LUV2EDU Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 (edited) This video was made to show teens how important it is not to text while driving. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-mH3vNrzI News (NBC) Quote: ** WARNING the graphic video clip is professionally staged -- but appears realistic and does a fine job hammering its message home. This video is just 4:15 long. A long version of the film will be shown in UK schools this year. They are hoping to show this in the United States as well. Edited September 7, 2009 by LUV2EDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colleen Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Powerful message, well-produced. I'm glad it's hit You Tube because teens aren't the only ones who can benefit from watching. Is it graphic? Not any more so than much of the so-called entertainment that hits the screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-FL Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I had both my 2 @ home watch it. I think it's important that we all understand what really happens in an auto wreck whatever the cause. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 My 13-year-old niece watched Saw IV and another horrible horror movie at a friend's house recently, much to my sister's chagrin. The video is graphic, but it's not more graphic than what many of today's teens have already seen, and its message is an important one. The SADD group teamed up with local emergency crews to stage a mock disaster drill at our high school one year using several HS students as actors along with stage make-up and a crash scene, and I still remember it vividly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 I would not let my daughter watch. She would be totally flipped out. It would not have the desired effect because she would just never get her drivers license, never get in the car with a friend again, etc. We discuss kids driving and cellphones/texting, drinking and driving regularly. Our highschool also every year puts a totaled car out front to show you what happens when you drink and drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Honestly, I didn't think it was any worse than some of those movies we had to see in driver's ed, and those were of real accidents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 You probably didn't notice that the baby on the video died. This is why the baby had a long stare. Although I know that this video was staged, I still cried for the baby and when the little girl was begging for her father and mother to wake up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 chilling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 My 15 yo saw it in school. I won't show it to my 13 yo because she would be traumatized by it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 My 20 yr old showed me this and asked that his teen sibs watch it. It's real. It happens every single day. Every single day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammy Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 n Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I wondered the same thing. Are they required in the UK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) Where are the airbags? The driver was the only one who had an airbag. Edited September 6, 2009 by LUV2EDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holly IN Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 After the long stare, I knew the baby died. It was disturbing!!! However I will demand that my kids watch it when they start driving. Holly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 ds12 said he had already seen it - on the news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 You probably didn't notice that the baby on the video died. This is why the baby had a long stare. Although I know that this video was staged, I still cried for the baby and when the little girl was begging for her father and mother to wake up. Oh!! :eek: Did the baby die?? I thought it had gone blind. I didn't know it had died. How did you know?? I cried too. It was very moving and well done I thought. btw, I let my dd watch it. She saw most of it on the news anyway so I let her watch the whole thing and talked to her about the dangers of being distracted while driving. I thought it would disturb her, but it didn't oddly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Oh!! :eek: Did the baby die?? I thought it had gone blind. I didn't know it had died. How did you know?? I cried too. It was very moving and well done I thought. btw, I let my dd watch it. She saw most of it on the news anyway so I let her watch the whole thing and talked to her about the dangers of being distracted while driving. I thought it would disturb her, but it didn't oddly enough. The paramedics said,"we are not getting any response." The baby was very still and had an empty stare. Most babies would be crying or agitated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I had my kids with me in the driver training portion of indoc at our base. There was a similar video about seat belt use (also British) where the non-belted teen is thrown around the car and kills another teen and gives permanent brain damage to another (it was based on a real accident). They also showed a music video about drunk driving that was incredibly powerful. I was crying watching it (and I had been warned by dh, who'd seen it before). My kids are in elementary school. But I don't think that it is too young to impress on them that foolish choices can have permanent consequences. I have had a number of college classmates killed in car accidents involving speed, alcohol, no seat belts or tired driving. Young men who never had a chance to grow old. Friends who forever remember milestones like graduation without them. One was engaged. His fiance to a job in middle of no where that no one else wanted. As she said, "What elso do you do when your reason for going on is gone?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 The paramedics said,"we are not getting any response." The baby was very still and had an empty stare. Most babies would be crying or agitated. :crying: I thought it had gone blind. I guess I was hoping for the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 :crying: I thought it had gone blind. I guess I was hoping for the best. It is hard to see anyone die. However, when a baby loses it's life it hits me harder. I guess this was the point. If you text while driving other people's lives are at risk, also. Sometimes everyone dies except for the one who caused the accident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 It is hard to see anyone die. However, when a baby loses it's life it hits me harder. I guess this was the point. If you text while driving other people's lives are at risk, also. Sometimes everyone dies except for the one who caused the accident. Yes. My husband's niece died a year ago in a car accident. Her boyfriend was driving too fast and she was shouting at him to slow down. He wouldn't. I don't know if he was showing off or playing chicken or what, but she reached for the wheel and he jerked the wheel away from her and crashed into a pole. Her neck was broken and she died. He walked away unharmed. :crying: :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 6, 2009 Author Share Posted September 6, 2009 Yes. My husband's niece died a year ago in a car accident. Her boyfriend was driving too fast and she was shouting at him to slow down. He wouldn't. I don't know if he was showing off or playing chicken or what, but she reached for the wheel and he jerked the wheel away from her and crashed into a pole. Her neck was broken and she died. He walked away unharmed. :crying: :( I'm sorry to hear that.:grouphug: If you watch the video again, you will see that the driver's friend in the front seat with her broke her neck. When her neck jerked from the second impact, you can hear a crack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 I'm sorry to hear that.:grouphug: If you watch the video again, you will see that the driver's friend in the front seat with her broke her neck. When her neck jerked from the second impact, you can hear a crack. Yes, I noticed that. shudder. Car accidents are so awful. It always dumbfounds me when I see people eating, reading, texting, putting make up on etc while driving 80mph down the highway. :( I guess they think that this would never happen to them. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pip Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 (edited) We were driving home from church today on a very busy road and there was this girl, texting, looking up at the road, texting, looking up at the road. Edited September 6, 2009 by Pip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 We were driving home from church today on a very busy road and there was this girl, texting, looking up at the road, texting, looking up at the road. We try to stay away from people we see texting while driving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 DH and I have already previewed the full video and will be showing it to ds during the course of his driver education lessons this fall. Probably not right at first, but once he gets a little overconfident, kwim? It is edgy but important. It's a good case for not driving distracted in any way, not only texting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyof4ks Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 No, my dd would never get in a car again. She is very sensitive and has seen more than kids should see already having a brother with medical stuff. She knows how precious life is though and the consequences of actions. My boys are still too young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 It is currently saying this video has been removed due to terms of use violations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted September 7, 2009 Author Share Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) It is currently saying this video has been removed due to terms of use violations. Click on this site http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X-mH3vNrzI New (NBC) Edited September 7, 2009 by LUV2EDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Yes. My husband's niece died a year ago in a car accident. Her boyfriend was driving too fast and she was shouting at him to slow down. He wouldn't. I don't know if he was showing off or playing chicken or what, but she reached for the wheel and he jerked the wheel away from her and crashed into a pole. Her neck was broken and she died. He walked away unharmed. :crying: :( I am so sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I am so sorry. Thank you for your kind words. It was devastating. There are so few girls in this family of mostly boys. There was only dh's two nieces and my dd. Now there are only the two. :( :crying: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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