Anonymous
11/27/2013 21:19
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you miss the first part of the OP's sentence?
And "stay in the crosswalk" actually is one of the safety rules we're supposed to be teaching our children.
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-pedsafety/blairwalkproject.html
Yes, absolutely you should stay in the crosswalk. But you should also look both ways, and be sure that it is safe to cross, before entering the crosswalk.
This is a difficult concept for kids to learn. Just because you are in the crosswalk does NOT MEAN that cars will stop for you. You need to wait until you are SURE that the cars are stopping for you, before you attempt to cross.
If someone kills someone in a crosswalk they should be prosecuted for murder.
Anonymous
11/27/2013 21:18
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
Anonymous wrote:O, I agree. People who think they can play with their dools in the street (I've seen that), or just stand there and chat are really odd to me. Don't get me going about the bikers. You don't ned to be texting or drunk to kill someone in the road. You could have glare in your face, or macular degeneration, or a mini stroke, or bad weather, or just look away for a second and then in no time a bad accident.
KEEP OUT OF THE ROAD PEOPLE.
DRIVE MORE CAREFULLY SO THAT YOU DON'T HURT ANYONE, PEOPLE!
Anonymous
11/27/2013 21:18
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
Anonymous wrote:I think the problem is that people are assuming that the OP is the same poster as the one(s) who later on in the thread called the mother *degenerate* and gone on to blame her and assume it was her poor parenting that was at fault here.
Valetta Bradford (that's her name btw) is NOT a degenerate. She's not a bad mother. Xzavier was doing everything right: he was crossing in the crosswalk, holding his 13 year old sisters hand (not playing in the street as other PPs who can't be bothered to find anything out about this case have just assumed). And still he was hit by a young woman who was too busy texting to pay attention.
I think all the PPs who made these assumptions saw a woman who was black and overweight with a child who's name is spelled in a nontraditional manner and decided that it was ok to blame the victim. If they'd actually watched the documentary the commercial was cut from, or hell even this short from the DOT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oymnC-tM79o
You'll hear that this wasn't the first time the girl who hit Xzavier was texting and driving, and Xzavier told his mother *I did everything you told me to. She was bad.*
I suspect people on DCUM relate to the driver rather than the victim because they are the type of assholes who text while driving and don't have their kids walk anywhere.
Anonymous
11/27/2013 21:12
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
I think the problem is that people are assuming that the OP is the same poster as the one(s) who later on in the thread called the mother *degenerate* and gone on to blame her and assume it was her poor parenting that was at fault here.
Valetta Bradford (that's her name btw) is NOT a degenerate. She's not a bad mother. Xzavier was doing everything right: he was crossing in the crosswalk, holding his 13 year old sisters hand (not playing in the street as other PPs who can't be bothered to find anything out about this case have just assumed). And still he was hit by a young woman who was too busy texting to pay attention.
I think all the PPs who made these assumptions saw a woman who was black and overweight with a child who's name is spelled in a nontraditional manner and decided that it was ok to blame the victim. If they'd actually watched the documentary the commercial was cut from, or hell even this short from the DOT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oymnC-tM79o
You'll hear that this wasn't the first time the girl who hit Xzavier was texting and driving, and Xzavier told his mother *I did everything you told me to. She was bad.*
Valetta Bradford (that's her name btw) is NOT a degenerate. She's not a bad mother. Xzavier was doing everything right: he was crossing in the crosswalk, holding his 13 year old sisters hand (not playing in the street as other PPs who can't be bothered to find anything out about this case have just assumed). And still he was hit by a young woman who was too busy texting to pay attention.
I think all the PPs who made these assumptions saw a woman who was black and overweight with a child who's name is spelled in a nontraditional manner and decided that it was ok to blame the victim. If they'd actually watched the documentary the commercial was cut from, or hell even this short from the DOT:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oymnC-tM79o
You'll hear that this wasn't the first time the girl who hit Xzavier was texting and driving, and Xzavier told his mother *I did everything you told me to. She was bad.*
Anonymous
10/29/2013 11:08
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
O, I agree. People who think they can play with their dools in the street (I've seen that), or just stand there and chat are really odd to me. Don't get me going about the bikers. You don't ned to be texting or drunk to kill someone in the road. You could have glare in your face, or macular degeneration, or a mini stroke, or bad weather, or just look away for a second and then in no time a bad accident.
KEEP OUT OF THE ROAD PEOPLE.
KEEP OUT OF THE ROAD PEOPLE.
Anonymous
10/28/2013 23:20
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you miss the first part of the OP's sentence?
And "stay in the crosswalk" actually is one of the safety rules we're supposed to be teaching our children.
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-pedsafety/blairwalkproject.html
Yes, absolutely you should stay in the crosswalk. But you should also look both ways, and be sure that it is safe to cross, before entering the crosswalk.
This is a difficult concept for kids to learn. Just because you are in the crosswalk does NOT MEAN that cars will stop for you. You need to wait until you are SURE that the cars are stopping for you, before you attempt to cross.
I was the OP you summed up what the take away was. Thanks!!
Anonymous
10/28/2013 22:42
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
To the people who comment on the original OP. You all are highly on freaking drugs and are too GODDAMN stupid understand what that person just said. You all look REALLY freakin retarded giving that person a hard time.
To the commenter who said drinking,driving, and texting has dropped significantly. Sorry dude but you are far flung 100% wrong! There's an estimate calculation that statistically shows that irresponsible driving is up. So stop being gullible reading crap you don't understand.
To the commenter who said drinking,driving, and texting has dropped significantly. Sorry dude but you are far flung 100% wrong! There's an estimate calculation that statistically shows that irresponsible driving is up. So stop being gullible reading crap you don't understand.
Anonymous
09/07/2013 22:43
Subject: no texting and driving commercial with permanently disabled child
Anonymous wrote:Did you miss the first part of the OP's sentence?
And "stay in the crosswalk" actually is one of the safety rules we're supposed to be teaching our children.
http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/dot-pedsafety/blairwalkproject.html
Yes, absolutely you should stay in the crosswalk. But you should also look both ways, and be sure that it is safe to cross, before entering the crosswalk.
This is a difficult concept for kids to learn. Just because you are in the crosswalk does NOT MEAN that cars will stop for you. You need to wait until you are SURE that the cars are stopping for you, before you attempt to cross.