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[newziesuzie]

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@Cats3000 wrote:

NH has a law that requires a hands-free device while driving.  I have my phone connected to Bluetooth in my car so I can call hands-free.  I don't text no matter where I am. 

Funny thing, I've still seen people texting and talking while driving in spite of the law.  Like most other attempts at "behavior-modification-by-law", this one will probably have little impact unless police stop every vehicle and check for phones and texting devices in cars.  That would probably go over as well as check points outside bars, etc. for drunk drivers.

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Wish I knew the best answer or solution @Cats3000. Sometimes

its like people don't care or pay attention until somebody in 

their family or friends gets hurt or 

killed.

😔

[spindlegirl]

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@newziesuzie wrote:

SEE VIDEO HERE:

http://creativity-online.com/work/att-it-can-wait--close-to-home/42768

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"AT&T's "It Can Wait" campaign hasn't pulled any punches in educating cellphone users about the dangers of texting and driving.

Previously, the company and BBDO New York tapped
director Werner Herzog
to document the lives of real people whose lives were shattered by texting-related accidents (film "From One Second to the Next.").

Now, to mark the campaign's fifth anniversary,

they've created this beautiful, but horrifying film that shows how not just a text, but any smartphone activity while driving, can endanger users and those around them.

Directed by Anonymous Content's Frederic Planchon, the longform ad depicts what starts out as an average day in the lives of six different characters:
a boy rides his bike through town,
a man purchases a lottery ticket
and hopes to win millions,
a woman gets her child ready to go out
and run errands.

But when the mother quickly glances down at her social media post while on the road, the "minor" distraction turns out to have tragic consequences for her family and others.

The new film is part of an integrated campaign launching this week that also includes 30-second spots, online teasers and a 3D virtual reality simulator that all show the potential fatal consequences of engaging with your phone while driving."

("The Story Behind AT&T's Disturbing Phone-Safety Ad" at http://adage.com/article/behind-the-work/story-disturbing-mobile-phone-safety-ad/299678/)

(Werner Herzog's Heartbreaking Documentary at http://creativity-online.com/work/att-it-can-wait/32310)

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Here's the "It Can Wait" video on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVnRcIXEqaU

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Thanks for posting.  We've seen this many times.  Wish all the stations would air it regularly.

[spindlegirl]

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@dmod nj wrote:

Another one I saw this morning.......

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLk_dCtwJsY&feature=youtu.be&list=PL1dP2IhCZzs3dadteZ9ZeiA1ZYyTxB5cz

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@dmod nj, Thanks for posting this video, too.

[ROMARY]

It could be gender specific, depending on our own communities.  There haven't been any sociological studies, though.  All I know is what I've been seeing/observing around here.  Could be that there are tons of females/moms/female teens/tweens, etc. who are texters in my specific area.  Maybe not so much around other areas, towns, cities, etc.  I do see many adult males sitting in their stationery cars, texting while waiting for someone.  But not very many at all actually driving.  JMOIMA (Just my observations in my area).