Watch Werner Herzog's Devastating Documentary on Texting While Driving

[marmar]

from Mother Jones:



Watch Werner Herzog's Devastating Documentary on Texting While Driving

—By Asawin Suebsaeng
| Tue Aug. 13, 2013 1:39 PM PDT


Here's something you should check out now, if you haven't already. "From One Second to the Next" is a 35-minute public service announcement sponsored by AT&T's "It Can Wait" campaign, and directed by German filmmaker Werner Herzog (as in the internationally acclaimed and highly influential director of such films as Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Grizzly Man). It's a thoroughly effective and artfully crafted PSA that examines the easily preventable death toll caused by texting while driving.

Watch:

Screenings of the short documentary are being planned for over 40,000 high schools, as well as hundreds of government agencies and safety groups. "There’s a completely new culture out there," Herzog told The Canadian Press. "I'm not a participant of texting and driving—or texting at all—but I see there's something going on in civilization which is coming with great vehemence at us." ..............................................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.motherjones.com/mixed-media/2013/08/werner-herzog-documentary-texting-while-driving

[markiv]

1. good-everything that was gained by changing attitudes about drinking and

driving stand to be nullified, if this isnt addressed

what have you gained, under a headstone, if you were killed by someone who was very conciencious about not drinking and driving (because of changed social attitudes), but careless about texting?

[malaise]

2. Our new neighbours wanted to go somewhere the other day

and suggested that he drive. I told him I saw him driving and texting and would never drive with him. He seem surprised but his wife told me two days later that she's glad I told him.