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Papa’s driver’s license renewal
I’m at the Driver’s Education Center in Toyama, getting my license renewed. I’ve just gone through the processing process, took a simple eye test, had my photo taken (darn, I should have shaved this morning!), and am now waiting in a lecture hall for a 30 minute driver safety presentation to start. While we wait they are showing us a video promoting the benefits of wearing seat belts and using child seats. I’m watching crash-test dummies fly through wind shields after crashing while going only 40kph. Here’s a small child dummy, wearing no seat belt in the back, flying through, getting its head smashed. Now the scene changes to live actors: it’s a family of three, on a Sunday drive. Oh no! They get side-swiped at the intersection, and the car flips over! Are they okay? The music swells… Suddenly, the young child, in the back, starts to cry: “mama… mama…” Mama and Papa are still alive… All is okay. Papa says with great relief, “thanks to the child seat our baby is okay!” Violins swell…
Wow.
That could be my child!!! Okay, okay! From now on my kids will always wear seat belts in the back! Sheesh.
Highly effective video!
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