More and more traffic accidents are due to texting. If we want to reduce the 1.2 million traffic victims worldwide each year, we have to act. How do you convince youngsters not to text while driving? Prove them it is a very bad idea: oblige them to text while driving! See how Belgian learner drivers reacted when they were told they had to pass the mobile phone test in order to get their driver's license
advertisement
#1 Social Experiment
To prove a point, the Belgian organization called Responsible Young Drivers created an experiment that went viral. Drivers were asked to send text messages at the request of the instructor, while avoiding a course of traffic cones and obstacles in their way.
#2
The students were surprisingly extremely hesitant at first!
advertisement
#3 The Pressure Was On
The only way they'll earn their license? "You must prove you're able to use your mobile phone while driving."
#4 And They Completely Bombed!
Swerving, screaming and panicking...everyone was horrible at multitasking.
advertisement
#5
Each and every student driver came to the same conclusion...it's not worth your safety to text while driving.
advertisement
#6
Each year, thousands of people die behind the wheel of their car.
advertisement