This is an extremely well produced video on texting while driving. A bit hard to watch (mild caution), but highly recommended for sharing with any young drivers in your household. Backs up the reason I am (very reluctantly) selling my last motorcycle after over 40 years of riding.

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

 

Yeah, I saw that. People were complaining about it and they had it on the morning news. I think it's realistic, and people just don't like to see real life. It's good. Shows you what could happen in an instant. From experience, I think texting is terrible while driving. Luckily I have not lost anyone I know, but from doing it personally, I think it's really hard and takes way too much concentration.... I don't do it.

There's really no difference between texting, and closing your eyes while driving.

 

Yea, I seen it on the news. I though it was very good. I don't understand why America doesn't have PSA on that type of crap. Maybe people would actually listen. You can talk and talk but sometimes it takes a Video like that to get u to think.

 

That gets the point across VERY well. Im on the highway for 4+ hours a day, so I see alot of retarded drivers and hopefully nothing like this ever happens. Texting is as bad as drinking and driving.

 

Reminds me of the films they showed us in driver's ed 35 years ago.

BTW, WTF is PSA?

 

PSA - Public Service Annoucement
(or a blood screen test for Prostate cancer).

 

Somehow I knew it wasn't #2 on that list, but even Bing didn't have the answer.

 

Brought tears to my eyes.

Yes, but did you pay any attention back then? I ask because I didn't. It wasn't until I had a girlfriend in college that I realized I had something to live for and started wearing seatbelts. In the military they showed a "logical" film on seatbelt use that would have had the same effect - gory films like this one just had no effect upon me when I was younger. Again, this one brought tears to my eyes.

 

This is a real good reason the state of Ill. is making it law after Jan. 1st.2010 this can't be done.

 

Texting (while driving or even at a stop light) and cell phone use while driving is against the law here in CA.
Oddly, I seem to see MORE people talking than before!

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