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Don't text and drive...
Brutal but effective ad http://saaq-videos.s3.amazonaws.com/tex … _540p.webm It is in french but says: "Before no one texted when they drove... must have been for a good reason" Oct 11 12 05:44 pm Link this scared the shit out of me. Oct 12 12 12:46 pm Link Strong stuff. Effective. Oct 12 12 01:45 pm Link Young people wont listen. They are too young to die. Oct 12 12 01:47 pm Link A good friend of mine was hit by an SUV some months back. The driver was texting while driving. My friend was nearly killed and required several months of painful surgeries. Also his very expensive motorcycle was completely destroyed. Now his life is completely different. He can't move the same, he's in constant pain, and has considered suicide. This guy is a former US Marine and is currently a research biologist working on government grants for wildlife conservation. He's one of the most intelligent and accomplished people I've ever known, and his life was severely altered and nearly ended just because some bitch couldn't put down her fucking phone. Oct 12 12 01:55 pm Link Oh, my.. I'm posting this to my fb.. Oct 12 12 03:30 pm Link I clicked the link and it started downloading a file without opening a webpage...... and I hit cancel. Oct 12 12 04:59 pm Link Wes Powell wrote: Sounds like your system's got issues. Oct 13 12 07:00 am Link Visual Serotonin wrote: The french at the end "Au Volant, On Ne Texte Pas." said all that? I thought it simply said [when?] Driving, [we?] don't text. Oct 13 12 07:05 am Link Wes Powell wrote: Roy Hubbard wrote: Naw it downloaded for me as well, and I opened the 1.4MB webm file in my video player. Oct 13 12 07:05 am Link Sweet_Nikki wrote: I just did it too Oct 13 12 01:53 pm Link Quang Dang wrote: If I recall that video been around for least 2 years I thought, but seems like old stuff can be easily recycled with the attention span of most of the social media. Oct 13 12 06:47 pm Link Oct 14 12 04:47 am Link Even in states where it is still legal to use your phone and drive you can still be charged, and worse yet have your ass sued because you were distracted by using your phone. Even if you were just talking on it. Taking you eye off the road for just two seconds and going 60mph, you travel the length of two football fields. Even if you were just part of an accident but didn't cause, if you were on your phone in any way, you could also be sued by others in the crash for contributing to accident. It has happened and the settlement was in the millions. Getting in an accident is just a very small part of it. Lawsuits, whether it was your fault or not, can also destroy your life. Oct 14 12 06:17 am Link Mike Collins wrote: No you don't. Oct 14 12 07:19 am Link Just something I heard recently. Didn't do the math myself but you are right. Still, a lot can happen in front of you in those 2 seconds you take your eye off the road to look at or type a text. Hell, people pull in front of me or slow way down all the time when I'm fully aware of my surroundings. Oct 14 12 07:45 am Link Mike Collins wrote: Oh absolutely. No doubt about that. Just didn't want to give people the wrong impression about what's going on. But yes.. alot can happen in 2 seconds. Oct 14 12 07:47 am Link Good stuff Oct 14 12 07:49 am Link I can barely text while sitting on the couch. Oct 14 12 07:56 am Link Wye wrote: I believe the math says 5 seconds at 55 mph will do 300 ft, but I haven't checked. Oct 14 12 08:02 am Link |
