It's no secret that safe driving can't be stressed enough to teenagers.

A single County in Illinois alone has lost 12 teens in car accidents since March of 2005.

Now, the owners of a local go cart business, are taking on the task of reaching out to teen drivers, trying to teach them to be safe on the road.

They teamed up with a County Sheriff's Department to put a fun spin on a serious topic.

Racing go-karts can be a fun activity on a warm, sunny day.

But at this Speedway, they're also part of a new program designed to teach local teens about drunk driving.

They'll wear special goggles -- called "fatal vision" goggles -- designed to mimic the effects of being impaired by alcohol or drugs.

"It gives them the illusion they drank four beers or smoked one marijuana joint," said Pam Hymbaugh, owner of Towerline Speedway. "Then we're going to put them in our go-karts back here and have cones out on the track, and they have to maneuver the cars around the track.”

The program, called "DUI Experience,” comes at a time when the County is mourning yet another teenager killed in an auto accident. As an 18-year-old  died on Wednesday after a weekend car accident. 

The program is about saving lives.

"I didn't feel that driver's ed was doing enough to teach the kids, the new drivers, about the experience on the roadway," said one Deputy Sheriff.

The goggles are designed to affect vision and equilibrium, so anyone wearing them feels as if they can't walk straight and can't see clearly.

The sheriff's department hopes putting them on and driving with them will hit home with teens.

It put's the students in a position where they will have similar effects to being intoxicated.

"DUI Experience" will continue all year at Towerline Speedway, which is located in Illinois, and the owners said they hope the warm weather will encourage area teens to come out and take advantage of the program.