Because once you are in the car and it is going fast down the road and it is going all over the road, the driver may not listen to you if they are drunk.

1. Sugar PIe Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 9:13 pm

   Take a tour of the morgue. Get the coroner to show them dead bodies of people killed in car accidents.

2. Stephen Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 9:23 pm

   by actually doing it

3. 4kids4dogs Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 9:33 pm

   they learn that in drivers ed

   my son told me they watched a movie of exactly what happens to the human body in a car crash

4. Daniel L Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 9:43 pm

   Tell your teen to call you and you will pick him or her up, no questions asked, if he or she suspects the driver might be drunk.

   If your teenager isn’t responsible enough to recognize this then you shouldn’t allow him or her to go out at all.

   Here is a video for you:
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=5v0UeWPIjwc

   Your insurance company or local police office may have information on the topic as well.

5. confused Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 10:00 pm

   Tell how many times you have driven drunk yourself. Also tell her all the stupid things you did. Then you’ll both think your stupid. She is probably just like you.

6. billyandgaby Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 10:40 pm

   Show them the video and picture footage.

   Bring them to the hospital and let them see

7. beretta2211 Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 11:13 pm

   well if your a father you don’t let them go out to parties since they shouldn’t be drinking anyways and theyre drunken parties and bad habbits with stupid friends will only lead them into a life of myserty and missunderstanding of what lifes true meaning is.. so pretty much they will be worthless sterotype teenagers that are oblivious and ignorant to realize the truths

8. Mariposa Says:
   April 30th, 2010 at 11:53 pm

   Take them to a morgue to see a young dead person.

9. Laura B Says:
   May 1st, 2010 at 12:19 am

   take her to meet MADD parents meeting

10. cargirl Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 1:14 am

    wreckedexotics.com
    klode.com

    Even better visit a collision center.

11. stezynb56 Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 1:54 am

    I know when I was hit buy a drunk driver in January I figured it out pretty quick

12. aggie2010 Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 2:26 am

    get chuck norris to roundhouse kick the kid in the face

13. psychoticDND Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 2:39 am

    He/She will hear it from their friends and finally believe it.
    I knew it scared me to find out a person i knew died from being with a drunk driver.

14. feel_in_good Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:01 am

    Get shit faced and race round the block screaming at 100+ ,they will get it.

15. megan l Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:40 am

    i would see if you could get ahold of the police department and see if they have any videos or pics of people that have been in car accidents…..and maybe they would share them with you’re child

16. reno_tony_casino Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 4:12 am

    take him to the physical rehab section of any hospital

17. Silly KeKe Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 4:55 am

    Take them to a junk yard and show them pictures of wrecked cars. ask them if they want to relive the accident. Hopefull, this will scare them enough.

18. snorksnot Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 5:05 am

    show them a totaled out car. let them look at it close and feel the torn metal. Ask them if they can smell that oder and that it is pieces of body still somewhere in the car. they will never forget it.

19. Todd's Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 5:26 am

    Get them to watch someone playing a car driving simulated computer game drunk…..It’s the same principal and watching computer games isn’t uncool.

20. JULIE J Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 6:19 am

    Great ?!!!!!!! I have tried w/my son for the last two years…before 16. Now, he still has ridden with a driver who was drinking. Stories, pictures and details haven’t worked. He thinks, like many teens he is indestructible. I worry every time he leaves the house.

21. SexyTrojan Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 6:19 am

    An accident

22. yodeladyhoo Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 7:12 am

    Take a raw egg. Explain that this is their skull. Now drop the egg, don’t throw it, just a straight drop, onto the floor. Explain that this is what will happen if you drink and drive. You have no response time while drunk. If you really want to do some research, in the early ’70′s someone made a film with 18-20 year olds. They had a group test drive a course. Then, they had a keg party ( the participants knew in advance what this was for, to show the delayed responses after drinking ) after 2 1/2 hours of drinking, the group retook the test drive. ‘ Nuf said.

23. dak0tawayne Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 7:22 am

    Start when your child is very small. Earn her trust, answer her questions and demand respect. Then as a teenager, the child still may have questions but she will trust your judgment.

24. rach Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 7:55 am

    show her videos take hosptial so you can show her what would happen take her to cementry find victims from car accident so you they can tell her the danger browse on the internet about car accident victem or even let her experience it so she can learn from it sorry but is true a teen a hard headed to understand

25. Ladybug Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 8:51 am

    Give them advice and share a story that you know or heard of.

26. LeeAnn Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 9:45 am

    The first step as a parent is to always be involved with your children. This starts at childhood. Be aware of who their friends are and get to know them. Always know (WHO) they are going out with?, (WHERE) they are going?, (WHAT) will they being doing?, and (WHEN) will they be back? Keeping an open line of communication is always important between a child and their parent. When you are always communicating with them and keeping involved then they will feel like they can come to you and most importantly they will not only trust you but feel safe knowing you will be there for them.

27. MadforMAC Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 10:24 am

    I agree with the first answer, a trip to the county morgue will “enlighten” anyone to the reality of drunk driving.

28. Christina W Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 10:35 am

    We had someones parents who died drunk last year come talk to us. It was kinda scary cuz the car was creamated. Visit a website. But if you dont trust them, make sure all alcahol is locked up and that you dont drink in front of them cuz that might be tempting to them. Maybe you should give an example like if you know someone who died that way.

29. Mugs Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 10:41 am

    I’m not sure if there is a way to get a teen to understand this. I got into a car with a drunk driver when I was 16 (of course I didn’t realize that she was drunk at the time). Yes, we got into an accident. I went through the windshield and came right back in. Lucky for me I did not get a single cut. I lost my memory for that entire day. I only know what people have told me about what happened. It wasn’t until recently that I have learned that all of my neck pain and headaches have been caused from that accident. I’m 39 now, so it’s been 23 years since it happened, but I’m feeling it now.

    I think the best thing to do is to keep preaching to your teen. If he or she hears it enough, hopefully they’ll think twice before getting into a car with someone who has been drinking. Good luck!

30. braingamer Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 11:07 am

    The morgue idea is a good one – or the ICU – or a rehab hospital – or have them talk with somebody who has actually been in one of those accidents. The closer the experience is to the teen, the more likely they are to listen. I’ve never driven drunk or with a drunk because five of my high school classmates got drunk on the last day of school and went for a “ride”. They rolled the car and one of the boys was killed. He was to graduate the following week. The rest missed their graduation too – they were hospitalized for quite a while.

31. Ticklish Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 11:51 am

    Everybody knows it’s wrong to drive drunk but people still do it because they deviate from societies set norm.

    So society must curb these offenders by setting rules that disallow these things.But it’s easier said then done right?

    Humans have to learn by experience so the best way is to show them how gruesome an accident can be, just like in driver’s ed.

32. Queen A Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 12:00 pm

    Ok i see you are a very concerned individual
    and I am glad that you are

    Collect some pictures of car wrecks
    and say to them see this picture
    this was someone I loved

    and when they ask who
    say this is the future of someone I care about
    who may get into a horrible situation if they
    get in the car with a drunk driver.

    For drunk drivers have no compassion
    for them self or anyone else
    for they have issues they them self have to
    heal from.

    And then look them in the eyes and say
    please promise me you will not be so blinded
    by drunk drivers, because I love you
    and I do not want you to be just a memory.

    note: perhaps the police dept will have these photos on hand
    explain what you need them for and obtain a copy
    or ask where you can obtain copies

33. summer r Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THEIR FRIENDS

    IF THE FRIEND IS A BAD EGG FRIEND DON’T LET THEM GO OUT TOGETHER!!

    THE BEST WAY IS NOT ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT GALLIVANTING SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN INSTEAD OF GOING OUT WITH THEIR FRIENDS!

    MAKE SURE YOU BUY HIM / HER A CAR THEN MONITOR THEIR ACTIONS NO DRINKING AND DRIVING.

    I AM MORE WORRIED OF OTHER CARS THAT IS DRIVEN BY DRUNKS! THAN MY CHILD GETTING INTO A CAR WITH A DRUNK DRIVER…I TRUST MY SON.

    I THINK BARS SHOULD STAMP PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT DRINKING AND THEY CAN’T SERVE ALCOHOL TO THEM SO THIS WAY THEY WOULD A DRIVER TO TAKE THEM HOME! I THINK IT WOULD HELP A LITTLE BIT…..

34. Swirly Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 12:57 pm

    http://www.sadd.org/mission.htm
    http://www.sadd.org/issues.htm

    http://www.beawarenow.org/

    http://www.madd.org/
    http://www.madd.org/madd_programs/11000
    http://support.madd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp1_homepage&JServSessionIdr005=lhxog1dp21.app7a
    http://support.madd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp3_homepage&JServSessionIdr005=1b3oijdok1.app14b

    http://www.dui-answers.info/poems-written-by-teens-against-drunk-driving.html

35. mrs d Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 1:38 pm

    That’s a tough question and one every parent wished they had the answer to. A friend of mine was killed in an automobile accident 2 weeks ago and she was 31 years old and riding with someone who was drunk. They hit a board fence and flipped twice. Pieces of the board fence went through the car and through them. The car was destroyed and two lives lost. Four children lost their mother. I went to the site of the accident and it was devastating, saw the vehicle and I went to the viewing and to the funeral. It was awful. I myself have ridden with people that had been drinking and drove under the influence when I was young. I was always scared to call my parents, afraid of the lecture or punishment I would get. Promise your child that there will be no lectures and that he or she won’t get in trouble if they call you but will be in trouble if they don’t and you find out. I swore to myself after my friend’s funeral that I would never lecture my children if they called me because they or who ever they were with was too drunk to drive, there would be no questions, I would just be thankful that they called me.

36. sassygirl Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 2:20 pm

    oh definitely take him straight to a trauma er on a saturday night where i work.

37. jeremy l Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:02 pm

    If you know someone either at a fire station or police station that might have pictures of an accident scene of a teenage drunk driver, with everything and everyone still there laying around the scene-see if they will let your teenager look at the pictures- that will “sober” them up real quick! It worked for my teenager that knew all! – Try it.

38. jarhed Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:18 pm

    This sounds like two different scenarios.
    If you are asking about what do you do once you are in the car and the drunk behind the wheel is driving like an a$$….
    Tell the driver you want them to stop driving immediately and use your cell phone to call for assistance. If possible get out of the car as soon as you can (stop light, stop sign, etc.) and don’t get back in it – period. Call to have someone pick you up. You may not get another chance !

39. Britt Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:25 pm

    I remember in High School we watched videos in health class and drivers ed that showed some crazy accidents that had drunk drivers involved…scared the hell out of me, I will never drive drunk or drive with someone who is. Maybe you could check on the internet for pictures or stories…

40. Shrimp Tempura Says:
    May 1st, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    take them to jail & let them speak w/ a prisoner who has killed / injured people while driving under the influence. most jails are more than happy to steer kids in the right direction & will help you out