After dangerous trends like ‘Teen Takeover’ and ‘Blackout Challenge’ in America and Europe in recent years, ‘Wrong-Way Driving’ is now in trend in Britain. The blind race to gain views and likes on social media has entangled the youth in a new and deadly game. These days, the trend of driving at high speed in the wrong direction on the highway is spreading rapidly in Britain. Youths shoot videos of cars driving in the wrong direction on crowded roads or highways and post them on social media platforms. This dangerous ‘gamified’ stunt has led to many accidents recently. For example, on August 22, a car coming from the wrong direction on the highway in Middlesbrough, Northern England, hit a police vehicle hard. Five youths and two police officers in the car died in this accident. During investigation, an old video found on the TikTok account of the youth driving the car showed scenes of him driving the car at a speed of 160 km per hour and running away from the police. Concerned about this trend, British PM Andy Burnham says that the reels of dangerous driving are actually a condemnable act. In America, videos of speeding in the wrong direction and provoking the police are made under the names ‘Street Takeover’ and ‘No-Hesitation Driving’. In states like California and Texas, special task forces have had to be formed to stop this. The craze for reels, the feeling of danger is over, the question is why are the youth doing such deadly stunts? Professor of Cyber Psychology in Washington. Mary Aiken explains, ‘When young people record and broadcast these deadly acts, they begin to feel an imaginary distance from the real danger. They feel like they are playing a video game or giving a live performance. The likes and views they get on social media make them feel social reward for taking risks. There have been 62 cases of driving in the wrong direction on the highway in Britain this year, which is 32% more than last year. 12 people have died in accidents related to this trend in a single week. Note – these are no longer in the world to see ‘likes’ Jacob Matusiak, Makai Saddington, Theo Ray, Michael Robert Cahill and Cole Robert Worthy died in the Fiat car crash (left to right). These youth aged between 17 to 23 years will never be able to see likes and views on their social media accounts.
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लाइक्स के लिए ‘रॉन्ग-वे ड्राइविंग’ का घातक ट्रेंड: ब्रिटेन में 32% केस बढ़े, पीएम भी चिंतित; तारीफ के लिए गलत दिशा में जा रहे युवा
