Sunday, August 11, 2013

This could be you, a loved one, or your victim. Whether you are texting and driving, drinking and driving, or just plain being an impatient, selfish, reckless asshole— consider life. Nothing is more important than life. Think about the lives that will be taken, destroyed, and never the same. Save a life and put down your phone. Save a life and take a cab if you’ve been drinking. Save a life and drive responsibly. Save a life and educate people on the consequences, fatalities, and prevention of such disasters. 

I also feel the need to state that just because something is filmed doesn’t make it any less real. I have observed others disregarding the message behind such pieces because they feel a disconnect from the stories being shared to their reality. The meaning behind documentaries is to highlight what IS reality. Maybe not your reality but it is somebody’s reality. 

Documentaries like this one are made to show that this DOES happen, HAS happened, and WILL happen without our conscious participation in preventing it. Documentaries not only help educate by bringing information to light but they are created with the hope that it will provide the viewer with the opportunity to put themselves in someone else’s shoes, change their perception, and possibly make an active change in how they live their lives—for the better. For the better of both themselves and society.