Has Anyone Seen the TBI Commercial?
 

Has anyone else seen the Traumatic Brain injury commercial from At&t about texting and driving?It really rubbed me the wrong way:( It is very true but It touched home.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOkpuP1XuT4

Oh, I see. Yes that is upsetting because I talk and act like the person who is hurt. My life has been changed since then but I am still alive and learning coping skills. At least we are not paralyzed or worse. You have to keep the positives in mind not the negatives. I am sorry that commercial upset you today.
Brain

We have a mom who speaks about texting and driving who lost her daughter to a brain injury. Her daughter was the valedictorian who was texting and driving. The car she hit had multiple fatalities and long term brain injuries. I have many acquaintances and friends in my brain injury support group who have similar struggles.

Some are victims of their own irresponsibility, some the driver of the car they were riding was the irresponsible party, some, the driver of the other car was irresponsible.

The cause does not change the pain felt but the pain felt does give some an opportunity to speak out.

A recent show called Head Games shows how talking on a cell phone, even hands free is just as dangerous. In fact, having a passenger in the car talking on a cell phone is almost as dangerous as the driver using a cell phone. The brain loses focus on the driving task when it tries to make sense out of a one sided conversation. It showed how it is extremely difficult to ignore that one sided cell phone conversation.

Sobering, even if it is troubling as we see ourselves.

I Can Relate
 

I have seen head games.I get scared when a person is even playing with a radio while driving let alone doing anything with a phone.:eek: