Probably not all teens but I agree with you, in general. What I do is every time I read an article in the paper about some drunk driving case, I tell about it to my wife (kind of in passing) but always making sure that kids can hear me. And since I am not talking to them, they listen <g>.

>Teens are forced to watch those nasty drunk driving movies in school. For a couple of days no one wants to drive and definitely not drink and drive. The problem is that teens think they are invicible, have a short memory span, and return to their 'it will never happen to me' attitude very quickly.
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>>>>That is a tragic story about your friend. Today they do much more in schools to educate kids about danger of drunk driving, citing stories like what happened to your friend.
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>>>After the accident, a group of friends and I went to see the bashed in bloody car to try to get some closure. There was a half-gone case of beer sitting in the passenger seat. We all thought it was odd that it was still there, but it turns out that is a tool the police use to get people to associate car accidents like that to drunken driving. It worked. Life lessons that are attempted to be taught in a classroom are not very useful because "it will never happen to them". Life lessons are best taught the hard way.
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>>I hope that most kids are smart enough to learn the lessons without first-hand experience of losing a friend or getting hurt themselves. There is a great deal much more awareness today than, say, 20 or 30 years ago.