News - Shocking video warns pupils of the consequences of texting and driving

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Welsh police have put together a video it hopes will be shown in UK schools to help deter drivers from texting.

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[staffsMike]

Graphic. It is a fools game though so the consequences should be known.

I like how the driver is alive though, really sends the message home.

[Shooty*]

Good. As a lawyer dealing with this kind of thing, I don't think they can get too graphic, and as staffsMike says, it's helps drive it home.

[Colossous]

Pretty shocking but not a bad thing methinks !

[Biscuit]

I hate it when you see people doing stuff on their phone when they are int he car, calling is bad enough but texting... are you actually serious. How can people think they are so multitalented that they can safely do that its just a complete joke. People need to learn some patience and common sense.

[Crazytom]

Nasty... I get shivers when the girl screams

[Kerotan]

That is pretty serious, hopefully will go some way to stopping the incidences, key thing is to show it to school kids the year before they are all driving, so they don't pick up the bad habits in the first place.

The effects are well done it must of been pretty high-budget, which it needs to be really to stop people just having a laugh and not taking it seriously.

[Haiku32]

I think this is a very well made video, and really shows the importance of focusing on the road. The fact that they only person who survived was the one texting and driving, really makes an impact showing that you are not only endangering yourself but everyone on the road around you.

I also got shivers when she screamed =/ .

[Shooty*]

How can people think they are so multitalented that they can safely do that its just a complete joke. People need to learn some patience and common sense.

How? Easy, coz about 95% of the population (conservative estimate) are thick as pig sh*t, and are brought up unaware of consequences or responsibility.

Basically, the kind of people who buy Basshunter records, and anyone who has ever said either "I know my rights!" or "don't you judge me!"

Misanthropic gripe over. As you were.

[Haiku32]

Hey, Basshunter isn't that bad . I find it funny when you get 12 years olds listening to basshunter cause they think he's so hardcore, then I ask them if they know what the song "DotA" is about... he's really just a massive geek .

A lot of my friends are learning to drive right now, and I'm glad to see most of them have the mindset that driving isn't just something you can brush off as being "easy". Give people credit, MOST people aren't stupid enough to text and drive... I hope!

[Shooty*]

yeah, he's meant to be a very charming bloke as well.

Charming, loaded, tall, good looking, geek.

Bastard.

[joshwa]

Yikes - that's unpleasant viewing

Why did the red Ford Fiesta drive onto the wrong side of the road to crash into the Ford Ka?

[staffsMike]

Why did the red Ford Fiesta drive onto the wrong side of the road to crash into the Ford Ka?

Haha nice spot, just for fun I think.

[Kerotan]

Yikes - that's unpleasant viewing

Why did the red Ford Fiesta drive onto the wrong side of the road to crash into the Ford Ka?

My theory is that if there was another car behind the Mondeo, and they were quick enough to swerve onto the wrong side, then the oncoming fiesta would have had no choice but to roll their own car (going off the road at speed) or try and swerve right, which they did but not quick enough to avoid going into the pile-up. Might have helped if they'd shown that though.

Can't believe some people commenting on youtube as if it's a joke, they'd soon change their tune if it was their family involved in a real car accident

[blackbirds]

I kind-of wish I hadn't seen that, now. It's not that I'm a wuss or that it's graphic or anything like that, but the dead girl brought back some pretty bad memories. I don't want to go to sleep now.

[TooNice]

What I am worried about, is that the very people who would text and drive are the morons (sorry, but I am not sugar coating this one) who will laugh at the video and think 'What a crap driver, and over the top video, this would not happen especially if *I* am behind the wheels'.