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It seems to me all the graphic pic's and warnings of all kinds makes little difference, I see it every time I drive, very hard for me to understand ???? I wonder how my life would be different if a drunk didn't run into the back of me 46 years ago ????
Personally,assisted in four of these types of accidents.Its happened to me once,Alcohol involved,before there were cell phones.Fortunately they were really,lucky and weren't killed.Its insane
The story in the caption is false. This happened in 2005 and the story goes the driver was trying to pass on the shoulder and ran into the back of the truck
The story in the caption is false. This happened in 2005 and the story goes the driver was trying to pass on the shoulder and ran into the back of the truck
This. While texting and driving is never a good thing this image needs to stop making it around with that caption. There's no evidence that cell phone use was the cause of the accident. Implying so without evidence is disrespectful to the driver who presumably died from the accident.
This. While texting and driving is never a good thing this image needs to stop making it around with that caption. There's no evidence that cell phone use was the cause of the accident. Implying so without evidence is disrespectful to the driver who presumably died from the accident.
I sorta see your point, but would it be better if the caption said 'don't try to pass on the shoulder... it's what this guy tried & see what happened to him'?
I sorta see your point, but would it be better if the caption said 'don't try to pass on the shoulder... it's what this guy tried & see what happened to him'?
It would absolutely be better if that was the real cause of the accident
how do you know if he was on the phone or not ????? it doesn't matter what the pic is it's the point !!!!!!!
Yes it is the point and most states will do nothing to stop it , it came up for a vote a few years back in TX. they wanted nothing to do with it ..I don't get it ??? People are dying .
Yes it is the point and most states will do nothing to stop it , it came up for a vote a few years back in TX. they wanted nothing to do with it ..I don't get it ??? People are dying .
TN has a law against texting while driving, but not one against cell phone use.
a 20 year old in my neighborhood died a few weeks ago after running into a tree he didnt see because he was texting. He was also not wearing a seat belt. Two stupid moves cost him his life.
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Originally Posted by flyingmonkey1
This. While texting and driving is never a good thing this image needs to stop making it around with that caption. There's no evidence that cell phone use was the cause of the accident. Implying so without evidence is disrespectful to the driver who presumably died from the accident.
The accident was reported in the July 29, 2005 edition of the The Record, New Jersey’s second-largest daily newspaper. Thus, the accident occurred on July 28, 2005 and was reported as follows:
Friday, July 29, 2005
FRANKLIN LAKES – A Westchester County man died Thursday afternoon in a crash on Route 287.
Joseph Gianelli, 58 of Irvington, N.Y., was pronounced dead at the scene after his Chevrolet Corvette struck the rear of a tractor-trailer at about 1 p.m., near milepost 65, state police said.
The truck, operated by Clouis Oquinn Jr., 52, of Virginia, was parked on a northbound shoulder when the Corvette plowed into it. Oquinn was not injured, officials said.
The crash was under investigation Thursday evening.
There is no mention of text messaging in the news report, and texting while driving wasn’t a common problem in 2005, especially for older individuals. It would appear that the texting story was manufactured and this graphic photo was selected to be representative of the story. Damning proof that the captions for the story are not true are evidenced by those versions which claim the man’s head was found in the back seat of the Corvette. Corvettes, however, do not have a back seat.
THE OTHER PHOTO
Another photo from this crash scene exists, but it hasn’t been as widely circulated. The angle of this photo is from the opposite side as the well-known photo.
BOTTOM LINE
It appears that this terrible crash photo has merely been used to demonstrate the dangers of texting while driving, and a fictional story was fabricated to accompany it.
The anti-texting-while-driving movement is certainly a worthy cause, but this photo is irrelevant to the conversation.
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