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[bluehawk]

If you know any one who texts whilst driving ot might be worth showing them this a hard hitting safety waring from wales.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8I54mlK0kVw

[nick v6]

that is hard hitting

pure silence for a while afterwards

[bluehawk]

that is hard hitting

pure silence for a while afterwards

 Ithink this worst bit was the baby

[nick v6]

that is hard hitting

pure silence for a while afterwards

 Ithink this worst bit was the baby

sure is and where the little kid keeps saying mommy daddy wake up

[Tonka.]

Truly shocking. Makes you think  :-?

[Dishevelled Den]

Are people still doing this - what are they thinking about?

Anyone performing this stunt forfiets the right to drive, so it's an immediate ban and heavy fine in my view

[KillerWatt]

I reckon if she'd been driving something a bit more substantial than a Ford Kack, all of her passengers would have been fine

[Lizzie_Zoom]

It amazes me that it is necessary to have to keep on reminding people not to text or use a mobile phone whilst driving

If they haven't got the message now they probably never will, just like those bastards who still think it is ok to drink and drive!

You can use the most shocking images of what can happen but they just think it will never happen to them!!

[TheBoy]

can't be arsed to look at utube clip, but anyone texting whilst driving has to be a few sandwiches short anyway, so no campaign will ever sink in.

[Chris_H]

If you ride a motorbike you see everything that drivers do in their laps.  Sandwiches, drinks, phones, A-Z, newspaper... the list goes on.  Not seen a DS as far as I can recall!

[KillerWatt]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7amxE3RLAzQ[/media]

[Tonka.]

If you ride a motorbike you see everything that drivers do in their laps.  Sandwiches, drinks, phones, A-Z, newspaper... the list goes on.  Not seen a DS as far as I can recall!

I have seen someone using a PSP, unbelievable 

[TheBoy]

If you ride a motorbike you see everything that drivers do in their laps.  Sandwiches, drinks, phones, A-Z, newspaper... the list goes on.  Not seen a DS as far as I can recall!

I was a passenger in a works transit one evening, going up the motorway. We overtook this bloke who was 'pleasuring himself' whilst driving

[Mr Skrunts]

Are people still doing this - what are they thinking about?

Anyone performing this stunt forfiets the right to drive, so it's an immediate ban and heavy fine in my view

Totally agree, Every time I go out in the car I allways see some using a mobile, as bad as that is they can still see the road whilst talking on the phone, but texting is a complete NO NO.

A ban I reckon would get the meaage accros, or confiscate the phone and but a ban on that phone number might make people think twice at the cost and disruption it would cause them.

[jereboam]

Personally, I don't have too much of problem in principle with using a mobile for a conversation when driving, but then I drive an automatic and I reckon that 95% of the time I can control my car perfectly well with one hand.  I doubt if the distraction level is significantly greater than having your passengers arguing amongst themselves and with you.  A crap navigator can cause even more distraction.

BUT, having said that, I obey the law - I use the built in car phone if absolutely essential, and I have a simple hands-free amplifier for incoming calls on my regular mobile.  Apart from motorway or dual carriageway cruising, I can't understand how anyone can safely manage a manual car while using a phone.  Texting is just plain stupid.

It is often said that speed kills.  That's true, because if you are involved in an accident, the higher the impact velocity, the more severely you are likely to be injured and ultimately killed - its simple physics.  But it isn't necessarily speed that triggers accidents.  In my not very humble opinion, stupidity is what causes accidents.