At about midday Tuesday, Tamaqua Area High School senior Kayla Brown blew through two stop signs and careened out of control, unable to stay on the road.

As if that weren't enough, she was also trying to text while driving, and nearly backed up into a fence.Good thing it wasn't real.Brown and other students were operating golf carts through a course on the school's practice field while wearing goggles which simulated how they'd "see" if they were impaired drivers.They were assisted by the school's physical education and health teachers, Jim and Shane McCabe. Jim is Shane's uncle.Simulation Day is part of a series of Prom Promise events planned by the Tamaqua Area Student Government.On Monday, students tied red ribbons on cars parked at the school.Today was Awareness Day, with representatives from the Tamaqua Police Department talking to the seniors.On Thursday students will be asked to sign a pledge, promising not to drink and drive.Grim Reaper Day will be Friday, with students to be plucked one-by-one from study halls, to represent how many youngsters will lose their lives because of impaired drivers."You should be able to have a good time without taking any mind-altering chemical substances or alcohol," Shane McCabe said to the students."We don't want there to be any tragedy associated with graduation."McCabe said that the district purchased the "vision impairment" goggles about 10 years ago.There are five models, which simulate the vision of drug and alcohol impairment, nighttime impairment, and low, moderate and high blood-alcohol level impairment.McCabe said the goggles cost about $500 each."They don't look like much but they're well worth it, every penny," he said. "If it stops one student from making a bad decision, it doesn't matter how much they cost."