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    British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video

    Driverless Cars Scaring Great Britain's Children

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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    08/22/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    Wow, that was a fun watch!

    I lol'd.

    Wait, I was supposed to lol right?
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    Image of Murilee Martin Murilee Martin
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    This is way too long for the attention span of the target audience. They need to cut it down to 6 seconds total, with most of that being a sequence of the cellphone landing in the open mouth of a severed human head.
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    The first crash starts at 14 second, the second starts at 27 seconds. What was the other driver looking at to miss the horrible wreck that happened 13 seconds down the road. lets assume they were going a mere 30mph, thats 44fps. That's 572 ft down the road. A bus could stop from 80mph in that distance.
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    08/21/09

    @jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware: I was thinking the same thing. That third vehicle must've been driven by a pensioner. Hopefully that'll be explained in the sequel; advising old people not to drive.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    OMG!

    h0pe ur bff jill is 0k?!
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    ooooooh I see what's going on here: After seeing the bravado in today's QOTD responses, the IIHS has invaded Jalopnik's offices (doubtlessly crushing Scarface in the process, those bastards) and are now trying to brainwash us with Welsh fetish pr0n.
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    Edited by GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls at 08/21/09 1:31 PM GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls was starred GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls was unstarred
    Image of Ben Wojdyla Ben Wojdyla
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    This remixed version is much, much funnier.
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    Image of Braff Braff
    08/21/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: that is fantastic...
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    Image of RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP
    08/21/09

    @Ben Wojdyla: lol, priceless...
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    Formerlythegreatestdriver promoted this comment RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP was starred RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP was unstarred
    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/21/09

    @RoboRed is sipping a cup of tea while watching the world burn: Those Brit girls sure do look cute. Is this in bad taste?
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    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    08/21/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Cute Brit girls? Thats like a pleasant concentration camp.
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    I think in a head-on like, that there would have been far more damage.

    It’s too bad about the ones that lived, because now they will die from in infections and general neglect in the abysmal state run British medical system.
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    Image of RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP
    08/21/09

    @Flathead Smith: Yeah, I got the "everyone dies in the end" vibes too.
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP was starred RoboRed loves his virtual G8 GXP was unstarred
    Image of Dhillaz 2.0 Dhillaz 2.0
    08/22/09

    @Flathead Smith: Daily Mail much?
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    Flathead Smith promoted this comment Dhillaz 2.0 was starred Dhillaz 2.0 was unstarred
    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/22/09

    @Dhillaz 2.0: No, but I know things, horrifying things, about the NHS.
     Reply
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    Image of layabout layabout
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    My current favourite
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    08/21/09

    @layabout: So what they are saying in that ad, is that 20% of the population doesn't matter?
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    Image of UglyDuckCar UglyDuckCar
    08/21/09

    @BaconSandwich: Uh, no...they're saying it doesn't matter if you hit people as long as it's at 30 mph, duh.
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    layabout promoted this comment Edited by UglyDuckCar at 08/21/09 1:59 PM UglyDuckCar was starred UglyDuckCar was unstarred
    Image of AtlBchGator AtlBchGator
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    I only text while driving if I'm REEEEAAALY drunk.
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    BrAff promoted this comment AtlBchGator was starred AtlBchGator was unstarred
    Image of TheGuinnessTooth TheGuinnessTooth
    08/21/09

    @AtlBchGator: When I'm drunk driving I prefer to read m.jalopnik.com and then texted my friends about the great articles.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    I call ballshit on this,i've been to Wales & i know they don't have anything as advanced as mobile phones,or cars or police. They're way too busy involved with farmyard animals to care about such things.
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    Image of BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom
    08/21/09

    @layabout: 'involved'? I thought there were laws against such things...
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    layabout promoted this comment BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was starred BaconSandwich and the generic grey civic of doom was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    08/21/09

    @BaconSandwich: I think the Welsh view them more as suggestions or guidelines rather than laws. Which they just ignore anyway.....
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    Image of Flathead Smith Flathead Smith
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    So did she finish her text?
     Reply
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    08/21/09

    In reply to British Police Create Graphic Anti-Texting Video
    Can you imagine the Welsh language in SMS text form? These are the things that give me migraines.
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    Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) was starred Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    08/21/09

    @Ash78: sttttttttp tttxtttttttg wllllllllllllllllllllle driiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiviiiiiiii... boooyooo
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    Edited by layabout at 08/21/09 1:25 PM layabout was starred layabout was unstarred
    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/21/09

    @layabout: Not enough 'w's and 'y's.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/21/09

    @Ash78: Try typing "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwy..." mate. Enough to give you a cardiac arrest.

    Plus Wales I heard is full of sheep, great driving roads and is home to the mad mullah of the traffic Taliban. What a contradiction huh?
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    Edited by FTGDWolverineEdition'09 at 08/21/09 1:31 PM FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was starred FTGDWolverineEdition'09 was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    08/21/09

    @Formerlythegreatestdriver: Let me correct you, Wales is full of nervous sheep a road & that's it. Oh & Tom Jones
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    Image of GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls GIC asks not for whom the bell tolls
    08/21/09

    @layabout: Wales: Where the men are men and the sheep are scared. Tom Jones not necessary.
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    Image of FTGDWolverineEdition'09 FTGDWolverineEdition'09
    08/21/09

    @layabout: Jezza always seems to romanticize the notion of driving on a lonely winding road in Wales tho. That man truly does flip flop and makes it seem that the grass is indeed greener on the other side. Or the other.
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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    08/21/09

    @layabout: Don't forget the other Welsh Jones, Catherine Zeta.
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    Image of jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware jbownsabmw- Koopas Beware
    08/21/09

    @Ash78: I havent been around much today, but this is my COTD nom.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    08/12/09

    In reply to Driverless Cars Scaring Great Britain's Children
    The appearance of a clean escape is misleading: just seconds after this photo, the pedocar was ready with its patented net launcher.
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    bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
    Image of area_educator area_educator
    08/11/09

    In reply to Driverless Cars Scaring Great Britain's Children
    So, one of my teachers (I think) when I was in HS was telling us about how his kids used to jump out of the sliding door of their minivan as though it were a helicopter. DEPLOY! DEPLOY!
    It was so much fun, they started jumping out right as it stopped. Then a little before. Then a little more before. Then a little more....
    Pretty soon they were jumping out before he even turned into the driveway. When they were doing it at like 5 mph, he had to put his foot down.
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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    08/12/09

    @area_educator: I used to do it untill I was in 2nd grade, when I broke my ankle in the process.
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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    08/12/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: I hope one of your siblings pulled you to safety by the straps of your backpack?
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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    08/13/09

    @area_educator: only one sibling and he couldn't since I'm the oldest. I ended up in a cast for about 2 weeks.
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    area_educator promoted this comment Whydoesthisalwayshappentome was starred Whydoesthisalwayshappentome was unstarred
    Image of area_educator area_educator
    08/14/09

    @Whydoesthisalwayshappentome: Your brother was a poor Marine. No one gets left behind.

    aside: If your brother actually is or was a Marine, I mean no offense.
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    Image of Whydoesthisalwayshappentome Whydoesthisalwayshappentome
    08/16/09

    @area_educator: He's not a marine. and at the time of said incident he was only 2 years old.
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    08/11/09

    In reply to Driverless Cars Scaring Great Britain's Children
    Know the difference, kids.
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    The-Simpsons-Rule!! promoted this comment skaycog was here was starred skaycog was here was unstarred
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