Danny called Joe and sounded very angry. It must have been something
Susan said ; maybe she had finally broken up with him. Danny was restless;
he had taken the keys to his brothers old car, took some beer out of the
refrigerator, and wanted Joe to go for a ride with him. He picked Joe up
and said his mother had been yelling at him about staying out late the night
before. Didn't she know he was upset about breaking up with Susan. Danny said
he just couldn't take any more.

They drove around for a while- see if they'd run into any girls from school.
Instead they ran into Rudy who joined them. They sped off and headed toward
out of town and drank beer. They were going 70 mph when the road took a sharp
turn. There was no warning sign. Danny lost control of the car and it rolled
off the road and flipped over into a ditch. None of the boys was wearing a
seat belt; the care had no air bags. Rudy was crushed by the car as it rolled
over; he was killed. Danny's spinal cord was injured and he ended up losing
use of both his legs. Joe was hospitalized for two weeks and was left with
deep scars on his face.

Look at the factors that contributed to the injury. Work together (pairs)
for a minute to fill in the four columns. Let class have 2 minutes to work
on this. Then fill in responses on an overhead.

Factors that Contributed to Injury Person injured or Person Who Inflicted Injury Danny was angry All three were drinking beer which is illegal since they were under 21 Danny was speeding All three were not wearing seat belts

Product Involved
The car did not have air bags. The car did not have seat belts. The car was 10 years old and may have been in poor condition.

Physical Environment
The road had a sharp turn in it. There was a ditch close to the side of the road. No warning sign posted. It was dark outside.

Social and Economic Factors
Beer was available in the family home. Danny's brother may not have had enough money to by a new car with seat belts and air bags. Danny had access to car.

Injury researchers collect data to prevent injuries.
The TRE(E) of Injury Prevention in your packet shows the
three areas of approaching this.
Ask for definitions for the three:
Technology Inventing better/safer products Regulation Laws for manufacture Education Teaching about dangers and proper use

An example would be a child swallowing a parent's medicines. T = Pill bottle manufacturer's making safer containers R = Laws for safety caps E = Teaching parent's/ media campaigns

A Homework assignment is to fill in responses on the tree of how
Danny's Ride could be prevented using the Injury TRE(E).
We will review it next Session.

The situation with Danny and his friends involved decisions each
of the three boys made. Decision-making is something we are confronted
with everyday. Some are made slowly and some quickly - as with Danny and
his friends. If your parents seem like they take time to make some decisions
it's probably because they learned to think about them longer. Perhaps
because they made some too quickly. Can you think of an example you made too quickly? (If time permits)

A decision you will all make in the future will be about having
children. Many couples take this decision seriously. Do we want to have children? When? How many? Let's take a look at decision-making with this example. Use overhead Decision Tree and ask students to give responses.