The usual sights on the 405 Freeway in Los Angeles include famous street signs, beautiful sunsets, colorful graffiti -- and plenty of law-breaking distracted drivers: SUV owners yakking on cell phones; teens texting away while behind the wheel. Now there's "Bubblehead," a giant Barbarella-like cutie holding up a cell phone whose on-screen message reads: "PLS DNT TXT & DRIVE." Los Angeles artist Mike McNeilly created the 13,000-square-foot billboard as part of his continuing series of public service works starring the Bubblehead character, so named because she's wearing a space helmet -- and … [Read more...]
‘If Lives Are in Your Hands … ‘
March 16, 2011 by 1 Comment
What if your surgeon decided to do a little text messaging while you're there on the operating table? That's the (rhetorical) question posed by short-filmmaker David McDonald, recently honored for the safety PSA video below. McDonald, 24, won $7,800 (CAN) worth of filmmaking tools in the distracted driving category of a short-film contest sponsored by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. "I looked at texting and driving and what that really is -- it is a dangerous thing operating a heavy vehicle that could kill," McDonald told the Westminster News Leader on March 16. … [Read more...]
South Dakotans see texting ad — but no laws
June 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
South Dakota hasn't gotten around to banning texting while driving. Two attempts at distracted driving laws crashed and burned in the Legislature this season as lawmakers fretted about personal liberties and enforcement. Prospects for distracted driving legislation in South Dakota next session: murky at best. But the state has a PSA. Better than nothing. … [Read more...]
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