Broad Shoulders

"Broad Shoulders"
You have to have Broad Shoulders I suppose when you subject yourself to public scrutiny on a volunteer basis.
This thread is just a ramble on current observations relating to my operations. There are some really bent out of shape people out there that are willing to condemn logic and fact, stand up straight and let their personal feelings exercise their right to express verbal disappointment with childish sticks and stones name calling games instead of weighing the presented case right in front of them, staring them right in the eye like a cobra would just before a kill. 90% of viewers are disappointed at my actions, not the video subjects.

How could the majority of the viewer population be magnetically drawn to be offended so much?
My latest little production was published today, a short composition of video featuring a "Wild Wild West" stretch of road on southwest 27th avenue Shady Road.

I slapped together the video in a couple hours and inserted a little plug at Ocala.com's public forums. Just like fishing for bream with a bread ball, the hate comments started. I am concidedered to be some what of a moron. A moron that drives around in the left lane 10 miles per hour under the speed limit, just to piss people off. Not one mentioned so far as to the problem or the drivers that are causing countless deaths in our country. The REAL PROBLEM is me.

Here is a copy of my submission to Ocala.com:

"Something needs to be done about the A-Line, the small stretch of road on sw 27th ave Ocala between sw 34th st. and sw 42nd street ,
shady road's... "Paddock Park Expressway".
I drive thru this area quite often and seldom see any law enforcement witnessing the handful of Hooligans whom refuse to respect the safety of those sharing the road nor the laws that are designed to protect us.

S.W. 27th ave bottlenecks at S.W. 42nd st, so most drivers merge over and occupy the left lane
in anticipation of the traffic pattern change up ahead.
Stay in the right lane too long and you can get stuck there at certain times of the day. So the left lane fills up and then the action begins!

Drivers with little or no patience and a lead foot, selfishly charge up the right lane, passing as many cars as they can as if it were a contest, then bully their way into the left lane, cutting off the good drivers with inches to spare. Some run thru the light, ignoring the "Right Turn Only" signs and lines, blasting thru only to get stuck in traffic.

I have miles of video footage of these hooligans running with the mob, behaving like stark raving animals behind the wheel, operating their 4000 pound piles of steel and plastic assault weapons, right up the rear end of some poor souls family car full of children. These hooligans care about nothing but themselves. Their selfish acts are accomplishing nothing but endangering the welfare of all whom share this stretch of road. All for what? To be first in line. My families life if more important than some idiot's 2 minutes he saved.

If you are tired of these bullies taking over the roadways of Ocala, I urge you to contact our Police Department and report these renegade thoughtless motorists that are plaguing our beautiful County, and of course Ocala, The All America City... or is it... The Get out of "My Way" City?"

http://forums.ocala.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8651007465/m/9471022677

I do indeed have Broad shoulders. If anything, this is a total learning experience. I have learned that most of the population appears to be selfish in choosing privacy over safety.
TO BE CONTINUED...

The "Good Drivers" Guild

The "Good Drivers" Guild.

I was starting to become bored with the typical rhetoric offered by Youtube this evening when at the very last second I stumbled upon this little gem. A video from a Newscast featuring a guy out in New Mexico snapping shots of ignorant drivers caught in the act and posting them on his blog.

I knew it! someone else out there has the balls to stand up and do something to wake up our nation of Sheeple drivers! Finally, another full blown operation that is exposing the willfulness law breaking infecting our public motorways which seems to becoming worse and worse with every generation.

People have just stopped caring, stopped giving a crap anymore. They see it as there are worse things going on in the world and driving while obeying laws and displaying common courtesy is just for ninnies and goodie 2 shoes.
The Good Drivers Guild does exist. It is small and very weak and spread out. Unorganized but in exisistance. Finding this Blog this evening was a wonderful treat to say the least.

Here is a link if you are interested in checking out this blog:

http://www.albuquerque-drivers.blogspot.com/

There are other small voices out there, but very few. I believe if more attention was brought to the table, lawmakers would step up to the plate and toughen the current driving requirements and standards.

Here is another site:

http://www.reportbaddrivers.com/

Florida's Driver's License

Florida's Driver's License.
I couldn't agree more with these 3 Video's point of view. Something needs to be done about the current standards for Florida's Driver's License eligibility.I firmly believe that Florida has somewhat abandoned their Slogan... "Driving is a privilege, not a right." There are allot of Drivers out there that are just plain dangerous.

One example of how Florida is slacking in their responsibilities would be how Florida cowers to the Senior Lobby. This is one super powerful group represented by million's of Senior Citizens whom are hell bent to keep their drivers license with them for the rest of their existence. Florida is not tough enough on motor skills. It takes a touch of athleticism to react in a unpredicted dangerous situation. I have often seen Drivers that can hardly climb into the drivers seat without assistance. How would they be able to swing that leg and push that foot down on the brake pedal in a split second situation? Accidents happen in just a few seconds, being able to react to swiftly could be the difference between life and death. Seniors make up a great part of Florida's population. If any politician even thinks about messing with the Senior Lobby, their Political career is over in Florida.

I really don't believe in the new petition to raise the AGE of eligibility. I believe the more your are doing something, the better you become. Practice makes perfect. If you start driving at the ripe age of 15, you will have accomplished the equizilancy of college degree in driving experience by the time they reach the age of 18, which is the age they want to raise it to. What I see the problem as, parents not educating their children, little alone staying apart of their lives. Separation away from your teen maybe nice sometimes, a little time to relax and or just a little privacy, but to totally ignore and uneducated important issues such as driving safety is just wrong and going on too frequently. Hollywood is raising your children and the glorification of reckless aggressive car related fiction is burnt into the minds of our youth. Guns, sex and FAST CARS!

The current Driving Test is a joke. Some can renew their licenses by mail. The test questions are of basic rules of driving, Not of the most common mistakes made by most drivers. I believe the test should include questions like stopping for school buses and school zone safety. Left lane laws, Traffic signal myths, four way stop sign procedure, safe following distances, turn signal usage and all the most "Recorded" by way of citations issued, use that data to find the most widely broken laws and form the test on that... common misconceptions and most widely violated driving laws.

The Revival of Ocala Tube?

The Revival of OcalaTube?
Stay tuned to learn more about the forgotten project. Will it be dusted off and thrown back into the mix?

STORY COMING SOON...

Ocala Star Banner - Road Rage from Ocala to Youtube

Road Rage, from Ocala to YouTube
Published: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 6:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 at 6:29 a.m.

This week I'm reading "Zorro," a novel by Isabel Allende. I already knew, of course, about the legendary masked hero of Spanish California. I had watched the old black-and-white shows on TV as a kid.
Like countless other boys, I would brandish a stick - my imaginary sword - and slash the air with it and scratch Z's on just about anything in the cause of Justice. I'm telling you all this not to recommend the book - which deserves as much - but because I have come across another nameless crusader.
Right here in Ocala, Mr. Speed Limit wages his anonymous campaign. His weapon: the video camera. His town square: YouTube.com/ocalaflorida.
He rides shotgun all around the county videotaping speeders in the rain, bikers zigzagging between cars, drivers racing up the turn lane to beat other cars through an intersection, impatient motorists passing over double yellow lines.
Those are his villains, and he goes out of his way to shame them. He focuses in on their license plates or their faces or the company name on the side of the vehicle.
Mr. Speed Limit has posted about 100 videos on his YouTube account. There are spoofs and gimmicks to liven up his message. He riffs on "The Twilight Zone" with "The Mannerless Zone" - asking why nice people become lawless monsters when they start driving.
His words scroll up the screen: "As soon as people climb into their Automobile, they Transform into a Commando [who] has just received orders to use Extreme Prejudice."
You'll find "Speed Limits for Dummies" and "Turn Signals for Dummies" on his so-called Ocala Florida Drivers Channel. The special effects and the music are cheesy. Mr. Speed Limit is funny - in small doses.
After the first 15 minutes of hoots and chuckles, I grew tired of his monotonous replays - over and over again - exploiting some poor soul's petty lawbreaking. After all, bad driving is something I see every day.
One video hammers home a curious result I often notice in city traffic. Some speeder will zip around me, darting between cars, but he doesn't get ahead. He ends up waiting with me at the next red light.
Mr. Speed Limit seems to be a man obsessed. "My mission is to bring awareness to a massive problem in our small community," he writes on the Web page. "I love my family & friends and don't wish to surrender them to the results of arrogant drivers."
I hoped to discover Mr. Speed Limit's secret identity and sent a message to his MySpace page.
"I made a deal with my family and associates," Mr. Speed Limit wrote back, "the moment I am recognized, I will pull the plug. I have received tons of hate mail and threats."
Like any action that can incite road rage, videotaping bad drivers is risky. In fact, I don't think you should even gesture at the moron who cuts you off in traffic or honk your horn at red light-runners or scold the teenage strangers who toss their trash on the highway.
Safety should be the first rule while driving. It won't further your safety - or the safety of your passengers - to start an argument with a motorist who has already demonstrated irrational tendencies.
Maybe Mr. Speed Limit will catch them on tape. "Don't want to be featured?" he asks at the end of one video. "Don't break the law."
Around here, he might as well be Don Quixote tilting at windmills. Or he could be Zorro in his black mask and cape, spinning astride an angry horse and waving his blade to no effect, in the crazy traffic at 17th and Pine.
Joe Byrnes may be reached at joe@ocala.com, ocala.com/blogs or (352) 867-4112.
http://www.ocala.com/article/20071003/FEATURES09/210030331/

The Early Days of Safe Driver Productions

The Early Days of Safe Driver Productions.

A short summary of the first productions in those first moments and the list of one of a kind cheezy animations.

A project board that was filled with literally 100's of ideas and barely enough room to add anything else. The horizons were so broad. I had just learned a couple of tricks or so with using some new software I purchased. "Movie making software that is. A whole world has just opened up like a sink hole in the earth.

Only have owned a computer maybe a year before that. A magical world has just been unlocked and ideas went into overload. As a little time went by, I had been incorporating these wild ideas into the driving badly format which is still the main premise today.
It really didn't click with the audiences as much as I thought it would. They were being presented as sarcastic melodramatic spoofs, but the way the audience absorbed it was about 180 degrees opposite of my intents. The majority of the audience commented on how fake they looked or poor effects. Huh? Go figure.
When I discovered chroma key, that's when the over drive kicked in. Suddenly my videos had a little sole in my opinion. PIP inlays were the bomb! Chroma key was the catalyst in the Animation period. Bogus Driver, She Blows, Rocket Chick, where slapped together like a cheeseburger in Disneyland. All of the sudden overlays were dominating the storyboard.
The creations were actually still frames created by using Adobe Photoshop, manipulating still shots from video recordings. Adding the vehicles to color backgrounds to later be keyed out. I think Bogus driver had about 200 still photos. Rocket chick had over 300 blue background stills! Old fashion animation at its best. Oh course they took a little more time than usual but time fly's when you are learning stuff.
I had a bunch of replies on the animation videos not related to forum. I guess it distracted the message enough to suppress any outrage from opposition.

The story board is still full and my mind is still on fire with so many new ideas and thoughts of how to change this, move that. Move on... NEXT!
The Mannerless Zone was a favorite of mine and still is. It still speaks the truth today. I have been a Twilight Zone fan forever. So when I came across the musical score, the rest was natural.

Turn Signals for Dummies was a split second decision and was thought of, recorded and edited, and uploaded to youtube in less than 2 hours! That was a fun project. No script, no nothing. just clowning around.

The Ocala's Worst Drivers Series, this was supposed to be a 10 part semi documentary that was going to be my trademark at the time of conception.
The only problem with these was that I was featured thoughout the series, as the narrator, on camera. I would do cameos and talk to the camera/audience with each episode and basically act as the Host... Mr. Speed Limit.
When this series was conceived, the threats weren't as often. as the threats increased, the series ended with no explanation. I could not very well go on camera anymore because of the increasing amount of hate my videos were producing. Who ya gunna call and Hurry up and wait were my personal favorites. School Days was the final installment. The series made it 5 episodes strong then nothing. Today, these features can only be viewed by friends of safe driver pro and only at the birth channel....

http://www.youtube.com/OcalaFlorida

Cell Phone drivers was a blast to make. I really didn't know much about proper lighting for green screen productions but what the heck? I was still learning. This feature was created behind the wheel of an abandoned automobile we came across, just a few miles from our home. Spreading a green bed sheet over the windows of the car on a sunny day is the perfect back drop for action inside of an automobile. It was actually my best friends kid who was the driver. I randomly gave direction and commands to the actor as he acted to be actually driving the car in the final production. we placed a green pillowcase over he head to hide his identity. The video production came out very poor as far as the graphics are concerned but in my opinion, the message came out strong. Displaying to habits of most American Drivers.

The oompa loompa feature was the most fun to create. Rewriting the original song was something that didn't take anytime at all. The project started after watching the classic Gene Wilder Movie with my family one night. Later that night when I was fooling around with the videos, I couldn't get the song out of my head. So after hearing it repeating over and over, bouncing around in my head, I changed a couple of the versus and tada!

Another chezzy overlay video is born. The message was still the same.
As time went by I slowly got away from the animations and started to pursue different interest and exploring other ideas. But never the less, I will never forget that particular learning experience. There is a time and a place for everything. I believe they had their time and place in history.

http://www.youtube.com/OcalaFlorida

"The Future of Safe Driver Productions"

"The Future of Safe Driver Productions"

The future of safe driver productions? Often I wonder as founder of this circus, what will become of all of this that has been created as well as the effect on the local community. If I was asked the question of how long will the show go on, I believe I could not give an answer. But on the other hand, if the question pops up in thoughts when I have time to measure the big picture, possibilities of retirement sound practical.
The pro's and con's, that is the only way I can describe it when trying to put it into words.
The Pro's, I have a chance to work with an endless supply of video feed. Without a doubt, hundreds of hours of all types of driving situations.
All I have to do at any giving time is sit back and dig into a 5000 gigabyte file that is ready and waiting for attention. I could stop recording the general public right now and still have enough material to work with for the next 2 years.
Having such a large amount to work with comes with perks. Such as more time to concentrate on directing and producing. When the cameras roll automatically, hardly any foot work is needed.

That gives me more time to relax and just be creative. More time to experiment with chroma key, pip and other overlays. Which each video I make, I am learning more and more. Becoming more experimental. I hate repeating the same old stuff over and over. That will be the death of this project for sure, when I become bored. I need to feed the urge to learn more.
Most of my work is done late at night before bedtime, I work out of the County most of the time so time is an essence occasionally. If youtube gets in the way of my day job, that's when I go awol for a while. Youtube is a hobby and my job keeps the roof over our heads.

The Con's, wow, there are so many con's that I don't know where to begin. Let me try to...

TO BE CONTINUED...

SECOND ENTRY:

The Con's, wow, there are so many con's that I don't know where to begin. Let me try to name a short few without getting carried away. Have you ever stopped and looked around you? All the craziness and violence on the news these days. Often I wondered if it was worth doing what I'm doing, posting dangerous people with their "caught red handed" dirty deeds on the web for everyone to see, even those who where there can watch it again & again. They already have demonstrated bad unlawfulness behavior. What's to say they wouldn't take it to the next level. I am very apprehensive to any interviews with the local press in fear of accidental exposure. I'm not exactly living on the edge by any means. I would not be doing this if I wasn't as confident as I am about keeping my identity confidential.
Another bad side is the keeping secrets around some of my co workers at my job. My friends know, that is why they are friends, I can trust them. That's what the true meaning of friendship means.
Most of immediate family knows but out of town relatives are out of the loop. 2 have emailed me late last year and sent me links to the OcalaFlorida channel, telling me I'd get a kick out of it. That was funny.
Another con would be that I would like to land a job one day editing and directing videos. Using these productions as a reference or experience is probably not going to help very much. What if my new boss was the guy featured in "Most Wanted 21"?.... that would be an awkward moment.
Keeping secrets has a lot of cons to say the least.
The Show must go on! And it will until that day comes, when I pull the plug. But at this very moment, I see safedriverpro just as strong as ever. Ready for the long haul... smooth or rough.

BILL
9-8-08
8:11 PM

The Bad Drivers Guild

The Bad Drivers Guild.
I have had contact with hundreds of different people since I started this youtube thing. And I have picked up on some behavior that I will try to put to words the best I can.
The Subject of Spying Bad Drivers seems to be upsetting allot of people. The mere thought of somebody could be recording their careless actions, is driving some into violent rages. imagine, somebody has been recording drivers for almost 2 years! It's hard to swallow for some.
There are something's you just don't talk about. One of those things is something that what I am willing to do. Challenge the Bad drivers Guild.

There are two sides, law enforcement and citizens.
The Police of course, try to do what they can with the tools, man power and funding that they have. They are spread out and low in numbers. That man power shortage has a trickle effect. The few Men they have are spread out on all types of crimes which naturally creates the priority list for the importance of their concentrations.
After all, if drivers would just do the right thing, the Police would not have to baby-sit at all, and be able to concentrate on other types of crimes.

The other side is the citizen him/herself. The majority of basic society, dislikes law enforcement. Some believe that some police abuse their powers. Most of the comments I see on police videos display hate and discontent for authority. Most of the bad drivers I have viewed, seemed to be inconvienced by being pulled over by the police.. "Don't they have anything better to do that pick on me?", "Stupid Traffic Cops!". It is kinda their jobs and people know what they are doing when they pass several speed limit signs and ignore them all. But, they get upset when they are ticketed.

This is the part they find hard to swallow... I am within the citizen side but I am revealing the dirty secrets of the bad driver citizens of Ocala. Most are really freaking out into a rage. Creating accounts on youtube just with the intention of bullying me and my associates. Threats of violence, property damage and public humiliation are about a weekly accuracy. Why would somebody care enough to bring this important issue to the table in such a manor as bringing the world wide audience right to the horses mouth. They have a hard time trying to swallow it all at once. Have they been caught already?

Some of these people loosing their cool are not just young thugs. Some are middle aged or older and have professional backgrounds.

Take OcalaEyeDoc for example. Here is an established Professional who recently went loco after viewing one of my videos. He lashes out and attacks my character adding insults to other Americans who are on Government assistance programs and expresses his hate for me and what I am doing. I commented back replying that he has broken the rules of our forum and he was banned from any further contact with our program. This really threw him into a rage. Imagine, someone that could be living off government checks and could be recording his driving, has put in the last word and cut the professional doctor out of the loop. The doctor then within seconds during that violent mood swing, deleted his youtube account that I blocked. Before he deleted it, I had a chance to see it and it had a few personal family videos and I guess he was a youtube member for sometime. All that history erased with one click of the mouse. Caused by reaction to the possibility of his road rage had been captured or could at anytime. The time of day would suggest he was still at his practice.

The story doesn't end there. He didn't close his family account to hide his shame, but to go to war. He immediately opened a new account minutes later with a very similar name and came at me again. this time he went for the kill. Telling me I can ban him as many times as I want because he could create more and more. Putting me in my place I suppose, the accused government check moocher.

Wow. A Dr.! An M.D. who has taken an oath to help people, surfaced as a bigot! He closed that account as well. What makes a person snap like that? All over videos of bad drivers. Someone has broken the guild. How dare they.

TO BE CONTINUED...

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Another Example...
Another example of The Bad Drivers Guild in an organized form. The Ocala Star Banner hosts a forum which resides within the cyber walls of the World Famous Ocala.com. The open blogs and Community Forum threads are an excellent example of organized condoned misbehavior. http://forums.ocala.com/eve/forums

A few days ago, my brother emailed me a link to a thread on a Ocala.com's community Forum.
A wonderful supporter posted a topic pertaining to my videos which of course immediately drew my attention.
As I am collecting point of views from MOST of the threads contributors, I noticed a pattern.

A select few are attacking my character, bashing my videos and making a mockery of my intents of exposing thoughtless, careless law breakers. Not one mention about the bad drivers and the problems on Ocala's streets. The subject of Drivers wrecking other peoples lives and millions of Americans die from aggressive/careless driving each year, was over shadowed by a MOB of representatives from the Bad Drivers Guild.
I was now on their turf. No way to win a conversation when you are dealing with sheep on a mass scale.
So I go back quite a couple days and during that time did a little investigation into this organized mob. Ocala.com's threads participants all share something in common. All have a number placed next to the members name which educates to the public the amount of threads or comments he /she has replied to. And shows all of the responses!
So, I start reading. Thread after thread, reply after reply. A pattern has emerged. The same bullies that attacked me, attack anyone's point of view, on any topic. It's their way or the highway.
Attacking little people's comments, chewing them up like a shark and then spitting them out.
Most of these Ocala.com bullies repeat entry..."Get a Life!" throughout their statements. Which that statement cracks me up since I can see that this guy's number next to his ID photo reads 6 thousand replies. I am outside being active in my community and people with 6,000 blog entries tells me to get a life. Like theirs? How long does it take to comment on 6,000 entries? The Kettle calling the pot black I suppose.
The Bullying associated with that blog is directly in relations with their narrow minded thinking when these hot heads hit our streets. In their eyes, I am the problem. Not them deciding on which laws they feel are ridiculous and refuse to obey. These folks see Aggressive/Careless Drivers as a myth, such as they see Global Warming I suppose. "It's more dangerous for someone to mount cameras in their vehicle and automatically record other motorist than it is to ignore most of the common Traffic Laws". That seems to be the general consensus.
I am ashamed of the Ocala.com's Forum Moderators for letting these cyber thugs lunge at any good citizen which would otherwise enjoy taking advantage of the resources of the site but are being attacked within by a ruthless mob that hides behind a keyboard spewing hate and discontent for anyone who does not share THEIR point of view.
I have decided to stay within the bounds of my forums where I have a better chance of surviving an attack by a bunch of Nazi thugs who's mission is to suppress any outside truth or fact that contradicts their biased disillusioned world that they have created. Divided We Stand.

TO BE CONTINUED....

THIRD ENTRY:

The Guild is too powerful.
I hear that the town is planning a public lynching. The local paper is full of comments on the community bulletin board with tons of thoroughly disgusted drivers who feel my vehicle that performs automatic recordings of my daily commutes, is more of a problem than the plague of careless drivers we have threatening the welfare of whom ever is sharing the public roadways of Ocala.
I have created an enemies list the size of the phone book. I have pretty much saved every bit of the mail that is sent to me. Most of the comments are directed at my character. Petty threats and conclusions that were obliviously made without reading any of my exerts and video info.

I constantly get... Driving with a camera in my hand is way worse than the actions of my subjects. I have stated in probably 100 places the statement of "I never drive with a camera in my hands, no exceptions". But hardly anyone reads anymore I guess. Most draw their conclusions just seconds after arriving to the youtube channel.

Then we have the ones who see nothing in the context except our vehicle is in the left lane, usually showing us turning left or turning soon. Again, no one sees the video subject speeding or running the red light, they just see us temporarily using the left lane. The Bad Drivers Guild in the Ocala Star Banner's Community Forum, used this smoke screen in almost every attack. How many of these people are doing the very same thing in my videos?

The Guild is very strong, way too strong. Way too powerful. I believe that some people would rather things would stay the same as far as the rules of bad driving and everyone just to look away and turn the blind eye, just mind your own business and I'll drive the way I want and you drive the way you want... period.

"How can we stop this idiot recording us willingly breaking the law?"

TO BE CONTINUED...

"The video that should have never been..."

"The Top 10 Worst Drivers in Ocala Florida"...
"The video that should have never been..."

I really don't know how this one made it to where it is today? It really wasn't planned or pre meditated. Just one of those things that fall into place I suppose.

Just hours before it's completion, I was in the process of stripping older files, mixing and organizing my collection of terrible Ocala drivers. I was burning to rom a ton of material that is just taking up space in my old pc. Everybody knows, the more filled your computer is, the slower it becomes. I try to stay organized but it close to impossible, so I do regular "spring cleanings" when ever possible.

During this clean out, I came across a photo. The photo was of a Community Service Board that is located on south pine ave just outside of the city beautiful. Then a spark fired! What if I take the photo to Adobe Photoshop and play with it. Photoshop is the best pc tool for anyone who has a wondering imagination. I started manipulating and preparing separate copies with a selected color for Chroma Keying. The video was just me having fun with the kids trying to get them sea sick dizzy from the extreme zooming. But after a few minutes, mom says... tweak it and use the idea! HUH? The video was really not what I wanted but the majority spoke and I must answer.

The Title... During the making and completion of the feature, the plan for the title was: WELCOME TO OCALA. After all, the sign tells the story. no text would have to be inserted.

It actually fit the description quite well. BUT, after a discussion during a private viewing between several friends and family members, I changed the title to THE TOP TEN WORST DRIVERS IN OCALA.

The title was changed from a collective thought of "Giving the City of Ocala a black eye". The drivers of Ocala are my subjects, not the city of Ocala. We just happen to live here. If we lived in Baltimore, it would be....

In the end, the video was born. My computer has 200 gigs more operating space and the world wide web has something new to love or hate once again. This is a typical scenario in my video making process. Again, I can't say this enough, this is just a hobby... not a job.
I am just trying to wake up the members that make up our community of automobile operators.

bill

Ocala Florida

Neighborhood Crime Watch Series

This was an idea of a close friend of mine. Create a video series in which viewers and fans of safe driving can participate as well as contribute to the productions of safe driver pro. and help us with our goals, to wake up the pack of motorist that are running with the mob.

This is only the beginning of the series and how far it goes of course it totally up to outside interests to help it evolve. So far at the time of this post, one video has been created. sent in by a close subscriber. Another raw video arrived the other day by another subscriber and it is on the drawing board. Waiting for the spark to fire!

If anyone is interested in participating in this series can contact me thru the youtube message system. As far as getting the files to us, it's easy. http://www.yousendit.com/ has a free large file delivery service that I use quite frequently. It's totally free and most of all.... cut and dry easy with no strings attached. Of course you can still remain completely anonymous if desired.

This series is the fourth program that I have created in the last year and a half. Who knows of what is around the corner. I really wish the "OcalaTube" series would of worked out. It was too much effort and difficult to rely on some of the parties that were involved with that particular project. I might revive it in the near future if I can get a little help keeping it afloat. It would be nice to find a visual spokes person-on air personality to do the cameos. the horizons are so wide on that project.
Who knows... a resurrection may take place someday!
BILL

http://www.myspace.com/ocala_florida_drivers

http://www.youtube.com/safedriverpro

http://www.youtube.com/OcalaFlorida

safedriverpro@yahoo.com

RECENT POSITIVE FEED BACK

I get a lot of mail! A LOT! For the most part, people are upset and voice strong personal feelings against what I am doing on you tube. It is hard to conceive why anyone would break the "GUILD" Bad Drivers share. The Taboo Subject of Drivers being added to a Scarlet Letter list.
Lots of hate and lots of death threats.
BUT there are some voices emerging from the cracks. The cracks in the walls of conformity to the alliance of the Bad Drivers Guild. Slowly but surely these decent citizens are speaking out, joining together as a small group of individuals that represent a civil society that has been long forgotten in our modern day hustle and Bussel world we now call safer and more convenient.

Here is a short list of some of the Positive Emails I received recently:

• "I really wanted to say I appreciate what you are doing. I know that you might not change how everyone thinks but if you can get just 1 person to realize their actions and be safer on the road then my friend I feel you have accomplished your goal."

• "Awesome, good work. Last summer I was broadsided by a young lady who ran a red light 30 seconds after it had turned red for her. Estimates are she was doing 50 MPH. Impact sucked. I was wearing my seat belt but still suffered badly broken facial bones. There is a strong likely hood I will have double vision the rest of my life because of the damage to the orbital socket. Never fear, she got a ticket. The punishment sure did'nt match the crime in my opinion. This occured on 484 west of Belleview. Thank You for your efforts,"

• "I also live in Florida and I see this kind of driving every day, especially on I4 where its the most deadly. I respect what your doing but are you trying to lessen the problem or just bring attention to it. What do you think can be done to make the roads safer from these drivers I am really interested in road safety having been in many accidents and seen many friends killed and seriously hurt. Thank you for your videos."

safedriverpro@yahoo.com

who what where when why

Who What Where When Why
My name is Bill. I live within the city limits of Ocala Fl. with my wife & 2 out of 3 kids still at home. The story is really quite simple. At least how it began...Just about 2 years ago, my family and I was returning from a night at the movies when from nowhere, a small black tuner car shot thru a side street stop sign and almost creamed the passenger side front quarter but missed because I reacted to the threat and jump violently out of his way but only to land us off the road at 55 mph. We started to slide to the right in the wet grass and finally came to a stop inches from a power line pole and a handful of large oak trees. The whole ordeal lasted only seconds. But the effects will last a life time.The driver of the crappy tuner car never stopped. He left us for dead on the side of the road to save his own hide.

That was the straw that broke the camel's back. Time too do something, but what?

Digging thru our garage one day, I came across a box of stuff from when our off springs were babies. AC/DC Powered baby cams! It only took seconds for the thought of mounting them in the family car and that was accomplished that very weekend. Now I have the tools if some thoughtless thug was going to endanger the lives of my family, I would be able to do something legally to help nail the sucker.

3 or 4 months went by and a lot of good footage was piling up. What to do? Can't really sell it, idiot drivers are a dime a dozen. Anybody can leave their home and within minutes, the tape is full.

Both of my brothers suggested YOUTUBE. I really never fooled with youtube or made any videos before but decided to give it a try. I started playing around with the clips, adding a little imagination here and there and before you knew it.... OcalaFlorida Channel on YouTube was born.

I have zero training in video editing and my work is 100% experimental. I am always trying to create something different, break the mold, raise the bar. If this every starts to become a burden or turns into a chore in stead of a fun time process the whole family can enjoy, the towel will be thrown in. My daughter in college usually sends me the music and the younger kids just like to sit back and watch, learn and tell me some constructive criticism or plug an idea or 2 here and there. Our Christmas special last year, that was all the kids on that project for sure.

What's instored for my videos in the non immediate future?I will keep going till get bored or I am forced to stop.

We have manifested a great list of haters of my presentations, especially here in Ocala/Marion county. I like to refer to them as "The Goons".

A couple of the goons are threatening legal action if I don't pull the plug. Others have sworn to expose me and publicly humiliate me if it is the last thing they do. I say... get a life. I am doing nothing wrong. Those are the same people that read the supermarket tabloids and promote the paparazzi that stalk, hunt down and cause dangerous situations for their subjects as well as making the subjects life a living hell.

But if I record these tabloid patrons driving badly, it is a double standard that the goons represent.

I try to keep the language in my forums clean because I respect the individuals out there that had the parents that took the time to teach manors to their children. A very unused skill in today's society. No swearing! Not everybody appreciates foul smut talk and I do not want to alienate potential viewers that would other wise read the trash and leave thinking I represent that kind of behavior.

Ocala's Most Wanted Bad Drivers Series.

The Ocala Most Wanted Series.

This is a series that sprung up over night with little thought or planning. I don't really have any plans to complete the series or publish an amount of videos that will be added. I will keep this one going untill something replaces it's value.

There are a lot of thought less motorist in Ocala, so I don't see this series getting the axe anytime soon. If anything, it might become a monster. Time will tell. Right now it is my number one rated series that safedriverpro has to offer.

I have been told that their is a difference in the productions when comparing the first with the recent. "my videos are morphing into something different and unexpected with each addition to the series" , quote from one of my long time subscribers.

Additions to this playlist usually come once a week, greater or less.

Thanks to all of my supporters and I wish you all good health!

Bill.

Ocala Florida

GREAT NEWS!!! I have some surprises in stored for this project coming up real soon. New twists and format reconfigurations. time to metamorphous once again. Stay tuned to this series and tell me if The change is for the worse or...