SOBER LEARNING: Graduation and prom parties have...
SOBER LEARNING: Graduation and prom parties have often meant lots of booze and the inevitable flurry of teen drivers wrecking their cars. . . . But the California Highway Patrol’s “Sober Graduation” and similar programs seem to be reducing the number of springtime bad accidents that involve teen drinking. . . . “These kids are learning to party without alcohol,” says the CHP’s Steve Kohler.
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Among Orange County teen drivers, the number of fatalities and injuries in alcohol-related accidents has declined during the May-June prom months. 1988: 39 1992: 16 Source: California Highway Patrol
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