The Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) group at Pepperell High School are recognized statewide as students busy doing good things for other students. This time, one of their ideas has been taken to the next level by an adult organization. In cooperation with the Pepperell High SADD Chapter, the Floyd County Sheriff Department has purchased a golf cart to be use in local efforts to help students understand the dangers of impaired driving. The PHS SADD club members will join the Sheriff's Department in a news conference to introduce the new cart to the community on Thursday, January 31 at 10:00 a.m. The Sheriff's department will use the cart in school demonstrations and driving expos to allow teens to drive while wearing goggles that simulate the effects of alcohol and drugs on the sensory system. The experience will let the students experience first hand what it is like to attempt to drive a car while impaired in a safe environment.

The PHS SADD club has held a safe driving expo the last two years to educated high school students to the hazards of impaired driving. The golf cart impaired driving experience has been a part of the expo each year. The PHS students seek to spread the word about the dangers of texting and distracted driving, as well as, dangers teens expose themselves and others to while driving impaired by drugs or alcohol.

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