BEAUMONT-By: Leslie Rangel
Students at Lamar and across Southeast Texas are getting ready for spring break next week.
Law enforcement officers say while they're having fun, students need to remember nearly every 20 minutes in Texas someone is killed or hurt in an alcohol related crash.
As part of helping students understand the dangers, students took the line tests, with goggles that simulate being drunk.
"All I saw really was like a crooked line, like I couldn't walk straight of course," Lamar University student, Joshua Wilson says.
Officers say blurred vision is just one sign of too much alcohol.
"I can't image how driving is going to be with a left turn signal or right turn signal," Wilson said.
"One of the greatest eye openers we can have [are the drunk goggles] because it takes place instantly, they can say, Whooh! I thought I was on that line and they were no where near close to it," Port Arthur Police Officer, Rickey Anotoine tells KFDM News.
Students also took part in a driving simulation.
"Why would you want to take something or drink something that would take control of your body, like with me, I like to be in control of my own well-being," LU student, Shaquinta Living said.
She knows first hand how too much alcohol can effect many lives.
"Me being a kid that grew up in a home with mother and father also using alcohol, it was a lasting effect on my life," Living said.
Police and students say they hope everyone thinks twice before taking the wheel.
"Knowing that you're life is at stake hopefully makes you be smarter, I know for me it would help me be smarter," Wilson says.
Dangers of drinking and drivingRelated Stories
- More Texas News
- National News
- International News
- Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
- 4 tornadoes counted from Thursday thunderstorm
- Uranium developer to close NM offices
- Funeral-goers describe Texas swindler as loving
- Dallas man shot to death on front porch of home
- Police arrest Dallas man after shootout kills 1
- Texas judge denies women's request for attorneys
- Texas Tech won't raise tuition, fees for 2013-14
- Baylor University to build $13.6M track stadium
- Star Trek shuttle craft to be displayed in Houston
- Last-minute fortune seekers buy Powerball tickets
- 2 fires north of LA persist after long fire week
- Federal report documents inmate sex abuse in US
- Landing gear issue leads to plane's belly landing
- Official: Broken rail eyed in Conn. train crash
- Alaska volcano shoots lava up hundreds of feet
- Funeral held for mom, son found dead in home
- Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime
- Obama takes Cabinet secretaries out to play golf
- Witnesses: Car strikes crowd at Va. parade
- Dissident ex-general released in Venezuela
- 20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
- Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed
- Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants
- French president signs gay marriage into law
- Attacks kill 16 in Iraq; 8 police kidnapped
- Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament
- Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city
- Syria's Assad says he won't step down
- Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries
Automotive
Find valuable information about buying your next car, including price quotes and your latest automotive news.
Wedding Central
The greatest Southeast Texas story ever told. Share your wedding and engagement news!
Lost and Found Pets
These are pets that have been lost or found in the KFDM News Channel 6 viewing area.
No Text Zone
Texting While Driving Kills Thousands of People Each Year. Many More are Seriously Injured. You Can Help Make Our Roads a NO TEXT ZONE
Texas Lottery
Texas Lottery
Community Calendar
Check out our Community Calendar!
Baby Talk
Baby Talk with Nicole Murray.
KFDM Channel 6 Top Stories
Business News
Gauge of US economy's future health up in April
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A measure of the U.S. economy's future health rose in solidly in April, buoyed by a sharp rise in applications to build new homes and apartments.
Consumer News
BC-US--Dow Record-Three Personal Stories, 1st Ld-Writethru,1173
Dow Record: Three tales of ups, downs and changes
AP Photo FX102, FX103
Eds: With BC-US--Dow Record. Adds photos.
By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- When the Dow first crossed 14,000, investors were overjoyed. ...
Entertainment News
Get This
ON THIN ICE?
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- He was already on thin ice with the law when he failed to meet the conditions of his probation.
Science/Tech News
IN THE NEWS: LABOR GROUP SAYS CONDITIONS AT APPLE PLANTS IMPROVING
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A labor group Apple joined to assess working conditions at three manufacturing plants in China, where its products are made, says conditions are getting better.
