Texting while driving..

[MissVuks]

Not sure if anyone has posted this as yet. One of my friends posted this up on facebook, a youtube clip showing how a simple text msg can lead to tragic events happening on our roads.

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

I guess everyone can make their mind up on how effective these commercials are utilising scare tactics and whether it will actually work in decreasing the amount of young driver fatalities.

Lora..

[MattyT]

Anything that distracts a person from controlling a 1500kg tub of steel travelling anywhere from 60 to 110kph is a BAD THING.

[Maverick]

How many accidents are caused by texting versues how many are caused by putting drivers with insufficient training and the wrong attitude behind the wheel.

These ads do nothing to lower the road toll and detract from the real issue of idiots behind the wheel and insufficient police on the road to do anything other than book people for speeding.

[maca]

That is the scariest most graphic video I've ever seen. You've done a good job in scaring me and I will not be texting while the car's in motion ever again.

How many accidents are caused by texting versues how many are caused by putting drivers with insufficient training and the wrong attitude behind the wheel.

These ads do nothing to lower the road toll and detract from the real issue of idiots behind the wheel and insufficient police on the road to do anything other than book people for speeding.

Can you PLEASE try and appreciate this video for the purpose it was posted? It worked for me, and I'm sure it will stop other people on here from doing the same.

[Mrk_Mickey]

These ads do nothing to lower the road toll and detract from the real issue of idiots behind the wheel and insufficient police on the road to do anything other than book people for speeding.

That's because that's not what this advertisement is addressing. This is addressing the potential harm in texting while driving ONLY, not the affects of inexperienced drivers trying to slide around corners, excessive speeding, driving while under influence/intoxicated, etc.

I agree that in the big scheme of things this seems pretty unimportant, but I can tell you now that this sort of video made EVERYONE in my year at school think again about texting in the car. Last year we went to one of those drive-safe school outings where we were shown a video with similar effects and after the year had seen it you could tell that it had impacted everyone in the room to some extent. I believe these sorts of advertisements have a powerful message, despite the narrow range of problems it addresses.

[dubbed]

Er yeah because I often text whilst driving without looking up at the road for 14 seconds whilst my two buddies are leaning over my shoulder reading what I'm typing.

[Manaz]

How many accidents are caused by texting versues how many are caused by putting drivers with insufficient training and the wrong attitude behind the wheel.

These ads do nothing to lower the road toll and detract from the real issue of idiots behind the wheel and insufficient police on the road to do anything other than book people for speeding.

You make a good point here - the particular activity in question is a symptom of the problem, not the root cause of it - if we keep addressing symptoms, we'll never actually solve the problem...

[maca]

Er yeah because I often text whilst driving without looking up at the road for 14 seconds whilst my two buddies are leaning over my shoulder reading what I'm typing.

LOL yeah the circumstances are pretty unrealistic.. But the graphic nature of the video can't be forgotten

[G-rig]

Just takes practice to text while driving and depends how good you are at multiple tasking.

I wouldn't recommend it to young drivers though, but returning a text can wait till ur stopped at a set of lights etc.

[AusScare]

I can't text while driving, and can barely text while walking, dam iphone.

[Manaz]

Just takes practice to text while driving and depends how good you are at multiple tasking.

I wouldn't recommend it to young drivers though, but returning a text can wait till ur stopped at a set of lights etc.

You should be concentrating 100% on driving when you're driving. Not on reading or sending SMS messages, or on looking at things other than the road and the other vehicles on it.

None of us are perfect, but when you can so easily avoid a distraction by simply ignoring it...

[Treza360]

I've got to make the comment as to why an add like this is even necessary? On what planet would it be considered normal to text and drive at the same time?
As Maverick said attitudes and skills are where the focus needs to be.

Mickey started to get into it, these things need to be coming in at the school level showing kids the effect of crashes and teaching them common sense in the first place.

Cheers,
Trent

[DubSteve]

Hmm interesting, I wouldn't recommend it but its easy enough to text and drive just concentrate extra hard and you'll be fine!

[Spyda]

Lol everyone who says its OK to text while driving is a goose.

Its the stupidest thing you can do while driving. I have NEVER seen someone text and drive in a straight line. No mater how good you think you are, if something unexpected happens you wont have the same reaction time. Sure its safe in a straight line where there are no unexpect variables but this is the real world and that doesnt excist.

I can't see why its that urgent to return a text, if its in a text it can wait. I guess some people are lonley and need all the attention they can get.

[Spyda]

Resorting to scare tactics like this just seems like a failure on the governments/parents/schools behalf to educate young people about this issue. Imagine if everything that causes avoidable death was reenacted on TV to scare us from doing things, I already know I could hurt my mates and other road users by driving like a loon, not paying attention, and letting my car turn to a POS (< that last one doesn't get media attention), that's why I don't, I would really rather not have a graphic video of what it would be like otherwise.

Some people with less braincells respond better to scare tactics, imo thouse same people shouldnt have a license but what can ya do.

Heres one a sumbled accros doings tests between being drunk and texting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbiHwGBsRr0&feature=fvw