COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — Students at the University of South Carolina had a chance to experience the first hand effects that alcohol and marijuana have on driving.

18-year-old Aniyah Coats is not yet old enough to legally drink — but is now even more aware of the dangers of driving impaired.

“I have less respect for people that do, because it’s really dangerous not only for you but more or less you’re putting other people more at risk,” says Coats.

The event is sponsored by the SC Highway Patrol, USC Police, and LRADAC — giving students the chance to drive the course both with, and without, the special goggles that mimic being drunk from alcohol or high from marijuana.

“Well I felt confident, but knowing I was basically on the sidewalk, it’s scary, but it was a good experience,” says Coat

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