Down on the Corner

http://inthespotlite.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-texting-and-driving-ruins-lives.html

It seems that virtually all age groups are texting, so all age groups are texting and driving too. This video graphically shows why texting while driving is illegal in 19 states in the US and will eventually be illegal in all states. Please do not watch the video if you have a weak stomach, and please do not text while driving!

The video was made for and with the assistance of the Gwent Police Department, located in Tredegar, Gwent County, South Wales, which is approximately 150 miles west of London in the United Kingdom.

The video is a trailer for a 30 minute film on texting and driving called "COW" that was commissioned by the Gwent Police Department and was produced and directed by Peter Watkins-Hughes, who is an award winning former BBC producer. Hughes also lectures at the Documentary Film & Television department at the Newport School of Art, Media and Design in Wales.

The video was released in July, 2009, and immediately went viral world-wide. Unfortunately, many teens have commented on YouTube, where the video is hosted, that teens click the vid off after aboout 30 seconds. Hopefully, more of them will watch the entire video, and, just as importantly, perhaps their parents will watch it too.

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