Below please find a selection of traffic safety-related videos and PSAs that are available to view for free on the internet. These videos can be shown in the classroom as part of a MTSI lesson on traffic safety, they can serve as examples for students considering entering a PSA contest, or they can be shown in the courtroom or court lobby while waiting for court proceedings to begin.
If you have a favorite traffic safety-related video or PSA, please let us know at tmcec@tmcec.com and we will add it to the list. If you are looking for a longer video, please contact us at our offices for additional video resources at ned@tmcec.com or elizabeth@tmcec.com or call us at (512)320-8274.
- Faces of Distracted Driving: YouTube channel that tells the stories of people affected by distracted driving, more information available from distraction.gov (most videos are about 5 minutes)
- Faces of Drunk Driving tells stories of drivers who made the unfortunate decision to drive impaired and the innocent people this affected. Most of the videos in this collection are less than 2 minutes.
- Jacqui Saburido: KXAN News Story new article about the tragic life Jacqui Saburido, whose life was cut short after she was badly burned in a car crash after the car she was riding in was hit by a drunk driver (3 minutes)
- For more on Jacqui, visit Jacqui Saburido: The Whole Story or contact MTSI for a copy of the Jacqui Saburido: Before and After CD.
- Texting and Driving PSA from the UK: graphic video on the consequences of distracted driving (5 minutes)
- The Last Text: documentary telling the stories of victims of texting-while-driving crashes, from AT&T (11 minutes)
- From One Second to the Next: a new documentary profiling texting-while-driving victims and drivers and the intense impact the crashes have had on all of their lives (35 minutes)
- Steer Clear: documentary about brothers who were in a crash where their ended up wrapped around a pole, from State Farm (5 minutes)
- If You Can’t Walk and Text…: commercial showing the dangers of walking and texting at the same time (15 seconds)
- The Last Word: moving commercial of a young boy attending his father’s funeral after a texting-while-driving crash (4 minutes)
- The Rock: soccer-themed commercial about having a designated driver (2 minutes)
- The Rock (Spanish): soccer-themed commercial about having a designated driver (2 minutes)
- Happy Hour FAIL: clever commercial using only social media to show the consequences of drinking and driving (2 minutes)
- Know When to Pass: Coach: football-themed commercial about passing up a drink or passing off your keys (30 seconds)
- Know when to Pass: Pre-Game: football-themed commercial about not drinking and driving (30 seconds)
- Why I Ticket: Deputy Culin: personal story from a law enforcement officer on why he writes tickets for seat belt violations, from from TxDOT’s Click It or Ticket campaign (30 seconds)
- Why I Ticket: Sgt. McDonald: personal story from a law enforcement officer on why he writes tickets for seat belt violations, from from TxDOT’s Click It or Ticket campaign (30 seconds)
- Why I Ticket: SPO Spradlin: personal story from a law enforcement officer on why he writes tickets for seat belt violations, from from TxDOT’s Click It or Ticket campaign (30 seconds)
- Why I Ticket: SPO Bremner (Spanish): personal story from a law enforcement officer on why he writes tickets for seat belt violations, from from TxDOT’s Click It or Ticket campaign (30 seconds)
- It Can Wait: anti-texting and driving website with various videos
Driving on the Right Side of the Road is a project aimed at teachers at the elementary, middle and high school levels that is made possible through a collaborative effort with the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center and Law Focused Education Inc., a project of the State Bar of Texas, with funding through the Texas Department of Transportation.
For more information contact TMCEC at 512.320.8274
A project of the Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
in cooperation with the Texas Department of Transportation
