Volkswagen commercial

[drunkenshoe]

Genius.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHixeIr_6BM

[Nam]

Good message.

On a side note: they need to bring back the VW Bus.

-Nam

[hrdlr110]

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.

[PickelledEggs]

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.

[Poison Tree]

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

[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

Sadly, that's probably true.

:'(

-Nam

[Moralnihilist]

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

[NinjaRisu]

I like the video. Just sad no one listens or abides by it.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

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.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Ever seen a VW bus in a head on collision? I have and it ain't pretty.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

It's a windshield with wheels.. Fuck fashionable..

[the_antithesis]

No, I mean it was very IN around 60s and 70s, right? The 'everybody let's fuck each other days'?

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.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

I did my fucking in a Chevy van and the back of a Ford Pinto wagon..  My testicles never noticed the difference.

[Poison Tree]

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.

Ever seen a VW bus in a head on collision? I have and it ain't pretty.

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.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Yeahhhh..a spare tire saves lives..kind of the same way a V8 shoved at high speed into your legs saves kneecaps.