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Old 05-07-2010, 01:12 PM   #17
Russic
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Originally Posted by CGYTransplant View Post
I just wanted to say that I REALLY wanted to like this site. I really did. I think it's a good cause.

I'm just out of the demographic you're looking for, but I found it really patronizing.

I seriously doubt that any young'uns believe that driving drunk is good...even when I was in junior high, many moons ago, we had it pounded into us that driving drunk was bad. I went through the P.A.R.T.Y. program at the hospital, I've seen the photos and the movies. I think the problem is that people (of all ages) have trouble self-identifying when they've had too much, and this website does nothing to address that (not that a website COULD, but I'm just saying).

Also, young people are invincible. I know I was. So you can do this stuff until you're blue in the face, and it's not going to make much of an impact, because "it won't happen to me". So what if I'm staring at a mangled body, it's someone else's...not mine. (I don't think that now, but when I was a belligerent teenager I definitely thought that).

Honestly, I don't know what the answer is, but there's my feedback.
You make a strong point. This site may be preaching to the choir. When I was a teenager the vast majority of my friends understood the dangers of driving while drunk. The ones that didn't ... well ... let's just say they were in a special group impervious to learning.
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