• driving courses - crash scenes

    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Ron Lauzon on Tue Jan 5 16:11:00 2021
    Hello Ron!

    ** On Tuesday 05.01.21 - 09:18, Ron Lauzon wrote to August Abolins:

    Part of the Driving courses that were offered at my highschool
    were crash scenes - only after the fact - and some with pictures
    of dead or mamed victims.

    We saw the same thing in Driver's Ed back in the day. But "scared straight" doesn't work when you don't understand how they got into that situation in the first place.

    Good point. The films were gruesome, but the how-did-that-
    happen-exactly could not be appreciated.


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  • From JOE MACKEY@1:123/140 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Wed Jan 6 06:03:12 2021
    Aug wrote --

    We saw the same thing in Driver's Ed back in the day. But "scared straight" doesn't work when you don't understand how they got into that situation in the first place.

    Good point. The films were gruesome, but the how-did-that-
    happen-exactly could not be appreciated.

    And then you get the mental attitude of "it won't happen to me" teenagers (and some adults) have who take chances of one kind or another.
    So many accidents are caused by distracted drivers (on the phone,
    texting, etc) and speed. I've seen many people on bikes talking on their phone.
    Hit a bump and there goes the phone.
    Should my phone ring while I'm riding (and don't recognise the ring tone) I'll check it later. If its my bosses ring tone I pull off the road
    somewhere.
    Joe
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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Wed Jan 6 14:32:00 2021
    Good point. The films were gruesome, but the how-did-that-
    happen-exactly could not be appreciated.

    In the movies they showed us, it was usually explained away by excessive
    speed, drinking, or drugs as "how it happened." Cell phones weren't a
    thing then, but being inattentive was also something that usually got
    mentioned as a "how it happened."

    Mike


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  • From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to Mike Powell on Wed Jan 6 19:59:00 2021
    Hello Mike!

    ** On Wednesday 06.01.21 - 14:32, Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

    Good point. The films were gruesome, but the how-did-that-
    happen-exactly could not be appreciated.

    In the movies they showed us, it was usually explained away by excessive speed, drinking, or drugs as "how it happened." Cell phones weren't a thing then, but being inattentive was also something that usually got mentioned as a "how it happened."

    Yes.. they *told* us what lead up to it. But seeing how it may
    have happened with a lead-up (in a dramatization, perhaps) could
    have helped.

    I remember getting behind the wheel for the first time and NOT
    ever thinking of those old films. But years later when movies
    depicted certain scenarios, *then* those scenes played back in my
    mind.

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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to JOE MACKEY on Wed Jan 6 13:16:00 2021
    Joe,

    Should my phone ring while I'm riding (and don't recognise the ring tone) I'll check it later. If its my bosses ring tone I pull off the
    road somewhere.

    A friend of mine had the ringtone "I'm about to whoop somebody's @$$"
    when his boss called. Another friend had "Ding!! Dong!! The Witch Is Dead!!" (from The Wizard Of Oz) when his wife called. <G>

    The drawback is that they go off when the other party is in the vicinity. :P

    Daryl

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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to AUGUST ABOLINS on Thu Jan 7 13:54:00 2021
    Yes.. they *told* us what lead up to it. But seeing how it may
    have happened with a lead-up (in a dramatization, perhaps) could
    have helped.

    I saw some that included dramatizations. They also made fun of one that included dramatizations on Beavis and Butthead. :)


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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to DARYL STOUT on Fri Jan 8 16:50:00 2021
    A friend of mine had the ringtone "I'm about to whoop somebody's @$$"
    when his boss called. Another friend had "Ding!! Dong!! The Witch Is Dead!!" (from The Wizard Of Oz) when his wife called. <G>

    My sister's text alert is "<knock knock knock> Penny! <knock knock knock> Penny! <knock knock knock> Penny!" from The Big Bang Theory. :)

    Mike


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  • From Daryl Stout@1:19/33 to Mike Powell on Sat Jan 9 20:29:00 2021
    Mike,

    My sister's text alert is "<knock knock knock> Penny! <knock knock
    knock> Penny! <knock knock knock> Penny!" from The Big Bang Theory.
    :)

    I rarely watch that. I saw one episode where Sheldon said that nothing
    could persuade him to change his mind on a certain thing...until this guy pulled out these 2 huge sparkling green round objects, and Sheldon's eyes
    got as big as dollars.

    Daryl

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  • From Bob Roberts@1:218/840 to Daryl Stout on Sun Jan 10 12:29:18 2021
    I rarely watch that. I saw one episode where Sheldon said that nothing could persuade him to change his mind on a certain thing...until this guy pulled out these 2 huge sparkling green round objects, and Sheldon's eyes got as big as dollars.

    There are some clips on Youtube of Big Bang Theory with the laugh track removed. It's very awkward, all the pausing after lame jokes. It's not nearly as good without the cues reminding you whats funny.

    If you want to see Kaley Cuoco (Penny) actually act, check out "The Flight Attendant" on HBO Max. It's quite refreshing, and I hope she gets other opportunities.

    Bob Roberts
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