Driving under the influence: it could never happen to me

Duration: 25

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1984

Creator: Barr Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: This dramatization depicts a tragic case of teenage drinking and driving. When her parents leave town for the weekend, Stephanie and her friend Melanie throw a party and provide alcoholic drinks. Stephanie does not want her guests to go home drunk after the party ends. Steve insists on driving home though intoxicated. An accident occurs. His friends Kelly and Luke are killed; Melanie is crippled for life. The consequences of Steve's actions are presented. At the trial, the judge delivers a powerful appeal. , Depicts the effects of drunk driving through a dramatization of a tragic accident involving teenagers.

Complete Record: This dramatization depicts a tragic case of teenage drinking and driving. When her parents leave town for the weekend, Stephanie and her friend Melanie throw a party and provide alcoholic drinks. Stephanie does not want her guests to go home drunk after the party ends. Steve insists on driving home though intoxicated. An accident occurs. His friends Kelly and Luke are killed; Melanie is crippled for life. The consequences of Steve's actions are presented. At the trial, the judge delivers a powerful appeal. , A realistic and tragic account of the fatal consequences of a teenager driving after drinking too much at a party. The accident results in a lawsuit, a girl's life spent in a wheelchair, the deaths of two teenagers, and the young driver accused of negligent homicide., Story of young people who learned the hard way that the tragedy of drunk driving can happen to us all if we forget our sense of responsibility. Also smphasizes the concept of living with the consequences, Depicts the effects of drunk driving through a dramatization of a tragic accident involving teenagers. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.