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The Ripple Effect
some of you would of seen this.. just feel that everyone needs to see it. might not slow you down for good, but you'll be thinking about it tomorrow.. and maybe thats enough.
the father.. dont know, just feel so sorry for him
Donati..Whoa Green
Poor bastard, gotta feel sorry for people like him. No parent should ever have to bury their child.
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James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
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My Dad never took me to work... I had my own job elsewhere. No biggy. Didn't seem to upset us at all.
What's the big deal? People die every day, often innocent people killed by tossers that drive like this one was. This tosser killed himself being an idiot and we're all meant to feel sorry for him? Pfffft. Please! He chose his path.
Wonder if his missus is still single...
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its not just about feeling sorry for him, everyone will take away from those videos what they want, some will feel sorry for him, some might rethink doing something stupid on the roads(this is the overall aim of most of these type of videos), some wont blink an eyelid.Originally Posted by CSP
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the video is called 'the ripple effect' and its showing how his death affected other peoples lives. has nothing to do with feeling sorry for him. only the people around him.
for me, these ads don't impact at all. sure you can see that all the people around the person who died are affected, and thats how it would be in real life. but if the person hasn't already thought of the consequences and impacts of what they are doing before they do it, well thats their fault. i know it hardly seems fair to the people around the dead person, but life isn't fair. a mate of mine fell down a stairwell at his uni during o-week and died at the start of the year. hardly seems fair on the emotional side of things. sure everyone was and still is pretty cut up about it, but everything in life has risks. its just how it is. you cant kid yourself that nothing bad is ever going to happen to the people around you, everyone dies in the end. its just a matter of when.
you have to judge everything according to risk, and have a good perception of the abilities of your skills, and the characteristics of the vehicle. every time i hear that someone has 'lost control' of their vehicle it just frustrates me. these people probably think they are safe drivers, but yet they may not be 'skilled drivers'. sure if you never drive above the abilities of yourself or your vehicle you may never have a crash. but when something unexpected happens and the SR's (survival reactions) take over because its all too much, thats when the serious crashes occur. thats the biggest problem on the roads now, the skill set of the average driver is so low that whenever something unexpected happens the SR's just kick in and make things worse.
the key to surviving life good and cutting through the crap is to try not to let your decision making get tangled up with your emotional state. it never ends well. i try to keep the two as distanced as possible, and i guess thats why these ads don't really do anything for me.
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Zero effect on me not that I go speeding around anyway. Hopefully it will have an effect on the target audience but I doubt it . Would have got a more emotional response from me if it was some tool that took out an innocent family or child or something rather than himself. Yeh its sad for his family but life is full of sadness.
The speeding crash that has effected me personally the most was this-
I went to school with the driver who SURVIVED. He suffered massive head trauma.
Its been 2 years and he can now take 7 steps with a walking frame. HE cannot talk & needs 24 care and pretty much lives in a nursing home.
His mum started a FB Page to keep his friends updated and although he lived, his life will never be the same again.
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i dont know what would be more painful, my mate dying in a car crash, or watchin a life time of pain for him.
I think either way you lose a mate. He only remembers a few people. Seems like such a waste of a life considering he was trying to gain seconds overtaking a truck up the road from his work...
Donati..Whoa Green
How the hell could you survive that??? That pole is basically in the centre console, via the drivers seat.
-Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.
James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
-Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
-Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short Phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Ronald Reagan (1986)
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Well said Dyer. Didn't have an effect on me, im with Julie also, maybe if he killed an innocent bystander or another driver or something, then I'd feel something for them. Not him
it defenetly has an afect on me yep makes me think. thanks jecs
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All I get from that, is you'd think these retard, arrogant, selfish, ######## drivers can't seem to learn that if they kill themselves, they #### up everyone's lives around them.
Feel sorry for the people around them, but as for the actual bloke, cleaning out the gene pool.
He obviously did stupid shit on a regular basis and got what was coming to him.
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I watched all of them.
I think the ad's are great. The fact that the story is REAL, its not actors, its real people really hurting. Even better is a few of them state how stupid he was for making the decision to drive like a fool rather than saying "He was a good kid" like normal, they are all good kids of course. He was stupid, no lesson learnt, but surely some (even the young fella who witnessed it) will see that its a selfish act to walk a fine line and in the end he's taken a piece of all those people who love him with him when he died.
I cant imagine losing a child, I doubt its a pain that never leaves you. Stupidity in a car is to me much like suicide, a selfish gutless act.
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ahh shit...what do ya do...I just wish these sorta ads made those d**kheads out there think before they do this shit...
it only takes a couple of seconds and its all over...
ya gotta feel for the parents tho..imagine if it was your kid
I can defiantly say though...I'm just glad no one else got hurt...
But I'm sure all of their lives are never going to be the same again...
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It is a pity more effort does not go intot he training of drivers that goes into the making of advertisements of idiots killing themselves. That would be a real eye opener.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Almost not here!
As a dad of 3 grown kids - I take every opportunity to discus with my kids the importance of decision they make - do they get into a car with a rev head and risk life on them.
A teenager the other day was killed just after school when he walked out onto the road between 2 buses. Kill in an instant - why would he do that was the question posed to my kids. The answer came that he just plain did not think about it. My answer to them was always think for your self no matter what - ask yourself the question all the time when around dangerous things - cars - night clubs - roads - guns.
Life can be over for any one of us in a flash SO ALWAYS THINK FOR YOUR SELF - IS THIS DANGEROUS TO MY LIFE.
Teenage years and young adulthood is a time to expand into the real world - and the real world can bite hard to those that have been protected by mommy and daddy. You must let your kids feel the knife edge cut the finger if they dont watch what they are doing - involve your kids at every opportunity.
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too right, thats half the reason i just roll my eyes when i see another ad like this. if the money was spent on training people rather than telling them that dying is bad etc etc i would be much happier.
Hybrids. Cars for fools.
not a waste of money. its a great add. thers alot of guys out there in their late teens or early twentys who have a little bro, mates and parents. And they behave like that in their cars.
Infidel Bear
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So you think these will magically change their ways? As they say, a leopard never changes it's spots. I think driving attitudes have a lot to do with social issues. The majority of moron drivers I see aren't people who seem to be well off, they seem generally uneducated or just not too bright. Sure this is a generalisation, but basing it on the types of cars and the looks of the people I see doing it. I do not think an advert on TV will do anything to change the vast majority of real hooligans on our roads.
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
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You're pretty well right in most instances. Not all, but most.
Kicker - Livin' Loud :)
i doubt they will ever open their eyes and start putting money into better education and training..
why would they when they can just throw a couple bucks at someone to get some footage together,
and if all else fails blame the p platers
i dont think any real action is going to happen any time soon...
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i agree with minux. id love to see a proper driving corse that teachs peoples how to control a car when the car/driver ARENT in control, id even do once a year myself just for reassurance. but these videos bein played on tv wouldnt do any harm either.
Make the stupid stop!
A driving licence is a licence to kill if you abuse it. I can't understand why there is not compulsory education in defensive driving practices and controlling a car in certain conditions before you are granted a licence.
The ads are very traumatic to parents here as we can see the reality in them and understand this is something that could affect us with our own kids.
Sadly the target audience is oblivious as once testosterone kicks in and the feeling of invincibility when behind the wheel takes over, these ads are pointless.
Coming home last night I was over taken on the inside lane by a P Plater in a Suzuki swift. He was doing at least a 100 in a 60 zone and shot off into the distance, with a male passenger. Stupid boy was jeopardising his life and that of his passenger and those around him travelling home. I caught up to him at the bottom of the hill and he was just sitting there like Mr Cool, I so badly wanted to give him a mouthful.
This morning on the way to work, the same car was sitting abandoned at the side of the road going in the other direction. Karma it broke down or ran out of petrol on his way home?
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