17 August 2009

Anti-texting-while-driving road video


Created by the police of Gwent. Graphic.

Via b3ta.

Update: An article at The Guardian discusses how and why this video has gone viral.

7 comments:

  1. pomAugust 18, 2009 at 2:54 AM

    Graphic indeed.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 18, 2009 at 2:12 PM

    The baby part wigged me out, but I guess the film was done well.

    The New York Times website has an interactive featurewhere you're "driving" and texting at the same time - its trying to show how bad your reflexes are during such an event. I played the game and apparently my driving response is .14 seconds *faster* while texting...

    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/19/technology/20090719-driving-game.html

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  3. DeanaAugust 18, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    Reality IS graphic.

    As a nurse, I always wish more people understood that.

    Very well done.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    Excellent video. I'd like to link this to my blog. Can you let me know if this would be alright?

    More people need to be aware of the dangers of driving while distracted.

    Renee
    http://wwwtellitlikeitis.blogspot.com/2009/07/dwi-driving-whilewhat.html

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  5. MinnesotastanAugust 20, 2009 at 1:15 PM

    @iBlog - it is perfectly fine with me if you would like to link to this post.

    I visited your blog, which like mine is hosted on blogspot. So if you want to you can embed the video directly into your blog. Use the up arrow in the lower right corner of the video to go to Yahoo, where you can get the embedding code.

    Or just link to TYWKIWDBI, if that's easier for you.

    stan

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  6. Bob MontgomeryAugust 20, 2009 at 6:58 PM

    An outstanding presentation. Lets hope it makes a real impact BEFORE it makes a REAL IMPACT!!!

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  7. AnonymousAugust 20, 2009 at 10:35 PM

    Will the texters be too busy texting to watch this film?

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