After reading this story in The Province today, I wanted to stand up and yell "HALA FREAKIN LOO YA"........

Bout time someone is finally getting pissed at the kids!!!!!

Grieving father takes son's tale, urn to school

Greg Drew tells kids they aren't indestructible
Kent Spencer, The Province
Published: Wednesday, May 09, 2007

A Langley father who speaks about the horrors of car crashes is being allowed to tell his message to students after years of being shunned.

Greg Drew said he still breaks down and cries over the death of his son, Jay, four years ago.

That is the message he wants to give to high-spirited teenagers celebrating the end of school.

"Jay's death is just like it happened yesterday. It doesn't get any easier," Drew said yesterday.

The 49-year-old Surrey fire captain calls himself "Captain Angry." He's rough around the edges.

He is not allowed to speak to Langley schools because of a run-in with an employee. And ICBC rules say approved RoadSense speakers must have an "appropriate style."

Drew is in-your-face. In the past he has cussed, but he knows that had to cease if the word was to spread.

"Everything is sugar-coated for kids these days, except me," he said. "I'm a pretty passionate guy. I come out sounding pissed off."

The door is opening for Drew at some Lower Mainland schools.

He spoke at Fleetwood Park in Surrey yesterday and is scheduled at Centennial in Coquitlam today.

"His talk was captivating," said Fleetwood vice-principal Mike Stickley. "Grade 11s are a tough sell. They were dead silent.

"He is raw and compelling. A tough-love guy who wears his emotions on his sleeve -- and the kids feel it. He is not a professional speaker, but it is better that way.

"We took a chance. We thought his story needed to be told. I haven't seen a speaker make that kind of impact. He touched a lot of kids," said Stickley.

The mangled wreck of Jay's car is still at Drew's Fort Langley home, complete with a running shoe wedged beneath the gas pedal.

Jay's death in Langley at 17 was blamed on street racing and the "Superman syndrome" of feeling indestructible.

"You don't get 10 lives. You get one," Drew tells his audiences. "There is a thing out there called consequences."

The urn with Jay's ashes is brought out for shock value.

"I've had 40 to 50 kids bawling their eyes out," Drew said.

Last year, he spoke to schools in Cranbrook, Kimberley and Fernie. He would like to spread the word full time.

He hopes more schools will allow him to present his graphic and horrifying message. It would include showing the wrecked car.

"If I can get a kid to think differently, I'm a success," he said.