<p>Please find a way to make them watch this immensely powerful short documentary by director Werner Herzog:
[“From</a> One Second To The Next” Documentary - It Can Wait - YouTube](<a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_BqFkRwdFZ0]"From”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_BqFkRwdFZ0)</p>
<p>Thanks MommaJ, this should go out not only to kids but to adults as well. Texting and driving is a huge problem here in California and I only see it getting worse. People will not understand the severity until they kill someone like in this powerful video. I also think laws should treat texting like we do DUI’s then maybe people will wise up and take it serious when its felt in their pocket book.
Again thanks for sharing :)</p>
<p>Put them in a car with a manual transmission. That way one hand will be occupied by steering and the other will be occupied by shifting.</p>
<p>Someone veered into my lane yesterday. If I hadn’t been paying attention, we would have been in a wreck on a very busy Dallas highway. I passed him to just get out of his vicinity, and as I went by him, I looked over at him and saw that he was texting. </p>
<p>He never even knew how close he had come to causing a tragedy. He has no idea that he is a menace. Completely clueless.</p>
<p>^We drive several hundred miles a week, and on every trip, we have encounters with oblivious drivers floating in and out of lanes. And invariably, they’re looking down at something–between texting, iPods, dashboard screen, etc., there are so many distractions now.</p>
<p>Truly scary.</p>
<p>Every student who wants a parking pass at any public high school in our county must attend (with a parent) a presentation prepared and delivered by our county police department. It covers much the same territory, with slides and descriptions of local accidents involving young people. It is a powerful presentation, because it is local, with places we recognize, accidents we have heard about, and people we know. (No names given, but none needed.) Deaths, injuries, and accidents due to excessive speed, texting, drinking, poor road conditions…</p>
<p>I’ve seen it four times. Twice with each of my oldest, and will be viewing it again with my third. It never fails to impress both parents and kids.</p>
<p>Wow, im a student who never texts and drives. I never can. Even if i do, im either on like 5 or i stop the car. I mean my body is physically unable to. I cant imagine driving at 40 without looking at the road. I dont get how other people do it. It should be avoided nevertheless, can have some serious consequences</p>
<p>Have you listened to the recent popular song, “Highway Don’t Care” by Taylor Swift and Tim McGraw (and Keith Urban) ? You wouldn’t necessarily know by the cryptic lyrics, but the video of this song is a very strong message/warning against distracted driving (not just texting). Fairly graphic. Check out the official video. It’s shorter than a documentary movie. </p>
<p>Also, a friend of mine worked on an anti-texting short film titled, “I’m Sorry” but I can’t seem to find a link to it at the moment.</p>
<p>Another problem I’ve been finding is the way car manufacturer’s keep moving away from specialized dials and knobs for each control on your AC/radio/etc and instead now have a single centralized screen with menus and non-tactile buttons. I feel like that’s way more distracting than being able to keep looking at the road and being able the easily feel to adjust my volume or air.</p>
<p>RacinReaver, I agree. We just had a rental car, and it was impossible for H to figure out the cruise control and windshield wipers because of the way things were positioned. Fortunately, I was there and could operate them or tell him which were the correct buttons. The other problem on the car was that the steering wheel was so thick and placed so that in certain positions we couldn’t see the speedometer. If H was sitting upright he couldn’t see it; if I was slouching a little, I couldn’t see it. Also, we were driving in Canada, and the metric speed numbers were so tiny as to be illegible.</p>
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<p>I just watched this today. Very powerful. Possibly should be required to get a driver’s license.</p>
<p>Is this it, NJ res? [I’m</a> Sorry (2013) - IMDb](<a href=“http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385714/]I’m”>I'm Sorry (Short 2013) - IMDb) The trailer alone is horribly disturbing. Oh my.</p>
<p>I always lay on the horn when I see texters. Let them know that someone is noticing them. </p>
<p>They cause almost all the accidents, other than the drinkers.</p>
<p>Ohmygosh, jym626, that’s horrific!</p>
<p>It is staged . . . but appears to be an actual cell phone video of a fatal accident. I thought it was real . . . it’s unbelievably powerful.</p>
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<p>Actually, I considered it an upgrade when my ‘new’ car (now eight years old) came with several controls right on the steering wheel. The A/C and heat are the only things I have to take my hands off of the steering wheel now for.</p>
<p>Okay, it took me a while to find it, but I’ve just purchased a DVD of the short film that jym626 referenced ([I’m</a> Sorry (2013) - IMDb](<a href=“http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385714/]I’m”>I'm Sorry (Short 2013) - IMDb)), and I’ll be sending it along to my son’s high school.</p>
<p>If anyone else is interested, the DVD is available for sale [url=<a href=“http://www.timvogelproductions.com/im-sorry-now-available-on-dvd--bluray.html]here[/url”>http://www.timvogelproductions.com/im-sorry-now-available-on-dvd--bluray.html]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>And if you only have 4 minutes, here is a horrifically graphic PSA from the U.K.:
[PSA</a> Texting While Driving U.K. - Accident Video](<a href=“http://safetextingcampaign.com/PSATextingWhileDrivingUK.aspx?cms=7293]PSA”>http://safetextingcampaign.com/PSATextingWhileDrivingUK.aspx?cms=7293)</p>
<p>teriwtt, I totally agree with the on-steering wheel controls. They’re wonderful. Some manufacturers are going to voice controlled stuff, though in my experience it’s been way more clunky versus just having dedicated analogue knobs.</p>
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<p>Same here, but it is not just for parking passes. Its for all students and parents. Plus, in Virginia, those receiving their license must go to court (with their parent) and receive the license from a judge after another lecture and short video. It was done very well.</p>
<p>But I have one pet peeve about this </p>
<p>Talking on the phone and texting are not the only problems.</p>
<p>There are already laws on the books for unsafe driving. The cause of the unsafe driving should be irrelevant.</p>
<p>When driving to work every morning I see people reading the newspaper or putting on make-up. And, at other times, Ive noticed drivers turning their heads to discipline their children in the back seat. These are much more distracting to the drivers attention than talking on the phone. People are allowed to talk to other people in the car. Phone should be no different.</p>
<p>In two of the jurisdictions I drive in, talking on the phone while driving is against the law. It is a huge PITA.</p>
<p>It is a terrible problem. Even talking on a phone, answering a phone while driginv is a problem. My one son had an accident that way. I was horrified at how my other son was using his cell phone as a gps, and taking his eyes off the road. A few times the phone lost satellite contact, and it was a major problem, so bad that I went and got a mounted GPS and made him promise to use it instead. I am hopeful only because reception for his cell phone is a problem where he lives and the GPS is more reliable But otherwise, you tell them and tell them, and yet… they are on the phone and driving. </p>
<p>I agree there are other equally bad distraction, but the cell phone is still one more thing on TOP of the other ones, and it seems to me a lot of young people live with one eye and hand on that cell phone. It’s not just a momentarily thing they do once in a while. The more you do these things, the risk increases. Then throw in texting, and it beomes really a problem.</p>