Texting while driving PSA on youtube (graphic warning)

[Swede]

nt

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGE8LzRaySk

[Turbineguy]

1. It would seem

a relatively simple thing to devise a method of interrupting a signal to and from a moving telephone. Ergo, no calls in or out while you are moving.

[Tansy_Gold]

4. That would prevent passengers, too.

I'm all in favor of something that prevents drivers from texting, but shouldn't passengers be able to?


Tansy Gold, who isn't even sure she knows how to text when sitting still.

[KittyWampus]

6. OMG! You mean passengers couldn't text either? THE HORROR!

Kittywampus, who knows for sure she has never texted in her life and will never bother learning. ;)

[AndyA]

2. People should know better than to text while driving.

If they aren't smart enough to know that, they shouldn't be driving a car in the first place.

[malaise]

3. I watched this on CNN early this morning

It's simple - the charge for killing someone while driving and 'texting' should be Murder. It sure isn't an accident. Indeed to contemplate driving and 'texting' suggests serious mental issues.

[tilsammans]

5. Very important and sobering message. n/t

:kick:

[Enrique]

7. don't blame texting

everyone in that video is driving on the wrong side of the road.

[imdjh]

11. Beat me to it. (and they all talk funny too)

[Turbineguy]

20. That's also the reason

a Rolls Royce is cheaper in England. They made the car with the steering wheel on the wrong side. So you get factory outlet pricing.

[cwydro]

8. That should be shown in all high schools

and driver's ed courses.

[TexasObserver]

9. Recommend

[FunkyLeprechaun]

10. In Wales and the rest of the UK

(Wales is where this was filmed, Heddlu is Welsh for Police)

It is illegal to use a phone while in a car that is in operation (even if you're parked and the car is turned on). The police and levy some pretty harsh fines on you.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

12. Introduce to me

the person who can text while driving? To me, it seems utterly impossible. And wouldn't NOT texting while driving just be.....I dunno....common sense????
:wtf:

[imdjh]

13. Record yourself saying "common sense" and "teenager". Now play it back a couple of times.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

17. Point taken

still..........:wtf:

[TrogL]

14. I couldn't even watch it to the end

I hope they do a similar one with guys driving so it doesn't get written off as "dumb blondes".

I'm old. I know my reaction time's going. I've been making lots of dumb-ass mistakes lately - lots of close calls. I can't remember the number of times I've wondered "where the fuck did he come from?"

Now add in the distraction of texting.

I grew up with a typewriter. I've got a Blackberry curve which has a little better keyboard than most but I still can't type my password correctly twice in a row, nevermind a line of text. Now try doing it one-handed, without looking, getting bounced around.

The other thing people forget is that in un-divided traffic, everything happens twice as fast. You may be comfortable driving at 50 kph, but you wander into the other lane and suddenly you're in highway conditions with zero warning. And you're not going to be able to resist the automatic temptation to check to make sure the lane you just (illegally) vacated is clear before you go back in. Or you could just freeze at the wheel (which you're holding one-handed, remember your Blackberry is in the other assuming you're not steering with your knees) and stare into the eyes of somebody's kids as you destroy their car and lives.

[TrogL]

16. I watched the last half of it

Three victims. Two single-occupancy air ambulances. Do the math.

[Tx4obama]

19. Alot more than three in accident - at least eight

There were other cars involved.

Car #1 - Three girls
Car #2 - Gray haired man
Car #3 - Daddy and Mommy (unresponsive), young boy, and baby

Eight people total that I saw.

[TrogL]

21. I missed a couple of seconds

...where they showed the contents of the car with the family, the child asking why his parents won't wake up and the blue-eyed baby who doesn't blink.

[cwydro]

15. Recced here too.

[Robb]

18. Wow.

This made me get up and go look at my sleeping baby daughter for several minutes. Strong stuff.