The video is a satirical news‑style segment narrated by Jim Piddock that reports on a controversial initiative in Hope, Texas. Superintendent Richard Kilmann has launched the "Teenage Wasted and Driving" (WAD) program, arguing that education and legislation cannot stop high‑school seniors from driving under the influence, so he created a program that teaches teens how to drink and drive safely. To run the program he hired Mike Harris, a former multiple‑DUI offender who has been sober for two years, and Harris delivers absurd, provocative instructions to students, encouraging them to drink while demonstrating impaired‑driving techniques. The segment presents a mix of supportive and critical community voices: a speaker praises the program and blames other groups for accidents; another founder of "Fathers Against Reckless Teenage Activities" protests teenage drinking; a police officer wonders about ticket quotas; and another officer revels in pulling over drunk drivers. The overall tone is comedic and ironic, using exaggerated, offensive remarks to highlight the absurdity of the program and spark discussion about teen drinking‑and‑driving policies.
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25/7's Jim Piddock reports. Until recently, very few people had ever heard of the aptly named town of Hope, Texas. But that all changed when Richard Kilmann, the school superintendent here, came up with an innovative— some say reckless— scheme to combat the problem of teenagers drinking and driving.
No amount of education or legislation is going to stop high school seniors from driving under the influence. So, so I devised the Teenage Wasted and Driving program.
Applying the same principle that security companies use by employing former burglars as consultants, Superintendent Kilman hired Mike Harris, a multiple DUI offender, to run the program.
Mike's been sober for more than 2 years now, and in my view, well, there's, there's nobody better qualified to instruct our kids to drive more safely when they're impaired.
Students, start drinking! This program's a good example of what makes this country great. You know, I'd probably have my hands cut off or, you know, other stuff if I was from like Iran or Belgium. Don't worry about the cones, just keep checking those mirrors. There you go, good. These cones are too small. Bobby, go stand next to that cone. She ain't gonna hit you. Take a beer with you.
I wish that more schools ran programs like this. Everyone knows the leading cause of automobile accidents are cell phones, old people, and Asians. Drunk teens are way down on the list. They're like 8th or 9th.
If you start feeling the whirlybirds, or if you're feeling out of control, think a sobering thought, like some scary movie, like Kramer vs. Kramer, where the little kid falls off the jungle gym and smashes his face.
But Killman's program also has its critics in Hope, Texas.
I mean, it's well and fine for teenagers to drink. Yeah, I get it. I get it. But in the privacy of their own home. That's why I started this protest group, Fathers Against Reckless Teenage Activities.
How are we gonna make our ticket quota if teens know how to drink and drive safely?
Ain't gonna happen. My biggest joy in my everyday job is pulling over a drunkard, getting his ass out that car. Touch your nose, walk the line, count backwards, say the alphabet backwards leaving out all the vowels, you know.
People do have the right to criticize, but the facts speak for themselves. I mean, the number of teenagers dying You know, the number of people dying or getting grossly disfigured or even slightly disfigured in car accidents, it has dropped 400% since the Teenage Wasted and Driving scheme, the Teenage WAD program, began.
