This will open your eyes on texting and driving
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This will open your eyes on texting and driving
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8203091.stm
They need this in our driving schools...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8203091.stm
They need this in our driving schools...
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Please advise, this video contains upsetting images. View at your discretion.
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Its unfortunate that they need to make a re-enactment movie like this to get people to smarten up...
I agree they need better education like this. Europe seems to always be a step ahead....
I agree they need better education like this. Europe seems to always be a step ahead....
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And the problem is that movies like this are shown all over the world and yet I still see it everyday in Kelowna. I have no problem with someone sending a quick message when stopped at a light (not sure why the law does), but while you're driving a 2 ton machine down the road is just sheer idiocy.
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I think that most of the addicted phoneoholics think this will never happen to them they are just to cool and how dare they tell me I cant use my phone in my car.
I dont know what its going to take to put an end to this stupidity
I dont know what its going to take to put an end to this stupidity
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Takin it easy ! wrote:I dont know what its going to take to put an end to this stupidity
When they die in an accident, it usually stops them.
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Sad but true !grammafreddy wrote:Takin it easy ! wrote:I dont know what its going to take to put an end to this stupidity
When they die in an accident, it usually stops them.
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Not going to lie, i kind of laughed at this PSA clip.
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IMO some fools will laugh at anything easier to laugh than think !xlauvawke wrote:Not going to lie, i kind of laughed at this PSA clip.
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xlauvawke wrote:Not going to lie, i kind of laughed at this PSA clip.
Which part was the funniest for you ?
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SmokeOnTheWater wrote:Which part was the funniest for you ?
The hyper-dramatization and visual effects.
Don't get me wrong, i understand the message, it's just the media in which the message is conveyed that makes me chuckle.
SmokeOnTheWater wrote:Be careful ... karma is a bi .... you will not laugh when it happens to you or your loved ones.
I don't believe in karma but i do believe that if you do something stupid or irresponsible you WILL pay the consequences at one point or another. As for if it were me or my family, i would still probably laugh. My brother rolled his car because he was driving too fast for his cars capabilities and his own lack of skill so i laughed at him. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at things) he wasn't really hurt in the "accident" which has done nothing to dissuade him from his speeding habits.
Edit: apparently it looks like i'm implying that i never speed, this is not true.
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xlauvawke wrote:..... As for if it were me or my family, i would still probably laugh. My brother rolled his car because he was driving too fast for his cars capabilities and his own lack of skill so i laughed at him......
Tell us, would have have still have laughed had he been killed or paralysed, or if he had rolled into another car killing or seriously injuring the innocent people in it, or if he had rolled into a yard full of kids!!!
Melodrama or not, the message was serious, and should be treated that way.
Also driving a car is a serious business, it is essential a weapon in the wrong hands.
Using any hand held device has been illegal in a lot of Europe for well over a decade, and carries a lot more of a penalty if caught, than it does here.
If you kill someone whilst driving on the phone you can be facing murder charges!
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P_J_Manning wrote:Tell us, would have have still have laughed had he been killed or paralysed, or if he had rolled into another car killing or seriously injuring the innocent people in it, or if he had rolled into a yard full of kids!!!
Yes.
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