Why you shouldn't text and drive

[baccalad]

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=6256549608752...

I think some of you may find this video disturbing but...

[AbarthChris]

That is a shocking video, but what is more disturbing is that his first thought was to record the incident. What would he have done if one of the car's had a fatality?

[stevesingo]

For those of us who don't sell themselves on Facebook, can you post a direct link please.

[Matt UK]

stevesingo said:

For those of us who don't sell themselves on Facebook, can you post a direct link please.

Agreed. Seems to happen on here more and more often.

[baccalad]

Matt UK said:

stevesingo said:

For those of us who don't sell themselves on Facebook, can you post a direct link please.

Agreed. Seems to happen on here more and more often.

I've searched and I can't find the video anywhere else, but you don't need to have an account or to log onto Facebook to watch the video.

[stevesingo]

Some employer don't allow access to social media.

[mini1380cc]

stevesingo said:

For those of us who don't sell themselves on Facebook, can you post a direct link please.

I dont have FB and i can view it just fine.

[Simond S]

Is this anything to do with texting?

[skyrover]

Is that a VW Passat split in half?

[P I Staker]

Simond S said:

Is this anything to do with texting?

I'm wondering if I'm missing something?

[beanbag]

Shocking. I've been stupid enough to text and drive a few times and wavered off the line. Luckily there was no traffic and nothing happened and it gave me enough of a fright to not do it again.

After that, I've noticed people around me doing it more and more often. Men tend to talk more which is not quite as bad I think, but women are shockingly bad while driving and texting. I see it all the time, looking at their phones and not the way ahead. I'm also very reluctant to say it but my girlfriend is guilty of it too and it drives me insane.

I hope she one day realises what she's doing wrong before anything bad happens....the same go for all the other people too busy texting and not busy enough driving.

[EskimoArapaho]

AbarthChris said:

That is a shocking video, but what is more disturbing is that his first thought was to record the incident. What would he have done if one of the car's had a fatality?

How do you know that was his first thought? How do you know that the guy recording didn't look to see what he could do and had already found out that the emergency services were on the way? How can you be sure that his video recording might be useless as evidence for/against a prosecution? (All the more important if there was a fatality.)

FWIW, I skipped along the video and didn't see any allusion to texting, but if there was an admission caught on camera, that's probably a good thing.

[Superhoop]

skyrover said:

Is that a VW Passat split in half?

Yes

[TheAngryDog]

Is there a non face book link for those of us who dont care what their friends aunties dog did?

[Zoobeef]

I didn't see anything to suggest one of them had been texting and driving?

[AbarthChris]

EskimoArapaho said:

AbarthChris said:

That is a shocking video, but what is more disturbing is that his first thought was to record the incident. What would he have done if one of the car's had a fatality?

How do you know that was his first thought? How do you know that the guy recording didn't look to see what he could do and had already found out that the emergency services were on the way? How can you be sure that his video recording might be useless as evidence for/against a prosecution? (All the more important if there was a fatality.)

FWIW, I skipped along the video and didn't see any allusion to texting, but if there was an admission caught on camera, that's probably a good thing.

You'd know if you watched the video instead of immediately being argumentatitve. As the guy starts recording he is clearly walking from his car back to the scene. Horns are still blaring, people are calling out for keys to be taken out of ignitions and various people are trying to give first aid. As he walks around he's seeing things for the first time, including asking who was in various vehicles.

He's doing that whilst recording, so it was obviously his first thought. Satisfied??