This year, the FCPD along with the
Forest City Youth Council will be hosting the “Safe Roads Safe Home For The
Holidays” event. The Forest City Police Department uses the DWI course to raise
awareness on the effects and consequences that driving under the influence can
have not only on teenagers but also adults.
One of the objectives of the course
is to drive a gold cart through cones arranged to form a course. Teens and
adults alike will have to wear specially designed “impairment goggles” which
simulates the effects of alcohol on the body. Lieutenant James Hopped had this
to say: “The Forest City Police Department uses the DWI course to raise
awareness to the effects of alcohol on teens and adults by simulating how
alcohol adversely affect the mental and physical abilities.”
Safe Kids of Rutherford County will
be giving free safety checks during the duration of the event in order to
inform parents on how kids seats should be correctly strapped and avoid
improper installation.
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