After this assignment, it was very shocking because with the distance covered in one second any kind of accident could happen! The speed most commonly traveled on the highway was especially shocking because when you're going so fast and cover so much distance in a single second, it's quite scary. Now, whenever I am able to drive, I will remember this assignment and know that looking away from the road while driving isn't the best idea.
This commercial is definitely effective in the way that it has a huge shock factor and it definitely scares the people who watch it into not texting and driving. After I watched it a while ago I definitely remembered it very vividly and now know that even for an emergency text or if you look away for a second you're distracted! If you really need to text someone while you're driving get someone with you to do it for you or pull over/ It's definitely the safest bet for everyone involved! However, some people may not have been affected by this commercial. If this is the case it may be because they are just irresponsible people in general. Some people will see absolutely no problem with texting and driving because they haven't crashed their car yet, but they don't realize that what they're doing can affect others as well.
An intervention that I believe would be extremely helpful to stop distracted driving would be to show distracted drivers how other people's driving habits have affected others. For example, if someone was seeking help for a loved one who was a dangerous, distracted driver, they could contact this intervention group and other people who had lost loved ones to distracted driving or they themselves have had car accidents due to distracted driving would be able to teach them what their actions could do! This type of intervention would definitely scare the people who are seeking help, but hopefully it would be able to scare them enough for them to end their habit.
4. The next time you are in a car with a driver who is speeding or repeatedly distracted do you think you will speak up and attempt to correct the errors? Why or why not?
Personally, it depends on who the driver is. For me, if the driver is someone who I trust very much and know they completely understand the speed limit and rules against texting and driving I probably wouldn't say anything. In that case, I wouldn't feel in danger and I don't believe that they would be in too much danger either because I would know that person enough that it was extremely important or something else like that. Other than that, if it was someone who I wasn't very close with, I would probably speak up just to let them know that I don't care if they do it on their own, but not to do it when I'm in the car with them.
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