By Shannon Lukens.

A totaled vehicle is sitting in front of Steamboat Springs High School this week, to show the kids the dangers of drinking and driving, or being distracted while driving. It is also Prom Week at SSHS.

Officer Lisa Eifling is the School Resource Officer for Steamboat Springs Police. She says the kids are so surprised when they see how destroyed the car is.

“So many times they’re like, ‘Wow, how did this happen?’ which is great. Because that’s what we want. We want a conversation. We have a lot of hard conversations that we’re going to have and this is just one of them.”

Officer Eifling’s mom was hit by a drunk driver before she was born so she is very passionate about telling the students how dangerous it is. No one was killed in the wrecked car that is on display at the high school but beer cans were found in the car.

It is Teen Safety Week in the Yampa Valley. It’s for teenagers and their families to help bring awareness to the social challenges teens face, and help provide tools and resources available in the community.

 

TEEN SAFETY WEEK – DAY ONE – DRIVING IMPAIRED