Genius.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHixeIr_6BM
Good message.
On a side note: they need to bring back the VW Bus.
-Nam
Great message, and great method of delivering the message. Unfortunately, most of them will think only others can't text and drive - always others!
If all goes according to plan in your travels, texting may not get you killed. The thing to remember is, you're not the only fucking idiot texting while you drive! And if two fucking idiots come together on the roads, I have NO problem with that. Sad thing is, that's not always the case.
I'm currently developing an app that prevents phone use (except for navigation which is set before departure) at speeds over 10kph. Password protected by parent, it also detects erratic driving behaviour and sends notification to parents. Available soon for android. Target market is parents of news drivers.
people don't realize how dangerous lack of focus can be.
My brother was driving my sister home in my old chevy s10 pickup. As he was turning in to our driveway, some guy smashed in to the back of the car and the s10 flipped upside down. Luckily my brother and sister wasn't hurt at all. My brother needed stiches in his hand, but that wasn't from the crash, it was from him trying to break through the window so they could get out.
Driving while texting, driving while drunk/buzzed, driving while too tired. It's all really bad and unsafe for the driver and everyone around them.
Quote from: Nam on June 15, 2014, 02:41:52 AM
On a side note: they need to bring back the VW Bus.
-Nam
In a few years I'm sure they will re-boot it like they did with the butt-ugly new beetle or the not quite so ugly new-new beetle. It will probably look like a hatchback SUV but still be called a bus
Quote from: Poison Tree on June 15, 2014, 11:43:50 AM
In a few years I'm sure they will re-boot it like they did with the butt-ugly new beetle or the not quite so ugly new-new beetle. It will probably look like a hatchback SUV but still be called a bus
Sadly, that's probably true.
:'(
-Nam
Quote from: Poison Tree on June 15, 2014, 11:43:50 AM
In a few years I'm sure they will re-boot it like they did with the butt-ugly new beetle or the not quite so ugly new-new beetle. It will probably look like a hatchback SUV but still be called a bus
Its in concept, with rumors to come out either this year or next.
Evidence:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/future-cars/spy-shots/2014-volkswagen-microbus
I like the video. Just sad no one listens or abides by it.
Everyone thinks they're the better driver, has the best taste in music, knows better how to run a country, raise kids and on and on. The simple solution it seems to me would require all car manufacturers to install a device to disable the texting function in cars within a foot of a steering wheel, but they won't. Cars keep getting more and more built in destractions and I don't see the trend reversing any time soon. Then you'll always have the crowd who thinks ANY regulation is 'unconstitutional'.
The other solution, take the fucking bus or train.
Ever seen a VW bus in a head on collision? I have and it ain't pretty.
It's a windshield with wheels.. Fuck fashionable.. :lol:
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 01:14:49 PM
No, I mean it was very IN around 60s and 70s, right? The 'everybody let's fuck each other days'? :lol:
There was a brief window after the invention of the birth control pill and before the advent of AIDS.
In those days, people did it a lot.
I did my fucking in a Chevy van and the back of a Ford Pinto wagon.. My testicles never noticed the difference.
Quote from: Moralnihilist on June 15, 2014, 12:27:40 PM
Its in concept, with rumors to come out either this year or next.
Evidence:
http://www.roadandtrack.com/go/future-cars/spy-shots/2014-volkswagen-microbus
Definitely looks ugly, but more like the original than I'd anticipated--and likely a ton safer.
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on June 15, 2014, 12:41:57 PM
Ever seen a VW bus in a head on collision? I have and it ain't pretty.
Quote from: AllPurposeAtheist on June 15, 2014, 01:12:51 PM
It's a windshield with wheels..
I've seen/heard people claim that a fully inflated spare tire on the front improved the safety significantly, but I don't actually believe it. Still, we'd all drive a lot more carefully if we were strapped to the front bumper of our car.
Yeahhhh..a spare tire saves lives..kind of the same way a V8 shoved at high speed into your legs saves kneecaps.
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 03:33:21 PM
Stop addressing my posts. When you block someone, you block them. You don't continue to chat with them in some other way.
The hell are you talking about?
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 03:34:08 PM
Big American cars, eh. :lol:
I'm not sure about the Pinto qualifying as a big American car. Little piece of shit maybe,but not big American car.. :lol:
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 03:52:03 PM
A week ago I made the mistake to write a one line 'how have you been' pm to you, since you were staying with a fucking idiot and all that. Forum gives a red message, something like 'your pm is blocked by this user'. So it looks ridiculous when you post to me.
Oh.
I just had PM's turned off.
I don't use that feature much, anyway, so it seemed like a waste.
Sorry.
Jeez.
I'll probably get yelled at, but PMS are.... Oh never mind.. PM's ... My attempt at being lame and I failed at being lame..
Okey.. Glad to hear, but it was lame even if I do say so myself.
Quote from: drunkenshoe on June 15, 2014, 04:28:17 PM
What Jeez? This is not about your pm being closed, anti. It doesn't say 'this user's pm is disabled'. It says ' this user blocked your pm' which would be taken as something personal by everyone who got it.
Fair enough, but I didn't write that message. It's what the software sends automatically.
Shoe, do we need to put your bark collar back on? :p
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-Nam