Students learn traffic safety at assembly

Don Norfleet/FULTON SUN photo: Katlyn Jennings, a New Bloomfield High School senior, struggles to keep her balance just before falling while wearing Fatal Vision goggles during a Friday afternoon driving safety assembly at the school. The goggles simulate the vision of drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs.
Don Norfleet/FULTON SUN photo: Katlyn Jennings, a New Bloomfield High School senior, struggles to keep her balance just before falling while wearing Fatal Vision goggles during a Friday afternoon driving safety assembly at the school. The goggles simulate the vision of drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs.

Juniors and seniors at the high school here Friday afternoon learned first hand the dangers of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and texting while driving.

New Bloomfield Police Department and Missouri Department of Transportation safety experts brought a wide array of devices to demonstrate how impaired driving and texting while driving can lead to a fatal crash.

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