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Martin punched the acv celerator of his highperformance van and watch* e<i the tachometer needie climb.
He roared into a winding Virginia two-lane curve. One of his sii passengers told Martin to slow down.
“Don’t worry,” yelled another, “He can handle this car.”
Unfortunately, Martin had been handling some beer earlier that night and didn’t remember the next 30 seconds.
As he passed the “25 mph maximum safe speed” sign, he lost control at 60 and slammed into a bridge abutment and slide down a ravine. Two of his friends lay dead outside the car as he climbed from the wreckage. Another died hours later in an operating room. This fictionalized incident is not unusual. Highway crashes are the number one cause of death for teenagers in Virginia and the nation. Alcohol is a major factor. “More than 60 per cent of fatal crashes of drivers 16-24
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