Students Against Destructive Decisions
Mock Car Crash Demonstration
SADD was founded 25 years ago by a group of students who wanted to make a difference. They wanted to help their friends and other teens avoid alcohol and other drugs and stop making dangerous choices that put their lives in jeopardy. For many years, the students in SADD chapters have sponsored school activities that are frequently dramatic and emotional, with the goal of impressing on students that alcohol and drug use are not harmless activities and can even result in death.
 
When the special effects and acting are good, students can be seriously shaken as they watch their classmates appear dead, dying and under arrest. The presence of police cars, ambulances, hearses, and sometimes even helicopters adds to the real-life impression made by the event. The mock car crash and other one-time events have been shown to have a short-term effect on students, and witnessing such a reenactment the weekend before prom, for example, may help some students think more carefully over that weekend.