They showed that to us in "Defensive Driver Training" in high school. It unironically scarred me for life.
To this day my biggest fucking fear is becoming paralyzed and dependent like the girl in that video. Yeesh.
So, did it "work" in scaring me? Yes (though it hasn't exactly changed my behaviour, subsequently. I still take lifts with randos, lol). Was it necessary, as something to beat schoolkids over the head about? I'm not so sure...
On the topic of Australian government (or in this case, government agency) fearmongering, this fucking ad (disturbing, but SFW):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6NEn4NHxoY
They showed that to us in "Defensive Driver Training" in high school. It unironically scarred me for life.
To this day my biggest fucking fear is becoming paralyzed and dependent like the girl in that video. Yeesh.
So, did it "work" in scaring me? Yes (though it hasn't exactly changed my behaviour, subsequently. I still take lifts with randos, lol). Was it necessary, as something to beat schoolkids over the head about? I'm not so sure...