol and driving a car? This is not compatible!
The school from the 9. Classes of the M-train have to giggle as soon as one of their fellow students staggers across the course. But as soon as it’s their turn, they stop laughing. "With the glasses you see everything twice. One feels dizzy and has problems to keep one’s balance", describes 16-year-old daniel frobel from burgkunstadt.
Many a pennaler has his troubles running straight across the white line, pylons fall victim to the teenagers’ swaying gait and the search for the lost coin becomes a search for the famous pin in the haystack.
16-year-old christine maile from weismain experiences tunnel vision: "my field of vision was really restricted." The perceptive faculty is also impaired. Four schoolchildren experience this firsthand when driving instructor uwe hau ber, who works part-time for ADAC, asks them to throw balls at each other, with one of the players wearing intoxication goggles. Especially at the beginning maile has trouble catching the ball. Why? "Because the glasses have slowed down my reaction time. And it makes you look bad."
The event is not only a lot of fun for the young people, but also an educational lesson. Hauber shows the young people the effects that alcohol, drugs and medications can have on driving a vehicle: "even as low as 0.3 per mille, you notice an increase in reaction time. The reaction time of 0.8 percent even increases by half a percent."
The driving instructor doesn’t do it with a pointing finger, but in an entertaining way. Young people are bluffed when they hear that in the case of gross alcohol and drug intoxication, which occurs before the age of 18. If they have committed a crime before the age of 18, their driver’s license will not be issued without further ado," he says. Hauber repeatedly tests the schoolchildren’s knowledge on the subject of "drugs and traffic. The expert is amazed at what young people already know. When asked what health consequences alcohol can have, tatjana sokolow answers as if shot from a pistol: "it kills brain cells."
The middle school students also learn about the legal consequences of driving under the influence of alcohol. "For novice drivers, the probationary period or up to the age of 21. Birthday an absolute ban on alcohol. Who violates it, is punished with a fine of 250 euros and two points in flensburg", explains hauber. The dialogue between schoolchildren and experts also clearly shows that the young people have already had their experiences with alcohol as a drug. When asked who occasionally consumes beer, sparkling wine or wine, many of the answers go to the high end of the scale. A glass is drunk from time to time, especially at parties and celebrations.
"You can also live without alcohol, says the inveterate teetotaler hauber. The message of the event, to be conscientious with alcohol, gets through to the young people. 16-year-old robert domschke from baiersdorf answers that "you should only drink alcohol in moderation, because it is bad for your body and impairs your driving ability."
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