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Graphic video illustrates the dangers of texting while driving

09.04.09 | No Comments

[Warning - The following video contains a graphic dramatization of a deadly head-on car accident caused by a teen who is seen texing while driving.]

The Gwent Police Department in Gwent, Wales has produced a Public Service Announcement hitting hard on the serious danger of texting while driving.  The four minute video portrays teens in a vehicle laughing and talking.  The distracted driver who is texing causes a car accident with another vehicle which results in multiple fatalities.

While the controversial video has received praise and attention by many for it’s explicit images that certainly have a lasting effect on the viewer, some believe that the video is not appropriate for a teen audience.  The PSA has not made it to television in the U.S. yet and there is a question of whether it will make it past U.S. censors.

Recent studies show that approximately one quarter of all fatal accidents in the U.S. involve a texting driver and that a person is 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident when texing while driving.

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