“YOU TEXT- YOU DRIVE – YOU DIE”, Carolinas’ AAA Release UK Video in their Anti-texting Ad Campaign
Published on May 17th, 2010 by admin. Filed under States & Government, TV News and TV Shows, Video Clips
In the 1960’s, educators used the shock method to make the dangers of the road clear to students by showing them the gruesome film Blood on the Highway. Fast forward to 2009, where a filmmaker from Wales used the same idea to stop teens from texting while driving.
The graphic PSA got everyone’s attention but not necessarily in a good way. Now, folks in North and South Carolina will be subjected to the video thanks to the regional Automobile Association of America for the Carolinas.
AAA Carolinas spokesman Tom Crosby said the video will be carried on 20 cable channels in central and northwestern South Carolina, starting this week. According to a report by Fox news, the PSA will only air after 9 o’clock but it’s still bound to upset some viewers.
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Emily
May 18th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
People need to realize how serious this issue is
admin
May 19th, 2010 at 11:40 am
This video is not for the faint of heart, i must have received 100 emails this month asking if we have seen it. Thanks for all the submissions. -Admin
Hannah
May 20th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
this makes me sick knowing I have been in a car with someone who could have easily placed us in the same situation
Pam
July 30th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Trauma surgeons like to say there are no vehicle accidents, collisions are caused by people deliberately doing stupid things. Nothing could be made more clear in this video. This is trauma, and it kills 170,000 people in the United States every year. Even with such graphic warnings, trauma surgeons will continue to try to put people back together after traumatic injuries like those shown in the video. Sometimes they are successful, but too often they’re not because they don’t have the right tools.
Help fund trauma research, and put more tools into the hands of trauma surgeons.