Texting PSA too gory? WARNING:GRAPHIC

[Oh Haha]

What do you guys think? Is this too gory to show teenagers? I think not.

I believe all new drivers should visit a morgue or at least a hospital and see the results of crashes first hand.

Yes, I know that teens know everything and "it will never happen to them" but, back in the old days, you just had speed, drugs, and alcohol to worry about.

http://www.parentdish.com/2009/08/25/will-bloody-texting-psa-get-the-message-to-teens/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl1|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.parentdish.com%2F2 009%2F08%2F25%2Fwill-bloody-texting-psa-get-the-message-to-teens%2

[VINMAN]

Not in the least bit graphic. It's reality.
Too bad its nowhere close to showing the real results of an MVA. I wish we were allowed to take pictures of our MVAs and victims to show to teen drivers. Might knock a little sense into them.

[MikeSid]

My dad showed all of my siblings and myself a couple of police photos of a nasty traffic accident right before we got our licenses. It left an impression of "I don't want that to happen to me." But I doubt it had a real affect on the choices any of us made. I can't think of a single time speeding around in high school when I thought of those pictures.

[Rick Lee]

That's nothing. In my drivers ed class we watched FAR more graphic stuff. I'm talking Faces of Death. Since I come across texters every single day on the road, I'd love to have this be mandatory viewing for anyone with a cell phone and a car.

[m21sniper]

It should be more graphic.

When i see MORONS doing this i want to ram them.

[VINMAN]

This is an aerial shot of a crash scene we had 2 yrs ago . Four teens in a Caddy CRS on their way home from school. crossed over the yellow line into the path of the minivan. The Caddy was estimated to be doing around 85 in a 45 zone.
All four 17/yo's burned to death. the 65 yo woman driving the minivan was also killed. The crash happened in view (1/4 mile away) of one of the kids house. His parents ran down the road to the scene.

That car should been placed in front of the HS as a reminder.

[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by m21sniper

When i see MORONS doing this i want to ram them.

I agree..
The texting/driving thing infuriates me. They are trying to pass a law here in NJ . But honestly, its pretty much unenforceable.

[Laneco]

My husband used to have a body shop, still does a little side work now and then. We had a vehicle in with headplant/faceplant damage on the windshield. You see, the windshield gives out ward and then digs into the flesh as you are flung first into the windshield and then next back into your seat... On this particular car, we were blowing out the loose glass with an air hose. Several fresh teeth popped out of the air vent. We've also found teeth imbedded in the dash board and the backs of the front seats.

It's weird the things that "get" to kids. You can show most any kid a dead body and it doesn't compute. The bloody teeth? Whoa...

Another thing that I think is missed in the teenage-going-to-drive scare tactis (which by the way, I wholly support), is that most people do NOT die. But alot of them wish they had. Severe injury and particularly head trauma is a horrendous recovery if one ever occurs. One of the most graphic injuries I've ever seen anyone "survive" was the fellow that was the passenger in the Toyota Supra (driven by Hulk Hogan's kid??? can't remember). Absolutely horrific, but still, technically "alive." Spend the rest of his "life" being fed, watered and changed with occasional semi-autonomic responses to stimulus, movement or light...

I met a man whose son was brain injured and he told me something I have never forgotten. He said, "There's alot of things that are much worse than the big dirt nap..." He was right.

angela

[Gogar]

Unfortunately I don't think that would be too effective for most kids.

Kids react to reality. Show them the hospital video of John Graziano.

FYI he's the kid who was riding with Nick Bollea (Hogan) during their high-speed fun crash. He's a vegetable, with a dashboard-shaped dvot in his head.


I didn't embed because if you don't want to watch it, you don't need to see the preview pic, either. It's pretty tough, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip4jAA1PQ

[Red88Carrera]

Don't most newer cell phones have GPS capability? Or they can be triangulated off the towers? Disable the texting function while the phone is moving.

[Gogar]

Originally Posted by Red88Carrera

Don't most newer cell phones have GPS capability? Or they can be triangulated off the towers? Disable the texting function while the phone is moving.

No, sorry. What about passengers in the car? What if I'm on a bus?

[Red88Carrera]

Maybe that's the price we pay to keep our loved ones alive. Are you willing to give up a few texts to save your loved one or someone else's life?

[Gogar]

By your method of thinking then, we should just outlaw cars.

I appreciate your sentiment, though.

[WilsonTC]

Whoa. Amazing he's still "alive". Every time I think about that little Hogan peckerwood crying about wanting out of prison and getting on with his career, I'd like to choke him.

Originally Posted by Gogar

Kids react to reality. Show them the hospital video of John Graziano.

FYI he's the kid who was riding with Nick Bollea (Hogan) during their high-speed fun crash. He's a vegetable, with a dashboard-shaped divot in his head.

I didn't embed because if you don't want to watch it, you don't need to see the preview pic, either. It's pretty tough, IMO.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip4jAA1PQ

[Red88Carrera]

It's not the car that caused the accident. It's the person's inability to keep from being distracted. I've always said that the cell phone was one of the greatest AND worst inventions of our time. This is just one example of the destruction that it can cause. Another is the way that it detracts from personal interactions. Can you honestly say that you've never been distracted from a personal conversation by the ringing of a cell phone, whether you answered it or not?

[GH85Carrera]

Compare that little flick to the scenes kids have seen zillions of time. Most a horror flicks are 1000 times more graphic. I hope it stops a few drivers from texting. If it helps save just one innocent live it was worth

[Rick Lee]

All the more reason we need cell phone jammers in cars. I think texting or cell phone chatting behind the wheel should be the same as a DUI. It's totally enforcable, would bring plenty of fine money and make the roads a lot safer. I've never once been scared because I saw someone driving too fast. But I am scared by cell phone drivers every day. Get them off the road and in jail or on buses where they belong. Better yet, make them ride a motorcycle for a year. That would thin the herd a bit.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by MikeSid

My dad showed all of my siblings and myself a couple of police photos of a nasty traffic accident right before we got our licenses. It left an impression of "I don't want that to happen to me." But I doubt it had a real affect on the choices any of us made. I can't think of a single time speeding around in high school when I thought of those pictures.

I'm afraid you're spot on...teens tend to have a sense of immortality, and "can't happen to me" mentality.

[berettafan]

the greater good would be acheived by blocking all cell phone activity in cars, buses, etc.

of course 'the greater good' doesn't mean 'perfect good'. it means what it says.


My current plan for my son is to take him to places where he can see the devastation things like inattentive driving and drugs and alcohol can cause.

i dunno if this will do much or not but i figure i'll give it a shot.

[David]

I had my 15yo son watch it the other day.