In an effort to make students aware of the effects of driving under the influence, jagPRIDE set up a DUI Checkpoint simulation in the parking lot.

Students and teachers were invited to participate in the event, where they could drive a golf cart through an obstacle course with drunk driving goggles on to simulate what it would be like to drive under the influence.

Sophomore Avery Laluk realized the effects that alcohol can have after he drove the golf cart.

“I think it’s pretty obvious that being drunk makes you less functional,” Laluk said. “You can’t drive when you can’t see and are completely dizzy.”

Along with driving the golf cart, students took a DUI Checkpoint quiz, performed a field sobriety test with the goggles on, saw pictures of real DUI crashes and talked to Shawnee police officers about the consequences of receiving a DUI.

Officer Matt Klein thought the activities students participated in were very realistic.

“This is just a simulation, but as poorly as people are doing today, that’s what people do when they are drunk in real life,” Klein said. “Drugs are the same thing. There’s no difference.”