Driving It Home presentation teaches about car safety
Written by Tessa Bowen, Former Student on Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Snohomish High School hosted the “Driving It Home” presentation in the PAC and invited drivers of all ages to come and learn about car safety on October 27th.
“The most common mistake people make while driving is that they’re inattentive, which results in collisions,” Sheriff John Lovick said. “Driving requires your full attention.”
Motor vehicle accidents are the number one source of teen deaths across the nation. The number of deaths caused by motor vehicle accidents from 2001-2009 was 369,629. The number of deaths last year alone was 32,310.
Every 16 minutes, someone in the U.S dies in a motor vehicle accident, which was represented by a person dressed as the grim reaper as the presentation continued.
“One interesting thing I learned by coming here today was that when you’re trapped inside your car, the firefighters have to pull off the whole roof of your car to get you out,” said Ashley Walsh, a former student of Snohomish High School.
The Snohomish Fire and Rescue also gave a motor accident rescue demonstration. After a few minutes of breaking glass and tearing off siding from the door, they eventually lifted the roof and folded it over, freeing the mannequin trapped inside.
Snohomish Firefighter Shawn Witherow said “Teaching the community about car safety encompasses a lot of things, if you get distracted by a cell phone, siblings, the radio, or weather, you are more likely to get in a crash.”
