Bonanza crash caught on video

Airbus writes:

What about watching this type of video - is it useful for our awareness as
pilots? I tend to think it is, but that's just a personal opinion. Where I grew
up, the State Police used to do an auto safety presentation every year to
students who were about to get their driving licenses. They would show gory,
shocking films of accident scenes, hoping to impress the young, future drivers.
They don't do that any more, but I don't know if this is because they feel it
was not effective, or because they are concerned it is no longer socially
acceptable. . .

I think it's too dramatically different from everyday experience, so the
people watching the gory pictures tend not to identify with them, so they
really don't have much effect.

There's always the danger of being too over-the-top in safety warnings, such
that people realize how improbable or exaggerated the risks are and then fail
to pay attention to the parts that are truly relevant.

I think it's too dramatically different from everyday experience, so the
people watching the gory pictures tend not to identify with them, so they
really don't have much effect.

I was shown those horrible videos (made by the Ohio Highway Patrol,
BTW) in driver's ed, and they had a profound influence on me. I
remember kids fainting and puking in class.

In fact, they had such a restrictive impact on my (normal-for-age-16)
crazy driving that I actually bought the DVD (which is available on-
line) of those films and made my son watch it. It's WAY too
politically incorrect for our cradle-to-grave sappy society nowadays,
and it's still awful to watch.

Dunno if it had the same impact on him, but I figured it was worth the
chance. Male teenage drivers are like hand grenades with the pin
pulled -- you *know* they're going to blow up, it's just a matter of
when and where.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
In fact, they had such a restrictive impact on my (normal-for-age-16)
crazy driving that I actually bought the DVD (which is available on-
line) of those films and made my son watch it. It's WAY too
politically incorrect for our cradle-to-grave sappy society nowadays,
and it's still awful to watch.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372321/
Hell's Highway: The True Story of Highway Safety Films (2003)

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The cover


Paul-Mont

I had a couple of minor accidents as a teen - but they were caused by
distractions, not by speed.- Hide quoted text -

That's the other lesson I've tried to impart to my son. A tiny,
insignificant distraction can have horrendous results, when you're
hurtling down the road in a steel box.

Some of the worst accidents I've witnessed were caused by the driver
simply looking at his passenger while talking to them. (One of my pet
peeves, BTW. I had a coworker who simply HAD to look at you while
talking, even while driving in Chicago traffic. I finally refused to
ride with him.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Some of the worst accidents I've witnessed were caused by the driver
simply looking at his passenger while talking to them. (One of my pet
peeves, BTW. I had a coworker who simply HAD to look at you while
talking, even while driving in Chicago traffic. I finally refused to
ride with him.)

I have a theory that this behavior is responsible for why some people have
such a hard time talking on a cell phone while they are driving.

The human mind takes in many factors while carrying on a conversation.
Facial expressions, body language, a bit of lip reading to make the
conversation even clearer to perceive.

Take that all away by talking on the cell phone, and you have a brain that
is trying so hard to fill in the blanks, and imagine how the other person is
reacting, that it has a difficult time thinking about the driving, too.

You (and most people) can drive down the road and talk to someone very
safely, without looking at them, except for perhaps seeing the other person
out of the corner of the eye, or a quick glance at key points in the
conversation.

Take that away, and the person automatically goes into stupid driver on the
phone, as the brain tries to make the conversation #1 on the processor
usage! g
--
Jim in NC

in article , Jay Honeck
at wrote on 9/2/07 6:05 AM:


Some of the worst accidents I've witnessed were caused by the driver
simply looking at his passenger while talking to them.

Funny you should mention this. I was watching a movie just the other day,
and in one scene the driver looked directly at the passenger for what must
have been at least 10-15 seconds, while the background scenery zoomed by.
This drives me (so to speak) nuts when I watch movies, I can't imagine what
it was like for you in real life.

Like that dirty blonde in the right seat with the blouse that just happened
to come unbuttoned?

Jim

--
"If you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."
--Henry Ford


"Richard Riley" wrote in message
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I had a couple of minor accidents as a teen - but they were caused by
distractions, not by speed.