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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Simon72 on 16 July 2010, 15:42:43
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This video / film made me think just HOW dangerous a car can be.
Most people can only watch half the film before getting upset. BUT it does make you think.
75% of the film is staged, but a few bits are real CCTV films or private videos.
You have been warned....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC2SBX2nnUw&feature=player_embedded
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:-[ :'(
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It's the people driving them who are dangerous i.e. Us
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:'( :'( :'(
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shocking :'( :'(
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makes you think.
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Some shocking stuff there :o
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Blimey :o will never complain again bout old people driving slow
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I thought these adverts (fake ones) were good. I'm not being sarcastic or anything. But what I mean is they hit you square in the face, make you sit up and think of the last journey you had in your car before you saw these. And I think there a good way of making people re-think the way they drive, a sort of 'wake-up call' that your lifes precious, so just be extra careful.
Also think instead of adverts for tea bags, washing up liquid, paints, etc etc, I think all of these video clips should be shown back to back at least once a week in between the television intermissions :-?.
There used to be safety ads on tv, but I've not noticed any lately / these days, unless it's at 2am in the morning when not many people are watching tv ?.
Though I suspect it's all down to 'money' at the end of the day, and costs too much to buy some advert space between the programs, so safety groups won't bother trying ? >:( .
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certainly wouldnt hurt to show that as a road safety ad on TV would it? Dont show it to death as people will just turn off to its message but run it a couple of times every night for a week and itll become a talking point and maybe get its message across, albeit for a while at least.Problem with any health and safety issue is that people simply never really think about the potential consequences of their actions until it happens to them and its then too late. Makes you think :'(
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Glad I have put this up, it is getting some great feedback.. And it definitely makes you think of what could be around the next corner.
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:( if they showed more stuff like this on these "police camera action" type programs it might take some of the "glamour" of driving fast,as it is all people see is drivers walking away from accidents as it is deemed unacceptable to show death and serious injuries,time to show people what really happens :(
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:( if they showed more stuff like this on these "police camera action" type programs it might take some of the "glamour" of driving fast,as it is all people see is drivers walking away from accidents as it is deemed unacceptable to show death and serious injuries,time to show people what really happens :(
Well said :y
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I've been cut out of the wreckage once when i was a young 'un, it was an RTA not on the banger track. No big injuries but my feet were bent backwards under the seat with the pedals in my shins, dashboard in my legs & steering wheel in my chest. My bonny face had broken the windscreen but the aforementioned pushed me back in. I was conscious throughout & it was my own stupid fault for driving like a pillock so i deserved it.
Two other trains of thought.
1 :- The shock of the flashing lights, emergency vehicles has a higher shock factor than the collision itself. But the skill of those staffing them, getting you out with gas/air & encouragement, putting you at ease when you don't deserve it is priceless. All Fire/police/ambulance/forces etc should be paid footballers salary because they deserve it & the tarty footballers should be paid a basic living wage to compensate..seehow devoted they are then!
2:- Thank god i only hurt myself. Acted or not the expressions on the faces of those who'd realized this is'nt just a crash i've killed a child, parent, anyone who was innocent.
Not sure how or if i'd cope with that.
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My God, i'm as cynical as the next person, and i've seen & experienced death in a few of it's guises but this affected even me. It should be required viewing every morning & every evening IMO :( :'(
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Just watched the clip once by myself and again with the wife watching it as well. First time watching I took it in, second time watching it made me open my eyes wide and started to think about how I drive, I think I drive well and with carefulness but by christ I will think twice when some teenage boy racer in his body modified paxo with loud exhaust and a 1.0 engine cuts me up, to have a quick flash back to that clip and remember NOT to put my foot down and do the same to him. Well done Simon to find that clip :y .
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That is shocking, made me think about my own driving, which I think to a high standard but I often see on country roads cars coming towards you on a bend that look as if they are struggling to keep it on their side of the road :( The entrance to our village is a good example and I have an 'escape plan' constantly in my head, was not long ago that I pulled a friend of Master Vamps out of his Mothers 'rolled' Corsa, fortunately he was almost unhurt... :)
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must watch everyday, so I'll think twice when pushing the accelerator :(
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Having done recovery for quite a while I have seen the aftermath of some horrific accidents but that was truly an eye opener :'( :'( :'(
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Some truly horrific accidents shown there, not easy to watch knowing that people are dying on screen. Boy racers should be shown real-life scenes like this IMO, not just reconstructions which don't quite convey the horror, and be shown the aftermath of such stupidity.
Jon
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I attend a reasonable amount of RTCs. There are lots of people who wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the development in car design and safety systems. Lots of crashes people walk away from now whereas before they would be brown bread. That's not a green light to drive like a loony though obviously! The car running the pizza guy over looks like a Senator! Brilliant I love Senators!
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I attend a reasonable amount of RTCs. There are lots of people who wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the development in car design and safety systems. Lots of crashes people walk away from now whereas before they would be brown bread. That's not a green light to drive like a loony though obviously! The car running the pizza guy over looks like a Senator! Brilliant I love Senators!
The car running the pizza guy over looks like a Senator! Brilliant I love Senators
...............but not pizza guys? :o ;D ;D :y
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I don't think it makes much difference at all as the majority of people who have watched this film or others like it will fail to heed the message the next time they get behind the wheel.
Speed used in inappropriate circumstances, inattention to the prevailing road conditions and the actual task of driving the vehicle, are amongst the primary motivators in road traffic incidents/collisions.
However, the majority will continue as before as we're not in the car to drive it with safety uppermost in our minds, we are in the car to use it as a means of getting from A to B as quickly possible with the least amount of inconvenience caused to our ‘busy ‘ schedules.
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we lost a family friend a few weeks ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10288186
And while i agree a 21 year old shouldnt have a bwm 328i and he was probably booting it he didnt deserve to die
Incidently he died from the main artery to his heart rupturing and bled to death. at what speed do you need to be doing then sudden stop for that to happen?
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I'm afraid the video is only shocking because it's new viewing. Most people would get immune if they saw it too often. It is useful for showing actual car-on-pedestrian collisions in my view as the 'rag-doll' effect is shocking.
The best feedback a driver can have on car-car collisions is to be in a car when it happens - hopefully not too severe!
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Chuff me! :-/
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Oh yeah I didn't mean it like that! I like pizza guys aswell, especially when they darken my doorstep!!!! Poor pizza guy. :'( But good Senator! :D
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Oh yeah I didn't mean it like that! I like pizza guys aswell, especially when they darken my doorstep!!!! Poor pizza guy. :'( But good Senator! :D
I know G :y That was just an example of my twisted thought proccesses at work. ;D ;D :y
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Films and clips like this should be shown on a regular basis on tv, and also at driving schools,
I watched the whole film and was still shocked at some of it.
I have seen my fair share of RTA's after being a truck driver for nearly 20 years and also being a member of the voluntary fire brigade in Germany I have also cut quite a few people out of wrecks,
unfortunatly accidents will still happen, you or others might not be at fault, you could have a blow out on a motorway doing the legal limit what sends the car out of controll or like some of the clips show, standing at a crossing when someone else rams you pushing your car forward.
I hope everyone does take heed of the clip and we all stay safe.
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It's the people driving them who are dangerous i.e. Us
I agree, the only way an inanimate object can possibly present any danger is if there is human intervention.
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It's the people driving them who are dangerous i.e. Us
I agree, the only way an inanimate object can possibly present any danger is if there is human intervention.
There would have to be human intervention or who would it be a danger to? ;D
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It's the people driving them who are dangerous i.e. Us
I agree, the only way an inanimate object can possibly present any danger is if there is human intervention.
There would have to be human intervention or who would it be a danger to? ;D
Good point :y (although I'm sure you knew what I meant ;) )