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Williston-Elko High School student A'nyla Chavous simulates impaired driving using a virtual reality headset during a visit from Save A Life.
The Save a Life Tour brings vehicle simulators to educational institutions to teach the importance of safe driving.
Williston-Elko High School students Sindy Vasques-Najera and Gabe Refugia sign a pledge, vowing to be safe drivers.
Williston-Elko High School students watched one another navigate the vehicle simulators, and occasionally crash.
The Axis I Center sponsored the Save a Life Tour to come to Barnwell County schools.
Barnwell County students dodged virtual trees and aimed to stay on the road while behind the wheel of a vehicle simulator to see the dangers of impaired or distracted driving.
The International Save A Life Tour was brought to Williston-Elko High School, Blackville-Hilda High School, Jefferson Davis Academy, and Barnwell High School during the week of April 15 through a sponsorship by the Axis I Center of Barnwell.
The Save a Life Tour has come to Barnwell County in previous years to teach students the impact and potentially deadly consequences of dangerous driving through videos, discussion, and the vehicle simulators.
Students used a virtual reality headset mimicking alcoholic impaired reaction times to navigate roadways; some virtually crashing into other cars and some into trees or houses.
The safe driving program is operated by Matrix Entertainment, a company providing immersive educational programs across the country.
