10-02-2023
2014 - David's story and its worldwide impact
Welcome to the Voices from the Road podcast. This time round we offer an extended discussion focussing on just one year – 2014. In the UK, Brenda Holmes is working with Norfolk Police to publish video footage of a road collision from the previous year in which her son David died. The footage was recorded using a camera attached to David’s own helmet and it shows – in disturbing detail – what happened when a car turned right across David’s path on the A47.No one could have anticipated the impact of the video, which was viewed millions of times by people all over the world on social media, and in today's episode, Brenda Holmes, Chris Spinks, and Charley Sands reflect on the release of David’s Story in 2014, and the impact it made across the world.You can watch the video here. Valerie Singleton presents Voices from the Road, an exciting project in which we will seek to create and build a fascinating audio archive capturing the widest possible range of motoring memories – starting way back in 1932. These stories could be individual accounts of road journeys… exciting adventures… and achievements from specific years… as well as more noteworthy developments in road safety, vehicle technology, and motoring law. The key thing is the people telling the stories... it’s all about real life on the road.Check out the show's website here.GEM Motoring assist can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and on their website. James Luckhurst can be found on Twitter. And be sure to check out Project EDWARD.