Browne Molyneux is a freelance journalist. She formerly wrote a transportation column for
LA City Beat: Tracks and is a contributor to
LA Eastside. She is a feminist and is LA bred. She does not own a motorized vehicle, but she does have a bike.
RANDALL (BusTard) FLEMING has spent two decades working in most every facet of publishing. A former magazine publisher (Angry Thoreauan, 1987-2001), he has also contributed to a great many books, periodicals and newspapers in Los Angeles and New York: New York Post, Brooklyn Spectator, Discover Hollywood!, Ben Is Dead, Flipside, Los Feliz Ledger, Sabotage in The American Workplace (Pressure Drop Press), Notes From the Underground: Zines and the Politics of Alternative Culture (Verso), and several of the Unreinforced Masonry Studio books about Los Angeles.
Dang, that actress gas some chops. I think I could hear her screaming in my sleep for the next week.
Posted by: Damien Newton | 08/26/2009 at 07:49 AM
I think this PSA is brilliant. I first saw it on a book blog of all places! I've posted the video as well--I think the more drivers who see this, the better. I can't tell you how many times I've been THIS close to getting hit by a driver messing with his/her cell phone.
Posted by: Rosemary | 08/26/2009 at 02:30 PM
Some great PSAs run in Australia and New Zealand:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75GuzsGzoP0
Posted by: Erik | 08/26/2009 at 11:16 PM
I honestly think it's a great ad. Texting is a bitch.
Posted by: Spokker | 08/27/2009 at 06:37 PM