no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child

[Anonymous]

Okay so I might be the most avid "anti text while driving" activist. However... The same way people try to make te pitiful argument o "teaching girls not to get raped" (I think victim shaming is always wrong btw) I think that we should teach kids to stay out of the street and always remain vigilant. When I see te commercial with the boy named Xavier in the wheelchair I think firstly that it is sad that people text and drive and it can be just as bad as driving drunk... But secondly I think that, this child must have been in the street in order to
Be hit by a distracted driver. I in no way think that the driver is not to blame but I do think that we are sometimes to lax in teaching out kids safety rules. I have neighbors that let the kids run back and forth in the street never looking for cars. I know that as a driver I must be cautious of pedestrians and other cars but some pedestrians act as if they are totally oblivious even when they are walking in the middle of the street. I guess my main point is that there are terrible drivers, there are distracted drivers and that is one thing, but raising a generation of kids who do not have the street smarts to know that they have to interact with cars and not ll drivers are looking out for them.

[Anonymous]

what are you prattling on about now?

[Anonymous]

Teach your kids to keep their asses out if the street and they won't get run over by distracted drivers

[Anonymous]

the title of your post is a complete red herring. If this is about teaching kids to stay out of the street, then say it. The texting and driving commercial is a secondary component to your main issue. (And no, people should not text and drive.)

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SCVZqeAGY-A

This commercial drives me insane. The woman goes on and on about how she can no longer (semi-scream) at her kid: "Go out in the yard and play".... when I can't help but think that likely caused this kid to be outside, clearly far from supervised with her attitude, and get hit by a car. I tun the radio every time it comes on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Okay so I might be the most avid "anti text while driving" activist. However... The same way people try to make te pitiful argument o "teaching girls not to get raped" (I think victim shaming is always wrong btw) I think that we should teach kids to stay out of the street and always remain vigilant. When I see te commercial with the boy named Xavier in the wheelchair I think firstly that it is sad that people text and drive and it can be just as bad as driving drunk... But secondly I think that, this child must have been in the street in order to
Be hit by a distracted driver. I in no way think that the driver is not to blame but I do think that we are sometimes to lax in teaching out kids safety rules. I have neighbors that let the kids run back and forth in the street never looking for cars. I know that as a driver I must be cautious of pedestrians and other cars but some pedestrians act as if they are totally oblivious even when they are walking in the middle of the street. I guess my main point is that there are terrible drivers, there are distracted drivers and that is one thing, but raising a generation of kids who do not have the street smarts to know that they have to interact with cars and not ll drivers are looking out for them.

wtf did I just read

[Anonymous]

Op I have no idea what your really talking about, I was going to comment that commercials in this country really don't show people what could become of their actions. Australia has a very graphic, very real commercial campaign for drunk driving and texting and driving. They should play those commercials here to better educate young drivers.

But this doesn't really have anything to do with your post, just the subject line

[Anonymous]

I'd really like to see an anti-distracted driving PSA that featured someone who killed while distracted driving reflecting on how the experience changed his/her life. Maybe the victim commercials are just too familiar from other campaigns, they seem like they just aren't getting through to people (for example, the OP).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SCVZqeAGY-A

This commercial drives me insane. The woman goes on and on about how she can no longer (semi-scream) at her kid: "Go out in the yard and play".... when I can't help but think that likely caused this kid to be outside, clearly far from supervised with her attitude, and get hit by a car. I tun the radio every time it comes on.

Op here. Ita

[Anonymous]

Say what...?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op I have no idea what your really talking about, I was going to comment that commercials in this country really don't show people what could become of their actions. Australia has a very graphic, very real commercial campaign for drunk driving and texting and driving. They should play those commercials here to better educate young drivers.

But this doesn't really have anything to do with your post, just the subject line

Not OP, but drunk driving levels have dropped significantly in this country through legislation and public education. It's definitely still important.

However, we need to have the same awareness level about texting and driving. I'm sure most people who are constantly on their phones while driving would never think about driving drunk, however the results could be the same--you could kill someone or permanently disable them.

http://blog.focusdriven.org/category/victim-story/

[Anonymous]

Hey DH you need to watch the commercial again. He wasn't playing in the street he was crossing it. And honestly the girl driving the car should have been paying attention no matter what the situation was.

[Anonymous]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=SCVZqeAGY-A

This commercial drives me insane. The woman goes on and on about how she can no longer (semi-scream) at her kid: "Go out in the yard and play".... when I can't help but think that likely caused this kid to be outside, clearly far from supervised with her attitude, and get hit by a car. I tun the radio every time it comes on.

Are you serious? This is what you got out of the commercial? The kid was in a pedestrian crosswalk right by his home accompanied by his 13 year old sibling when he got hit.

[Anonymous]

Wtf?

[Anonymous]

Like I posted in a thread about what is fair for pedestrians and fair for drivers.


Yes she should have been looking.

Being in the cross walk is not a safe zone. Not blaming him but for future reference, you should pay attention to surroundings as a pedestrian.