National Impaired Driving Prevention Month by Mollie Orlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr en-us 2020-11-23 16:44:40 UTC 2025-09-24 02:18:18 UTC hello@padlet.com What is National Impaired Driving Prevention Month? mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960322011 National Impaired Driving Prevention Month has been around since 1981 due to the increase in alcohol and drug related crashes in the month of December. The need has been recognized for the use of education to assist in providing information and ways of prevention to decrease impaired driving! ]]> 2020-11-25 16:06:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960322011 What is considered impaired driving? mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960325255 Impaired driving is DANGEROUS! The definition of impaired driving is as follows: a person operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and/or any drug. ]]> 2020-11-25 16:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960325255 DID YOU KNOW? mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960329917 Safety First! Do you know the facts about teen drivers? How about statistics of teens driving while impaired? 
  • "About 2,800 teens in the United States ages 13–19 were killed and about 227,000 were injured in motor vehicle crashes in 2020 (CDC, 2022)."
Click the link to find out more! 
]]> 2020-11-25 16:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960329917 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Stats mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960331309 According to the NHTSA (2022), in 2020, 11,654 people died in alcohol-impaired driving traffic deaths — a 14% increase from 2019. These deaths were all preventable.]]> 2020-11-25 16:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960331309 Art can be therapeutic! mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960333566 Creating art can help you acknowledge & recognize your emotions/feelings! Try it! Make a card, color, draw, sketch, paint, sculpt, etc. ]]> 2020-11-25 16:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960333566 Tips to Manage Holiday Stress mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960334402 How can you manage your holiday stress? Here are a few tips! ]]> 2020-11-25 16:10:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960334402 Random Acts of Kindness mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960335261 YOU ARE ALL AMAZING!

Random acts of kindness can be done daily. As we are in the holiday season , encourage, kindness, and gratitude is needed more frequently to keep up people's spirits! ]]> 2020-11-25 16:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960335261 National Highway Traffic Safety Campaign mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960336848 2020-11-25 16:10:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/960336848 What Can You Do? mollieorlowski https://padlet.com/mollieorlowski/qkpqc79q9v0otmdr/wish/979353266 1. Choose to never drink and drive.
2. Refuse to ride in a car with a teen driver who has been drinking.
3. Know and follow your state’s GDL laws & No Tolerance Laws.
4. Wear a seat belt on every trip, no matter how short.
5. Know your values & be confident in using refusal skills if feeling pressured to use alcohol and/or drugs.

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