The RCMP and the Avalon T’Railway Association teamed up today to give the media a better understanding of how alcohol and drugs rob your ability to drive.
The course was set up in the gymnasium at RCMP Headquarters – a figure eight of pylons – and the car used for the demonstration was similar to a peddle bike, easy to use if you’re sober.
Put on the high intensity drunk goggles however, and your world starts to spin. Pylons are everywhere except where you expect them to be, and oftentimes you’re not driving where you think you are.
This is how it feels to drive completely intoxicated.
RCMP NL Assistant Commissioner Ches Parsons takes a ride, wearing high intensity “drunk goggles.” @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/ItcW6s6gV1
— Renell LeGrow VOCM (@R_LeGrowVOCM) July 15, 2019
Whether on a busy highway or a T’Railway, impaired driving is against the law. The T’Railway Association and the RCMP remind motorists that any level of impairment means you cannot drive.
The pylons today were not injured, but an animal, or a person, may not be so lucky.
RCMP Cpl. Jolene Garland straightens up the pylons I knocked over.
I also tried the cannabis goggles – which were not as nauseating, but they did make me feel impaired. @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/CdOazNAXB0
— Renell LeGrow VOCM (@R_LeGrowVOCM) July 15, 2019