The Mentality of a College Student

On Saturday night I was leaving a party when I heard a huge crash. I looked up and saw an explorer backed into a Volvo. Behind the wheel was a boy who had been drinking and stumbling around the party all night. His friend tried to stop him, but being drunk, angry, and ignorant he sped off. The next morning he was convinced that his friends were lying to him, claiming that none of the incidents from the night before had been true. Luckily he did not hurt anyone on his way home. This is not always the case.

In 2008 an estimated 11,770 PEOPLE DIED in drunk driving accidents that involved a driver with an illegal BAC of .08 or greater. Drunk driving is the leading criminal cause of death in the United States.

I wish I could say that I had never seen an incident like the one mentioned above, but unfortunately it is a common occurrence; especially for college students. We believe that we are invincible. The advertising and message about the consequences of drinking and driving don’t matter because it won’t happen to us, right? I know, because I was one of those believers. That theory was shattered in my mind on that horrific night of June 2nd. You don’t understand the magnitude of this message until it happens to you.