TAC - Young Cops (Australia)

A couple of young traffic cops living through the day of radar trapping drivers and attending the scene of fatal accidents. Fun times for all.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• road
• safety
• tac
• transport
• accident
• commission
• australia
• seatbelts
• drink
• driving
• speeding
• advert
• commercial

[CriTacticalDriver]

Not thru fear and threats and/or other constrains we can determine young drivers to change their driving attitude, but thru knowledge and first hand experience (training). What kills our young drivers is not the lack of skills but a misplaced over-confidence. Unfortunately, people, especially young ones, have the tendency to overestimate themselves, overrate their abilities.

[wuzzlevideos]

@CriTacticalDriver I know I sound like I hate you but I promise I don't. I don't always agree with your points, though. But on this occasion, you're dead right. Education is key in all walks of life, there isn't enough of it. And people DO overestimate themselves. But then again, a lot of people are very stupid. I would love there to be better driving courses worldwide, but I would also like people to take some responsibility now and then.

[xixzor2]

Speed doesn't kill....the impact does.

[wuzzlevideos]

@xixzor2 Indeed. And the impact is harder if the speed is excessively high.

[wuzzlevideos]

@blacklabel416 I always love it when somebody comes along and says this. By the majority of the public I'm going to assume you're excluding yourself, because you're basically The Stig or Schumacher or something.

[wuzzlevideos]

@chungga94 Take a look at the comment from the guy below you to see just how warped some people's minds are. They are childish "WAAAHHHH THE MAN IS TELLING ME WHAT TO DO!!!" - maybe the man just doesn't want to see you smeared over your dashboard.

[sliat1981]

that looks like the same guy that died in christmas eve, christmas day. doesn't this guy EVER learn?

[CriTacticalDriver]

@wuzzlevideos Let's use an analogy for a change. People drown because they don't know how to swim, or because they overestimate their swimming abilities.The depth of the water, 8 feet or 80 feet, is somewhat irrelevant.

As parents we don't have to focus on building a fence around the pool, but use the financial and time resources to help our children becoming better swimmers, responsible swimmers, teaching them not to FEAR the water but to RESPECT it. Same thing about the speed...

[CriTacticalDriver]

@wuzzlevideos My dear friend, I am a 43 years old, father of 3, so any constructive criticism is more than welcomed. Stupidity comes from lack understanding, reasoning, or inability of making sense out of the provided or perceived information.

Today's driver training industry is using 20-30 years old teaching and training methodologies and I personally believe that most of the driving schools out there provide only a temporary and insufficient "quick fix". Please do correct me if I am wrong!

[wuzzlevideos]

@CriTacticalDriver I think what people like you need to understand is that sometimes things have to be edited for stylistic purposes, storytelling purposes, time reasons, etc. Nobody is saying that every single TAC advert and adverts like them are portraying a real-life case in amazing detail, It's all about the message, to provoke thoughts in your head, and make you think "hey, I need to change my driving behaviour".

[CriTacticalDriver]

The TAC ads are so fake and unrealistic realized, that everyone (most of the people) watching them will say or think " c'mon...this can not happen to me, I am not that stupid", therefore dismissing the message all together.

I really don't have time for that, but if someone would be interested in my opinion, over 25 years driving experience, tactical driving instructor for 12 years, 8 years motorsport (rally race), and would pay for my time, I could analyze and dismantle every single TAC clip

[CriTacticalDriver]

@irishgodfatherchris Although I am not contradicting (nor embracing for that matter) your claim, but can you please who made this parallel (relationship) between the ads and lower crash number? Is there any study? Made by who? I have hard time to believe that an ad would deter a person from drinking and driving afterwards or from speeding. Not only that people have the tendency to overestimate themselves and to overrate their abilities, but more than that, they really seem to believe it.