PSA Texting while Driving U.K. Ad [HD]

Tredegar Comprehensive School and Gwent Police (Gwent is located in south-east Wales,UK) present a half hour drama entitled 'COW' --The film that will stop you from texting and driving," with SPECIAL EFFECTS BY ZIPLINE CREATIVE www.ziplinecreative.co.uk (this is a trailer video)

COW: Its all about Cassie COWan a nice girl from a Gwent valleys family who kills four people on the road because she used her mobile and lost her concentration for a few seconds. Gwent police is proud to have helped Brynmawr filmmaker Peter Watkins- Hughes in the production, which stars local drama students Jenny Davies as Cassie, and Amy Ingram and Laura Quantick as her friends, Emm and Jules.

It is hoped this film will become part of the core schools programme across Wales and the UK and ultimately worldwide.

Gwent Police facilitated the films crash scenes because we want to stop ALL drivers, but particularly young and new ones, from causing accidents.


Over 300 teenagers from all over Wales were auditioned to take part in the film, nine police vehicles were involved and both the police and air ambulance helicopters featured.

State of the art digital special effects were utilised to show the impact of what would happen inside the car during impact. 

Lyn Samuel, School Liaison Coordinator for Gwent Police said: We worked closely with the production team including the University of Wales Newport, Tredegar Comprehensive School and local partners including the council and Probation Service. The result is a very impactive road safety educational tool to help reduce the number of collisions involving young drivers across Wales. Chief Inspector John Pavett from Gwent Police Roads Policing Unit hopes the serious message in this film will hit home to viewers:

Making and receiving calls and texting whilst driving is still happening on roads not just in Gwent but all over the country"

Seeing a scenario, like the one Cassie goes through, played out right before your eyes makes you realise how extremely dangerous it can be and what devastating consequences it can have.

I hope that after watching this film motorists will think twice before picking up their mobile phone when behind the wheel and realise that a quick reply to a text message or answering a phone call is never worth putting theirs and other peoples lives at risk.

It should be noted that here in Wales, we use the word "taster" instead of "teaser" as we're giving you a "taste" of what the full 30-minute video is like.

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Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union. Wales has a population estimated at three million and is officially bilingual, with both Welsh and English having equal status; the majority use English as their first language. Please come visit us -- VisitWales.co.uk -- "The official UK guide to places to stay and things to do in Wales."

Press inquiries:

EDITOR Richard Jon Micklewright (message me on this channel for permissions, screenings etc)
DIRECTOR Peter Watkins- Hughes is available for interviews, as is Gwents Chief Constable Mick Giannasi, from the Gwent Police. http://www.gwent.police.uk/
Aswell as ZIPLINE CREATIVE special effects team at www.ziplinecreative.com.
And the Actresses of the film, (please contact this channel for any other enquires)

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Uk
• PSA
• texting
• txt
• while
• driving
• ad
• wales
• 2009

[netDSgirl]

wow some of the comments here...cold hearted, ignorant, and just plain selfish. if you're that self absorbed to think replying to a text asap is more important than a human life, you need to get in an accident while texting and driving and really feel your mistake...

[ImAllFact]

anybody else feeling hungry for a taco?

[MaximumRideandDylan]

Note to self: show this to brother.

[sexyjox]

For all you texting needs. Get some young stupid bitches in a car and give them a phone!

[sammiethesandwich]

I remember seeing this two years ago 10 minutes before I got on a plane...

[loner1878]

This went on a little long - by the ending I forgot texting was involved until I watched it again.

[loner1878]

@ImAllFact

Burger, actually.

[delmadawn888]

All i could think about was whats going to happen to the children now there mummy and daddy are dead :(

[ryddelwearsahat]

Fuuuck. That is so bad.

WHY do people do this?

Stupid morons deserve what they get, but why do they have to drag down others with them?

[09BiggB]

being in the fire and ems service. it is hard. I have seen so many nasty accidents. I have seen worse. it is very sad though when children are involved. it's sad period when someone loses their family from a crash. i miss being in the fire and ems service alot. i see fire engines and ambulance's going on calls who knows what the nature of the call. someday soon i will be back on the rig saving lives.

[foreverbrunette4]

All these comments are ignorant, with out a heart ad just plain mean. Get a life. I hope you seriously wreck like her. Man u guys are selfish.

[burtowi]

@LintuWaterfall In the UK we drive on the left, when the maroon car hit the car with the girls in it was driving on the right which is the wrong side of the road. That's what the heck I'm talking about. It's not rocket science.