The impossible texting & driving test – YouTube

Visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbjSWDwJILs&feature=youtu.be

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A smart and engaging use of video by this Belgian driver safety organisation (including some fruity language – it’s OK, it’s in French) to bring home an important safety message:

More and more traffic accidents are due to texting. If we want to reduce the 1.2 million traffic victims worldwide each year, we have to act. How do you convince youngsters not to text while driving? Prove them it is a very bad idea: oblige them to text while driving! See how Belgian learner drivers reacted when they were told they had to pass the mobile phone test in order to get their driver’s license.

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