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OT - NT Must see video

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#1

I usually don’t propagate links sent to me, but this one, sent by an insurance agent, was just too good not to share. It was produced by the state of Victoria, Australia as a public service campaign against impaired driving. It’s quite graphic and very moving, especially if you have young adult children.

It’s too bad that the US media will not air this type if video. They think it is too violent and graphic. It is. But it’s the real-life graphic violence that young people need to understand can happen to them or their friends before they experience it.

Judge for yourself…

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=Z2mf8DtWWd8

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#2

They do! I’ve seen parts of this but not all!! It’s like when I used to arrest people for driving drunk, people kill people, not guns, cars or anything else. We are all responsible for our own actions, and if something of a tragedy befalls us, we have NO ONE to blame but ourselves!

I’ve seen both sides of the aisle, One being in law enforcement for 7 1/2 yrs. where I couldn’t make a living, worked long thankless hours, and then started making some money selling alcohol as a living for a wholesaler!! You can only fix or stop what someone wants to fix and or stop doing, but you can’t shame one by guilt, into stopping something they themselves have no will power, and or the strength, and or the willingness to stop their own destructive behavior. Regal

Oh p.s. I used to also sell insurance for a living, and the way we were trained to sell was show death related type films right in people’s living rooms to possibly scare, or at least make them start thinking about their own mortality by showing them funerals, death, destruction, and the like. That was in the 70’s for me.

#3

Whilst that is certainly graphic there is precious little evidence that it has had any measurable affect on the road toll of the younger drivers here in Victoria.
They still think they are indestructible and keep on killing themselves in disproportionate numbers.
The only thing that slows them down and helps reduce drink driving is a police presence on our roads.
We now have random drug testing as well as random drunk tests.
Anywhere, anytime.
We also have speed averaging camera systems on some major highways. That is where for example, the 300+ km journey to the NSW border from Melbourne is monitored by many speed cameras. All linked together so that an average speed between any and all cameras on the stretch will result in big time license disqualification.
Like elsewhere in the World, fake cardboard cut out police on the highways are also having an effect.

#4

That is a powerful video with a very powerful message. As a Family Physician that worked in Emergency Rooms for 24 years this video brought back many painful memories of lives lost and changed forever because of drunk and impaired driving. This type of public service campaign needs to be aired frequently in the United States. Thank you for posting it

                                                                                  Doc Tom