Dnt txt & drv
July 12, 2010 by The Responsibility Project
Every day millions of teen drivers engage in a life-threatening activity: texting and driving. To them it seems like an innocuous way to pass the time, but the facts tell a different story. Each year, 21% of fatal car crashes involving teenagers between the ages of 16 and 19 were the result of cell phone usage. The statistics are haunting to say the least. Check out these videos created to make parents aware of the dangers of texting and driving.
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July 15, 2010 by Elsie
This video message is incredibly powerful. Bravo to the people who made it.... and to Liberty Mutual for sponsoring it!
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July 21, 2010 by Gene Ewald
OK, I watched all three clips. It's just preaching to the choir. Unfortunately, I didn't see anything that was persuasive. You need something that might change a mind.
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July 22, 2010 by Leslie
It needed some more movement. The last one should have shown another word colliding into the back of it and spinning it around.
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August 23, 2010 by Angelica Martinez
I think that people who care about the worid should always try doing something to make it a better world.
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September 9, 2010 by George
Everyone's a critic.
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September 16, 2010 by nezz
Great Message! Just a dull & uninteresting way to communicate it!!!
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October 9, 2010 by X
The videos didnt persuade me. The idea was definifely "impactful" but to some degree. To concince a teen there needs to be more of problem and then effect. Thats just an idea.
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December 10, 2010 by Astrel
I have to agree with you .you say it well.
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August 5, 2011 by gorobei
These videos were made, "to make parents aware of the dangers of texting and driving," and were apparently not targeted at teenagers; still, as a parent of children who used to be teens, I wasn't particularly moved to do anything after viewing these videos. They just weren't compelling.
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October 16, 2010 by MomOf_3teensAgo
BTW, the clips did not have the omg! factor! B/c, omg!, it did not have an EMOTIONal pull or DRAMA to them. How about better sound F/X? A teen's voice screaming while plowing into the tree? Perhaps mobile cell phones should be electronically disabled while in the automobile?!
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December 10, 2010 by Astrel
This is very cool. I can do a lot of things on this page. thank you very much.Merry Christmas to you all. God loves your.
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December 28, 2010 by Kirk
The message is good for adults, but teenagers need to have something with impact to be set in their minds; these will bore them.
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August 22, 2011 by Joe Zyzyx
I watched all three and kept wondering what the heck it meant. I was expecting some car with a teen texting in it to come along and hit boxes full of sand. Instead it's just music and some odd display. It rates very high on the "HUH?!" meter.
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