Movies, Cartoons, Music Videos,
Sporting Races, Car Commercials
Drivers Behaving Badly
Movie and TV Ratings (DBB Ratings)
Developed by students of Dr. Leon James
1996-97
Before they become drivers, children are exposed to
thousands of scenes on TV depicting drivers behaving badly. It is desirable to make
children more aware of this exposure by discussing it with them. Parents and teachers can
use the following specific examples that are familiar to their children. They were
collected by DrDriving's traffic psychology students at the University of Hawaii. After
discussing some of these, you might encourage your children to make their own observations
while watching TV and keeping a diary or notebook. Teachers can use this activity as
homework and class discussion afterwards. Please send your results to DrDriving so they
may be added to this list. The Evaluation Activity Sheet for Drivers Behaving Badly (DBB)
appears below this table.
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Drivers
Behaving Badly |
Source |
Evaluation |
- The power rangers have just gotten into their racecars and are
speeding across a dry lakebed.
- The tires are kicking up huge amounts of dust and particles into the
air.
- The cars are also driving over trees and bushes.
- The cars seem to fly and join up with each other to form a huge
robot.
- The cars in this cartoon are just running over anything in their path
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Cartoon: Power
Rangers Turbo
October 14, 1997 |
This cartoon is geared
for young children and the material is presented in a format for a child to view, but the
hidden meaning in the cartoon plays on the thinking of a child. It is appealing to the
child in order to get the child to want the toy that comes with the cartoon. It is also
showing the child that they can do anything as long as they are fighting with someone.
Contributed
by Ryan S. |
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Drivers
Behaving Badly |
Source |
Evaluation |
- They are chasing each other at a fast speed on bumpy roads.
- Nobody is wearing seat belts.
- They are shooting at each other while standing in the back area of
the jeep.
- All jeeps are jumping and making leaps off of small hills and small
cliff edges, flipping the jeeps and crashing.
- Tarzan jumped from his jeep to the next jeep trying to fight off the
bad guy.
- Weaving in and out of each other trying to avoid collision.
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TV Series: Tarzan,
July 20, 1997 |
This may influence some
drivers to think off roading is fun and jeeps like that are easy to handle. In actuality,
off roading takes a lot of skill and knowledge of your car and the roads. Off roading is
not that bad, but this scene shows them fighting, shooting, and racing each other. This is
very bad driving examples that many children, adolescence, and even adults may think is
cool. This is another chase scene where the good guys always wins and no one gets into any
serious trouble. Contributed
by Jennifer K. |
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Drivers
Behaving Badly |
Source |
Evaluation |
- Her mind was preoccupied with her romantic relationship and she was
not concentrating on driving.
- While changing lanes she almost hits a bicyclist and shows little
concern or remorse.
- She swerves to the right, sideswipes several parked cars and keeps
driving.
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Movie and TV Series:
Clueless, Oct 10, 1997 |
She was extremely
wealthy and had a surreal life. Still, these images can create the impression that driving
is not a serious subject. By initially allowing his daughter to drive without the
accompaniment of a licensed driver, the father in this movie sets a very poor standard.
His lax attitude toward driving would undoubtedly affect his daughter's opinions as well.
Contributed
by Kendra M. |
Before they become drivers, children are exposed to
thousands of scenes on TV depicting drivers behaving badly. It is desirable to make
children more aware of this exposure by discussing it with them. Parents and
teachers can use the following specific examples that are familiar to their children.
They were collected by DrDriving's traffic psychology students at the University of
Hawaii. After discussing some of these, you might encourage your children to make
their own observations while watching TV and keeping a diary or notebook. Teachers
can use this activity as homework and class discussion afterwards. Please send your
results to DrDriving so they may be added to this list.
This Table is a clickable Index of actual
observations made while watching television. Each observer also contributes a Rating Form. These examples can help you
create your own DBB Rating Form.
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