
The film has been discussed on television shows in the United States, everywhere more than a dozen states be inflicted with banned text messaging while driving and everywhere legislation is previous to assembly with the intention of would forces states to forbid drivers from texting or e-mailing. Talking on a hand-held mobile phone and texting while driving are both illegal in Britain. Gwent Chief Constable Mick Giannasi understood the issues in the film "are as significant to the public of Tennessee as they are to the residents of Tredegar," the Welsh town everywhere it was shot. Recent studies recommend text messages could be more distracting to drivers than discussion on the phone. Britain has a long tradition of hard-hitting broadcast service ads, publicized on television, telephone system, in show theaters and more recently on the Internet. While generally observations posted in response to the Gwent control record praised its impression, approximately questioned whether such graphic images are de rigueur, or an effectual deterrent. One contemporary anti-speeding public notice showed the bloodied and mangled body of a childish girl who has been secure by a car. Another, discouraging binge-drinking, showed a childish man in a superhero attire falling to his death. Watkins-Hughes understood he hoped his film would help get on to text-driving as socially unacceptable as driving while drunk.