Aug 26 Tip: Learn about Werner Herzog's documentary on texting and driving

Learn about Werner Herzog's documentary on texting and driving

(The August 26 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace

http://www.courier-journal.com/viewart/20130810/PRIME01/308100069/werner-herzog-texting-movie

Reggie Shaw doesn't even remember what he texted to his girlfriend. But just seconds after he pressed the “send' button on his cell phone, the act of texting in the car cost the lives of two Cache County men and forever changed his own.

“I think back now and it made sense [that I was texting while driving],' Shaw said about the fatal accident Sept. 22, 2006, that killed James A. Furfaro, 38, and Keith P. O'Dell, 50. “I used my phone when I drove all the time. To me that was just driving.'

Nearly seven years later, the incident still haunts Shaw and the families of the victims. But he and Megan O'Dell, the daughter of Keith O'Dell, were able to retell the tragedy and its devastating impact in a new 30-minute documentary on YouTube directed by legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog (“Grizzly Man,' “Aguirre: The Wrath of God').

The video, “From One Second To The Next,' was commissioned by cell phone carrier AT&T and released Aug. 7. By Wednesday, it already had amassed more than 1.9 million views. The makers also are planning to provide the short to government agencies, safety organizations and schools.

The video profiles four families across the country who were affected by critical or fatal car accidents resulting from a texting driver. The film was commissioned for an anti-texting-and-driving campaign also backed by Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon. (Learn more about the “It Can Wait' campaign at www.itcanwait.com.)