10. Drunken Driving Alcohol reduces the ability to drive safely and one becomes accident prone. Alcohol is a depressant that slows down the mental process. It gives a false sense of increased confidence and brings down performance. Cont….
11. It impairs your ability to judge speed and distances, restricts your view and makes accidents more likely. Once you are drunk , there is nothing you can do to reduce the level of alcohol in your blood. The only thing that works is time. The simple rule is DON’T MIX DRINKING AND DRIVING. Drunken Driving
17. The car in which Jacqueline was travelling was hit by another car that was driven by a 17-year old male student on his way home after a couple of hard packs with his friends. This was in December 1999. Cont….
23. Without a left eyelid Jacqueline needs eye drops to keep her vision. Cont….
24. Now 20 year old, he cannot forgive himself for driving drunk on that night three years ago. He's aware of devastating Jaqcueline Saburido's life. Cont….
25. Not everyone who gets hit with a car dies. This picture was taken 4 years after the accident and the doctors are still working on Jacqueline, who's body was covered with 60% severe burnings.
28. Young Jaspal was very upset that evening. He had an altercation with his father. Angrily he decided to go out for a drink. He tried calling up his friends. Unfortunately, none were ready to go with him to the bar that evening. Cont….
29. Jaspal quickly gulped down two large drinks and irritatingly drove out in his car.It was beginning to get dark and had started to drizzle. Cont….
30. He drove at a speed he possibly could. Suddenly, he saw an elderly gentleman in dark clothes trying to cross the road near the bend ahead and noticed a truck coming from the opposite direction. Jaspal was nearly blinded by the glare of the on coming vehicle’s headlight. Cont….
31. At the last minute Jaspal did his best to avoid hitting the elderly man, but his unroadworthy tyres lost traction. Jaspal hit the man causing him serious injury. An ambulance was called, but sadly by the time it arrived 25 minutes later, the man had died. Cont….
32. There are many factors that contributed to the death of the elderly gentleman. List all the factors you can find and detail why they were significant. Cont….
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38. Emergency Response The elderly man was alive immediately following the impact. It took the ambulance 25 minutes to arrive, had it arrived sooner they may have been able to save him. What did Jaspal do? Had Jaspal been able to administer first aid he may have been able to preserve life until the ambulance finally arrived.