Video game for teens simulates drunk driving

A Canadian design team has developed "Booze Cruise," a video game that simulates drunk driving by giving players 90 seconds to drive home with impaired vision and slowed reaction time.

The game was made to reduce dangerous drunk driving by offering practice.

"Drunk driving is a life skill that isn't being taught anywhere else, so we stepped in with 'Booze Cruise,'" said the University of Calgary professor who led the project. "Most importantly, it teaches teens that the fun of being drunk doesn't have to end at the bar. Life doesn't stand still, and neither should the drunk parts. We plan to incorporate the game into a mentoring program that lets teens learn from older, more experienced drunk drivers. We call it 'Loaded Roads.'"

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