Virtual Reality: The Key To Better Drunk Driving Prevention?
By Craig Manning | Nov. 7, 2025
It’s one thing to tell young people about the dangers of drinking and driving; it’s an entirely different thing to show them what those dangers actually feel like when you’re the one behind the wheel.
That’s the basic philosophy of the Arrive Alive Tour, a drug and alcohol prevention program that uses virtual reality and behind-the-wheel simulations to let students experience how it feels to drive drunk, high on marijuana, or distracted by trying to text while driving. That program recently made a pit stop at Kingsley High School, where students and teachers say it had a profound impact.
“Farm Bureau Insurance partners with [Arrive Alive], and our principal …
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