European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 10, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 3 learning to steer Clear of alcohol simulator offers on fhe Road lesson in Drunken driving by Nancy . Bureau Alconbury England a car that simulates Drivers reactions after alcohol intake is making the rounds at . Air Force bases in England. The car began its England tour at Raf Alconbury last week. It is now on display at rap Mildenhall and moves to Raf Lakenheath and Raf upper Heyford later this month. The Dodge drunk driving simulator Isa Public relations tool under the auspices of the overseas military sales corp., which manages car sales on . Military bases in Europe. The simulator is in tended to demonstrate Why drinking an driving Don t mix. The customized car is based at the com Pany s Headquarters in Kronberg Ger Many and has been demonstrated at numerous . Military installations in Europe. The drives take place on a narrow circular course lined with traffic Cones. Drivers attempt to stay inside the course with outrunning Over the Cones. Drivers can go As fast As they want but the narrowness of the course tends to keep speeds Down. The majority of people find it very Good said Peter Kotowski the car s demonstrator. Nobody really get around without touching a Cone. First we go on one Lap what we Cal the sober round during which the car responds to actual movements of the steering wheel and Brake pedal. Before the second Lap begins Drivers Are asked How much they weigh and How Many ounces of alcohol they might con sume on a festive night. Those numbers Are entered into computer hooked to valves that cause the car to respond sluggishly to Drivers at tempts to Brake and steer the car. The delayed response time is proportion Al to the blood alcohol level of the Driver based on the data entered in the compute although the delay is Only seconds when the car fails to respond immediately most Drivers Jam on the brakes and Jerk the steering wheel Kotowski said. As a result Drivers oversteer and Theca often plows into the rubber Cones. The vehicle was designed based on interviews with Drivers who were in Acci dents involving alcohol Kotowski  Drivers often reported that they mis judged bends in roadways he said. Sandra Bell was prodded into Takin the car for a spin by her husband senior airman James be with the 10th Supply so at Raf Alconbury. James Bell had tested the car the previous Day. Sandra Bell breezed through the sober Lap. But when the computer delayed the vehicle s responses during the second Lap she scattered Cones across the parking lot. The computer had been programmed to make the car react As if she d con s3 do Didlo Sandra Bell of Raf Alconbury England tips Over traffic Cones As she tries to navigate the Dodge drunk driving simulator. This month s . Schedule the Dodg drunk driving simulator will appear at the following location. Tuci or Lam will a available from 11 . To 4 . On try data Llatas Raf ill Vanhall today through saturday parking Tot behind Gateway mall. Raf Lak Anheal aug. 19 through 21 base Exchange parking lot. Raf upper Heyford aug. 24 through 28 base Exchange parking lot. 843 Dave did Looma. Nov Peter Kotowski left explains to airman Frank c. Cercre How the computer works sued 10 ounces of alcohol. It really makes it feel real the Way twas hard to get the wheel to go Back Sandra Bell said. James Bell said he too was impressed with the simulation. I was surprised How Many Cones i knocked out he said. However another Driver was less enthusiastic. I think it s a Good concept but i Don t think it was too realistic said airman Frank c. Cerceres with the 352nd special operations Maint so at Alconbury. Cerceres rounded the sober Lap with one hand on the steering wheel but on the Sec Ond Lap Cerceres grabbed the wheel with both hands but still scattered a number of ones. The simulator was set at an alcohol consumption level of five ounces. Although Cerceres said he did t think that a car would handle that Way if Hewer drunk he said he still would t drive after drinking in England where twisting roadways Are common. But some . Servic members still mix drinking and driving prompting Alconbury officials to establish an incentive program to try to Stop the practice. The program in eludes Alconbury s satellite Sites of Raf Molesworth and Raf Upwood. When All servicemen members at the three bases go 45 Days without an arrest for driving under the influence of Alco hol they will be Given a Day off. The pro Gram is unique in the United kingdom tothe three bases. So far no such Days have  people assigned to the bases were arrested for drinking and driving in june and one was arrested in july. . Envoy shot to death in Georgia ambush Tbilisi Georgia a a . Diplomat has been killed by unknown gunmen outside Tbilisi the capital of this former soviet Republic officials said monday. The Diplomat was identified As Fred Woodruff a regional affairs officer posted temporarily in the political Section of the . Embassy in Georgia the embassy said. His age and Hometown were not disclosed. . Diplomats were standing outside Tbilisi s City morgue monday morning some in tears. The . Embassy said in a statement that Woodruff colleagues and friends Are immensely saddened by the senseless and tragic  the attack sunday followed a decision by the United states to increase its mediation efforts in the trouble spots of the former soviet Union. It was unclear whether the attack was connected with that Effort. Details were sketchy. Interior ministry spokesman col. Valisko Gogol Shvili said the Diplomat was killed at 9 30 . Sunday about 15 Miles Northwest of Tbilisi in the Village of Nat Akhtari. He was going through Nat Akhtari on his Way Back to the capital from a sightseeing trip to another town Kazbegi the ministry said. While he was travelling through the Village unidentified gunmen opened freon the car Gogol Shvili said. The Diplomat was accompanied in the car by  the chief of Security for georgian Leader Eduard a. Shevardnadze. Gugus adze s condition was not immediately known. It was unclear whether either Man was the intended target or whether they were attacked at random. The . Embassy statement said Woodruff had been scheduled to return Home in the next few Days. He arrived june 3 at Tbilisi s Melechi hotel which serves As the Resi Dence for most american diplomats Here. In Washington state department press officer son dra Mccarty said we regret this horrible  she said there would be no further comment until Woodruff family has been notified. No details were immediately available about Wood ruffs family. Shevardnadze the former soviet foreign minister who has led his native Georgia for More than a year expressed sadness monday Over the