I just saw this video at The Deacon's Bench and at A Concord Pastor Comments. It is not a church video.
Wow. I had a hard time getting up the nerve to watch it. It is very, very graphic and I don't think you can watch it and be unmoved in some way. I felt nauseous and I cried.
Divided attention is a malady of our time and it impacts our practical lives and our souls as well.
This is a very startlingly clear view of what can happen. And it is not just kids either. I am guilty of looking down at my phone more than I care to admit.
There Will Be Bread... When we gather around the table and break bread together, we are transformed not only individually but also as community. We, people from different ages and races, with different backgrounds and histories, become one body." -Henri Nouwen
Very disturbing.
ReplyDeleteIn Australia you can be booked for using your phone while driving. The fine is large and your licence could be suspended. I am always very nervous if I see a driver near me using a phone. On the very few occasions my phone has rung while driving I have either pulled over where possible or ignored it.
ReplyDeleteIllegal here too, although interestingly it seems to be a British film.
ReplyDeleteThere was a terrible case in our city a year or so ago....a car with young people (ca 20) in it off the road, all dead.
ReplyDeleteThe driver's phone sent a text message simultaneous with the time of the crash.
Made by a Welsh police department. Saw a story about this on the CBS News last night.
ReplyDeleteThis should be required viewing in EVERY high school classrrom starting, like, right now.
Two folks to whom I was close died in car crashes since this spring, and the year isn't over yet. I hold my breath every time my son goes out now.
Be careful out there. And turn off your damn phone.
Yes, I saw portions of it on the TODAY show --enough for me.
ReplyDeleteGlad to say I don't have a cell phone.... but that's another story.
Thank you for posting it Fran.
I drive back and forth to Austin from San Antonio at least a few times a month.
ReplyDeleteEach and every time someone is clogging up the fast lane or drifting into the next lane, when I pass them I see they are on the damn phone.
I am all about personal freedom unless it fucks with my personal safety. Using a cell phone while driving should be illegal.
Texting while driving is even worse.
I know you sometimes call me from the road and I love it when you do, but in my mind's eye you are on a hands-free set and not endangering yourself or others.
If that's not the case, please lie to me and say it is.
;)
Luckily, I live in the middle of the city, where I'm able to get around without driving--haven't done it for years--because I'm too easily distracted. My father lost his only brother to a drunken driver and as far as I can see, people who drive while reading emails, punching in phone numbers, shaving, or putting on mascara are no different. It's irresponsibly dangerous--to them and others.
ReplyDeleteI'm just saying...