Portrayals of Driving Behavior on TV

Good or Bad?

Written by: Jennifer Kaneshiro, G6

Example 7: Tarzan

Identification:

Day:
Sunday
Date:
July 20, 1997
Time:
9:45 am
Channel:
3, FOX
Type:
TV series

Description of Characters:

Tarzan is an extra strong human being, who lives in the jungle and fights off evil doers. He is in a chase scene with two of his friends, they are in 4x4 jeeps, being chased by three other jeeps through a bumpy, desert road. This scene lasted for at least two minutes.

Description of Bad Driving Examples:

  • They are chasing each other at a fast speed on a bumpy roads.
  • Nobody is wearing there 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.
  • Dodging from bullets and rockets being shot at each other.
  • Weaving in and out of each other trying to avoid collision.
  • Influence Others?:

    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.

    Influence Me?:

    I personally enjoy off roading sometimes but not like how I seen it on TV. I go with friends and we do it casually not to race each other or see who has the best car, we only do it for the fun of the sport. This scene may not have influenced me to do these exact stunts, but I do think it's possible to have gotten the idea that off roading is cool from a TV show I may have watched earlier in my childhood. I do believe there are some crazy people who really enjoy this type of behavior and I feel sorry for them because they may get injured or even kill themselves!

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    Cartoons: The Simpsons, Dragon, Goof Troop, Tiny Toon Adventures TV Series: Silk Stalkings, Magnum PI, Tarzan Commercials: Protege, Jack in the Box Movies: The Chase


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