They get double the bang on the marketing if the crappy cell phone video does well, and then they release the proper version of it. That's why they wait.

"Glad he filmed that," ?!?

Are you kidding me? He's driving his pregnant wife/girlfriend who's in labour. What an irresponsible idiot. It's bad enough to talk on the cell phone while driving. At a certain point he was filming while driving.

Stay tuned for next week's edition: Elders React to - Cell Phones!

"Well golly-gee willikers. What's this new fangled contraption?

In MY day, we only had two cups and a string"


But seriously, we're not that far removed from the past that a group of teenagers would lack knowledge or comprehension of friggin' Enencyclopedias.

This series jumped the shark years ago with the whole: X Demographic - Reacts!

Russia, where the dash cams have better quality then their cell phones.

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lol I hear you guys crying every fucking day about something

here you are crying about a broken cell phone

I'm not apologizing for this guy, I think he should be put on parking duty or whatever

My point is that cops ARE treated differently, and quite often more harshly than citizens, i.e. they lose their job and pension over things that regular people do who don't lose everything.

Do a google search for 'cop fired' and you'll find over 97,000,000 links, so it's not like cops don't get fired. Cops also get suspended, demoted in rank, prosecuted, etc.

My problem with you people is not that you post these videos, but that you paint ALL police officers as corrupt, racist, bullying, etc.

If I did the same with a minority, post a video of bad behavior, then painted all those people as having the same poor behavior, I would be a racist.

So...hypocrisy much?

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More hyperbole from newtboy...because he sees one arrest, he assumes all cops act this way, all arrests end this way, etc.

In 2012 there were over 12,000,000 arrests in the US for misdemeanors and felonies. I've personally seen over 2500 arrests up close and personal and I've never seen a cell phone thrown to the ground.

So while this cop acted like an ass, it doesn't mean this is normal or usual or anything else. It's a single instance.

...You forgot some things.....Don't wanna get beaten nearly to death or killed by cops, don't steal horses, or beer, or a candy bar, or a cigarette, and don't be black, or Mexican, or white but poor, or wearing something red, or blue, or the number 13, or something that the particular officer finds offensive/inappropriate, and don't give cops dirty looks, don't talk back, don't refuse to speak, don't run, don't contradict the cops, don't commit any infractions, don't have a cell phone, don't reach for your wallet when commanded to produce ID, don't have anything in your hands, don't get targeted because the cop's having a bad day, don't be mistaken for a criminal, don't worry about your own safety, or life, or rights, or those of your family.
Sweet Zombie Jebus, buddy.
I'm incredibly tired of this insane, completely un-American, 'all accused criminals deserve death except the criminal cops' BS.

the amount of time some of these idiots spends without looking at the road is absurd!

And that last one, as she was still moving after nearly crashing, still looked at the cell phone again.

From teh Interwebs in case you're thinking the octopus is being abused:

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A giant male octopus caught on cell phone video scaling his glass display tank at the Seattle Aquarium and reaching several tentacles over its open top has sparked Internet speculation that the massive mollusk was trying to mount an escape bid.

But aquarium officials say the octopus, named Ink, was not attempting a jailbreak in the video, which has gone viral on the Internet, but simply learning to embrace his new home with all eight arms.

"It was not an escape attempt," aquarium spokesman Tim Kuniholm said of the video, in which Ink inched his way up the cylindrical glass tank to squeals from onlookers. "It's a new exhibit and the animal was exploring his boundaries."

A Seattle aquarium employee later put Ink's arms back inside the case, and a so-called "evening cap" was fastened on top to help keep the curious fellow in place, Kuniholm said.

"Octopuses are very inquisitive by nature, and in this case ... Ink is an overachiever," he said.

Ink is one of two new giant Pacific octopuses on display at the aquarium. Found in Puget Sound, they are the world's largest species of octopuses, weighing on average about 90 pounds (41 kg) and measuring 20 feet (6.1 meters) across.

Kuniholm said the two male octopuses are kept in separate homes at the aquarium because the species is solitary by nature, with males and females coming together only to mate during their short 3-to-4-year lifespan.

In the next year, Ink will be released back into the wild as part of an ongoing education and conservation program for the species, the aquarium said.

(Reporting by Victoria Cavaliere; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Sandra Maler)

So, I am an auto liability adjuster. I do this for a living--I take statements from drivers and witnesses, review damage and, when it's available, I watch videos of car accidents to see where fault lies.

In this particular accident, it seems pretty obvious that both parties contributed to some degree or another. The VW's driver was obviously making an unsafe lane change. However, the trucker had the last clear chance to avoid the accident, and from the audio in the cab was clearly distracted by a cell phone. The truck thus contributed by failing to maintain driver attention.


So we're going to need to assess partial negligence on both driver's. So, how much will we need to assess, and what does that mean for how much each person might or might not get paid?

In terms of negligence law, Texas is a Modified Comparative state under the Not Greater Than rule. What this means is that in order to recover money from the other party, you cannot have more responsibility than they do in order to recover any money. But you can only recover the percentage that the other party is at fault. So if it's 50/50, each party gets half of their costs from the other party. If it's 51/49, one person owes the other guy 51%, but the other guy doesn't owe a dime.

In this case, 50/50 would be a likely and attractive option for the insurance companies. Both parties clearly contributed, and each party had equal opportunity to avoid the loss, so each insurance company would pay the other 50%.

The gross negligence of the driver of the pickup is such that I don't see less than 50% negligence on that driver. However, I can see the car's insurance company arguing for a higher responsibility on the truck.

When the car puts on the signal and starts moving over, there is clearly room to move over without striking the truck. The car starts moving over, and the truck starts to overtake the VW. The trucker was closing the distance with the traffic ahead. The VW appears to hit their brakes as the traffic ahead is slowing down--but the trucker doesn't, and appears to be accelerating.

Moreover, as the driver of the larger vehicle, the trucker has a greater duty to maintain driver attention and avoid accidents, as a mistake on his part has greater likelihood of causing more serious physical damage, and severe bodily injury or death.

I believe that it would be justified to put a slight majority on the truck, 60-70%. This would be my preference. So they would owe for 60-70% of the VW's damages. The trucker will have to go through his own insurance or pay out of pocket for his damages.

I put "safe" in quotation marks, indicating it was safe to the extent that there was room, with a car length behind and ahead, not actually safe. That is how most people drive in town, or with less room, and would have been safe if the truck had not sped up to try to block her.
You have no idea what kind of driver I am, that's not me in the car. I would not have tried to pass, and if I did you better believe it would have been faster and more complete than the driver here. I have consistently said she was unsafe to do what she did. You can drop the ad hom for me too, I've been driving for over 28 years including 5 years of delivery service, with one accident due to black ice (no one else involved) and I did off road racing for years as well. I'm almost a professional driver, how about you?
Not having a cell phone law making it illegal, and it being the reason you lose a civil suit have little to do with each other. It's proven that it's unsafe to do, no matter what your state law is on the subject.
Once again, she was unsafe, as was the trucker. The trucker intentionally made it more unsafe and caused an accident he could and should have easily avoided. No matter what else you argue, that makes it 100% his fault in my state.

#1 that is NOT a safe distance... bringing me back to my point, you probably don't realize how bad of a driver you are. That is NOT a safe distance AND they are passing on the right... that is TWO wrongs.

#2 many states don't have a cell phone law for driving. Including mine. Although that did not stop me from honking the ever living shit out of a driver I saw who had a black berry mounted on his windshield and was trying to type on it while driving.

what a horrible unwatchable video! there wasn't a better copy than THAT to post? it was just like the you tube "videos" where someone records something with their cell phone by pointing it at the television! oh wait, i think that's exactly what this is, AND on a t.v. where the channel keeps going out. jesus.