Victims, families, first responders and even personal injury lawyers see the worst of distracted driving and the heart wrenching aftermath it causes. To help you share the message with your loved ones, we've collected distracted driving videos that we believe can help people really see what happens when they drive distracted.
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Dont Text and Drive PSA
This is a powerful video of two woman stepping out of the car and having a conversation before they collide.
19 Year Old Sarah's Story
On October 6, 2015, 19 year old Sarah was driving home with her young nephew in the backseat. She was texting and crashed head-on with oncoming traffic. This is her story.
"I never thought that would happen to me. And I was told a million times about how dangerous it was and I never listened. Because I didn't think it would happen to me and it did."
Sanborn Regional High School PSA
Students in Kingston, NH created a PSA for their Modern Media Production class.
This is heart wrenching work by the students, who hopefully learned a valuable lesson and will never have to live an experience like this.
Getting high school students involved in PSAs and media projects like this is an excellent way to bring more awareness to the dangers of texting and driving.
Alexxyss's Story
Alexxyss Therwhanger's car crossed into oncoming traffice and collided with another vehicle. She died at the scene.
On October 1, 2017, the nation's toughest distracted driving law went into effect in Oregon. The new law prohibits drivers from using any function of the phone that requires holding or touching.
Distracted driving laws in Missouri and Kansas are more lenient. But, distracted driving doesn't include texting and driving only. Four days after the law when into effect, a driver was killed while talking on the phone.
Don't Text While Driving Documentary
Watch stories from three families in this 8 minute documentary. The phone company's campaign was sent to
You are 23 times more likely to be involved in an accident when texting and driving. 23 times.
Distracted Teens Crash
In 1,700 videos of teen drivers researchers analyzed the six seconds leading up to a crash.
The most common forms of distraction were:
- Interacting with passengers: 15 percent of crashes
- Cell phone use: 12 percent of crashes
- Looking at something in the vehicle: 10 percent of crashes
- Looking at something outside the vehicle: 9 percent of crashes
- Singing/moving to music: 8 percent of crashes
- Grooming: 6 percent of crashes
- Reaching for an object: 6 percent of crashes
The Try Guys
The Try Guys try to steer clear of distractions as they drive through a chaotic closed course.
They talk to a clinical neuropsychologist to find out how the brain functions when trying to multitask. Each guy was scored on a variety of different tests to asses their attention.
- Sustained Attention Test
- Selective & Alternating Attention Tests
The driving course is divided into four tiers:
- Texting
- Friends
- Personal
- Chaos
All of these distractions can occur while you're driving. We hope this video demonstrates (in a fun way) just how dangerous texting and driving can be.
Other People Make Mistakes
Slow down. Other people make mistakes. Another powerful video of two men who step out of their cars for a conversation before they collide. The father with his boy in the back, pleads with the man speeding.
Distraction is Deadly
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