Every 15 Minutes
You know that statistic that says every 15 minutes someone is killed by a drunk driver? Well we had an assembly recreating an accident after a drunk driver hits a car. Now while informative at best.....It was really, really "weird". First to recreate the effect, they had the area smell of booze, pretty strong booze. Now is it all that smart to have the whole scene smell of that crap? Though the effects of the injuries look nice they had to show the Grim Reaper.....Would've been better without the man in black. Now the whole spectacle was fun but the physics of it sucks. Frankly when someone flies out of a car window they don't land on their back they land face first. And the point of impact is just ridiculous. Hitting that car at that particular diagonal angle and having the cars extremely far apart was just ridiculous also. However....I did like it when they brought out the jaws of life. Am I a monster for criticizing it? Maybe, but at least they should have got the physics of it right.
posted by Andy T. @ 6:31 PM
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Just in case I didn't spell it out in the post I JUST FUCKING MADE 10 minutes before you, I don't drive drunk.
Weird about the Grim Reaper, though.
Palmer,
My guess is the intent was to raise awareness of the dangers of drinking and driving. Making a sensory link between the smell of alcohol and vehicular manslaughter seems appropriate enough. While the physics of the crash scene might not be accurate, it probably isn't that much of an issue. If people can use the suspension of disbelief to swallow Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, I think they can give the school assembly folks a break.
Is drinking and driving a big problem at your school, or is this just an annual presentation?
Drive while on heroin, it's cheaper
I feel the "videos" do much more than the "recreation" of an accident. But that's just my 2 cents.
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