Comments on: Would you show your teen this bloody texting/driving PSA?

By: Kimm

Kimm — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 03:14:10 +0000

I think it should be shown in schools all over. Even though it seems a little graphic to some, it is a touch of what the reality of such a situation could be. In real life, it would be so much worse than portrayed. The fact of the different people that could be possilby be involved in such a situation I feel was a great touch in the video. There was the parents, the baby, a little girl who possibly lost all of them due to someones poor choice of texting while driving makes you think as well as breaks your heart. I didnt find this extremely graphic myself, but I feel it may be enough to get the point across to adults as well as teens. Unfortunately, I have seen many adults drivers texting while driving, it isn’t just a teen problem. With all the other things in out T.V world today that slides by the censors, why not put this out there for ALL to see?..I feel it’s a must. You can tell people all you want but actually seeing something gets the point across much faster and much better. You watch this and take with you how one mistake can change the lives of so many innocent people in just one second, and this wreck……..could have totally been avoided by making the right choice…..

By: Alec

Alec — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:24:05 +0000

I would definitely show this to other teens, i found it very enlightening, but i do wish it was a bit more realistic with the second car… most people will hit their brakes right away when they see a crash, they’re not going to cruise right into the hit car to cause more damage……. and yes, the dead baby is probably necessary the point is to be the equivalent to a slap in the face

By: mkt

mkt — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:35:37 +0000

Not only do I want my teenager to see it, I posted it to my blog on Facebook for all my friends and family to see.

By: Cory

Cory — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:05:53 +0000

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Where is the video? It is not coming up on my computer.

By: Kristie

Kristie — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:15:52 +0000

I think they should play this to all that drive or about to start driving It will make you stop and think about what your about to do Play it and just keep playing it as many times as it will take ,, In America they try to sugar coat stuff give them something like this don’t tell people to block the images they need to see what will happen ……

By: SinInSpira

SinInSpira — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 04:44:13 +0000

Why is everyone so convinced that all teenagers are pretty much retarded? I mean, I’m 17 and I know some pretty stupid people my age, but quite frankly it annoys the hell out of me when I’m automatically classified as a “dumb teenager.” It just seems like most people older than me tend to think that I can’t form a coherant thought or think anything through. For instance, my mom told me today that when I get my phone back (it’s not behavior related – the job availability for teens is at it’s lowest right now, so I was without a job for a few months and couldn’t pay my phone bill.) she’s blocking the texting on my plan just because I “might try to text and drive.” I mean, really, come on now, I won’t text and drive, I’m not freaking retarded. She, however, seems to think otherwise. But whatever. About the video:

The video does nothing for me. In fact, it’s so overly-dramatic and unbelievable that it may have the opposite intended effect on some drivers. For instance, the girl looks down at her phone for WAY too long. A lot of people I know (not necessarily the stupid ones :P) can text with hardly a glance at their phone. They can also text about as fast, if not faster, than a person with a keyboard phone. I’m not really defending texting while driving, but just some of the stuff in the video is a bit too overly dramatic. Idk, I just know that I don’t do it and people who do better be as good as they think they are at it.

By: Rena

Rena — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:48:16 +0000

I think every teen should see this even the baby just to show you what can happen and that your actions have concencuensions.Yes as a mother of two girls i would show them this.I hope it would make anybody think twice about texting while driving not just teens but adults also they text too. if schools do decide to show this they should let the parents see it first and maby do a workshop with the parents involved to get the point out to everybody parents and teens,just everybody .

By: What is love?

What is love? — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 02:27:35 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AYWhGJaFgU

By: Angie

Angie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:14:49 +0000

Just showed my two teenagers and one of their friends. I think that it is extremely important to show as many people as we can – this is reality. Teenagers worlds are filled with realism and this is what they understand. I think this is what will reach them. Great job!

By: rosie

rosie — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 03:23:42 +0000

Im 15 myself, I just saw them talking about this video on the news so I decided to look it up. I NEVER thought of texting and driving. And so I only watched it to see how the video was just so horrible, I really wish I hadnt wanted to watch this video so bad. I literally feel sick to my stomach now. It was gross and totally graphic. Yeah, I know that can actually happen and its sad but this video makes me feel sick, it makes me scared to get in a car at all. It might scare other teens not to text and drive but what about the ones that arent scared, we (people who dont text and drive) still have to drive on the road with people who do text and drive. Just because teens dont text and drive doesnt mean adults dont do it, they do. No matter what the road is going to be a scary place and people are going to do things they shouldnt and as a result of some people doing it that puts everyone in harms way, texting or not, things happen.