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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The hypocritical faux outrage in this thread is funny. I'd guess 75% of people overall text & drive. Teens see mom and dad do it, so they do it too.[/quote]

Then I guess you are seeing representatives of the other 25% here.

My oldest son drove tow truck for a few years.  He texted behind the wheel until his first clean up of such an accident.  [/quote]

Yep. I never wore my seatbelt and didn't think twice about texting and driving until I attended an autopsy for multiple traumatic injuries from a car accident as part of my job. The parties were going less than 60 miles an hour and it was a horror scene. If you don't discipline your kid for this, and he continues to harbor the attitude of "it won't happen to me" and endanger everyone around him, you're a grade-A asshole. [/quote]

[quote]My oldest son drove tow truck for a few years. He texted behind the wheel until his first clean up of such an accident.[/quote]

Does anyone know if there's a place where teens can go to see this without having the kind of job that exposes you to it?  I think this would be so powerful for a teen to see.[/quote]

Courtroom proceedings are open to the public unless it is a juvenile. In my state (PA) you can sit in on any kind of criminal proceeding you would like which would include vehicular homicide and things like that. Trials usually show pictures, any kind of sentencing proceeding often has victim impact statements read out loud or the victim's family personally talking about it. There are sometimes organizations that will speak to schools about the dangers, like police departments, the prosecutor's office, or MADD, etc. [/quote]

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