Press Release

For Immediate Release

Contacts:            

EDNA BOYKINS                                                                                                                

CENTER MUNICIPAL COURT                                                                                                        Watch UR BAC program        

936-598-4244                                                                                                    

EBOYKINS@CI.CENTER.TX.US                                                                                    

 

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Watch UR BAC program

Underage drinking prevention program coming to Center Police Department

Program teaches about alcohol misuse, dangers of impaired driving, and friends watching out for friends

The Watch UR BAC (pronounced “Watch Your Back,”) program team will be in Center, Texas onTuesday May 26, 2015.  The team will be conducting educational programs for students at Municipal Court  on Tuesday May 26 at 6:00 PM.  We are located at 1020 Shelbyville St. Center, TX.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, through a grant from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), teaches Texans about the dangers of alcohol misuse —including binge drinking and alcohol poisoning, as well as the dangers of impaired driving. In 2013, 1,089 Texans were killed in alcohol-related crashes and tens of thousands were injured.

A DWI prevention simulator is used to demonstrate the effect of alcohol on driving skills. Through a video game atmosphere, drivers experience obstacles and hazards to simulate what might happen if driving impaired. Impaired driving goggles, which distort vision, are worn by the driver during the simulation experience to further duplicate the effect of alcohol on one’s vision.

 

 

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age, or national origin. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating