drinking and driving scenario in her driver s ed class. you wouldn t want them driving. but at the same time, she would be in a predicament. reporter: but she still doesn t believe her daughter would get in a car with a drunk driver. i know she would call me. reporter: jordan s mom says her daughter also knows not to get in a car with an impaired driver. and has admitted to being at parties where kids are drinking. how does she get then from those parties? i pick her up. so you expect that in this situation she will say i m not getting in that car? absolutely. i hope. and johnny s dad, like the other parents, insists he s taught his son what to do in this situation. my wife and i, we ve always just spoken kind of frankly with our son. you got to be strong and just walk away. reporter: and he s betting that s what johnny will do here. i think he really will. i m hoping. my fingers are crossed. reporter: while the teens rate the food our actor takes every opport
i was listening to your interview off stage. i m a little mixed but statistics say that they ll probably get in the car. let s hope the statistics are wrong in this case. that s what i m hoping for. reporter: even though these parents are doing all the right things, our expert says there s another strong factor at play here. it s something we pointed out earlier peer pleasure. peer pressure seems to be the most likely predictor of whether a kid is going to drink and drive. will peer pressure get the best of these kids. they re in the middle of taste testing while our actor, joe, and his accomplice, lauren, continue the ruse that joe s been drinking. i think you re hammered. not there yet. i still have a little bit left. that s what s in there? in the vitamin water? wow. good job. reporter: and when our actor talks about how he s going to get home, nicole questions him. you going to drive if you just drank? she just asked him. are you going to drive? and tayl
the things i do as a driver so i can model that better for you. i just want to see a camera in your car and what you get. reporter: for our next test we take on a danger that s also killing teens on the road. will these kids get in a car with a driver who says he s high on drugs? so you re high right now. reporter: it s a subject that has only recently been studied. according to the united states drug czar, the results are frightening. on a friday or a saturday evening, about 1 in 8 drivers is testing positive for either an illegal drug or a legal drug. reporter: and he says drivers, especially teen drivers, don t realize how drugs can seriously impair their skills at the wheel. that lack of understanding the risk and the potential harm is very dangerous. reporter: these parents say
clear, like with so many teens, these girls had not gotten the message when it comes to drugs and driving. when i think about, oh, you re not okay to get on the road, i kind of think about it more as drunk driving. if someone tells you that they ve taken any type of drugs whatsoever, you have to just say, i m not getting in a car with you. lesson learned? yeah. yes. turns out, just like these girls, more than 30% of teens don t realize that smoking pot impairs driving skills. their parents need to step in and educate their kids. says parenting expert michelle borba. she says start when they re young and keep on talking, and give examples of what can go wrong. use their world in terms of a tv show, a wonderful news article. let s go to the internet and do some searches, look for the number of car crashes of kids who were on drugs. we re going to try the test again. i m johnny. kristina. jordan.
so far, we ve watched teens making the wrong choice. you re okay driving? reporter: getting into cars driven by someone they think is impaired. why did you get in that car? reporter: our testing continues. and these moms are hoping, praying that their kids will make the right choice. okay, let s listen to see what they do. kimbia and josh have just been told this teen who has been bragging about drinking. oh, my god! i didn t know that was alcohol. i thought you were drinking before that. reporter: will be driving them to a nearby restaurant. we re going to long island gourmet. reporter: they all get up without hesitation. oh, my gosh. i don t think she realizes that he s going to drive. i m hoping. reporter: remember, at the last minute, this boy, joe, will refuse to get in the car. in the parking lot, our actor