Jul 6, 2006 5:14 pm US/Central

Man Fights To Have Scene Removed From Disney Film

Believes 'Cars' Gives Kids The Wrong Message About Racing Trains

Mike Puccinelli

Reporting

(CBS) Is Disney's hit movie "Cars" spinning its wheels when it comes to safety?



CBS 2 West Suburban Bureau Chief Mike Puccinelli reports on the fight to put the brakes on a scene in the blockbuster animated picture about a fast talking rookie racer named Lightning McQueen.



"As I'm sitting there, I couldn't believe it because this is a red car. My daughter was killed in a red car," said Lanny Wilson with the DuPage Railroad Safety Council.



His 14-year-old daughter, Lauren, was killed in a collision 12 years ago when her brother chose to race a train and lost. It was a split-second decision that forever changed his family.



"I don't want this kind of nightmare, this kind of tragedy to happen to other families, especially if we can do something to prevent it," Wilson said.



He believes editing out the train race scene from the DVD version of the film will prevent from other young people from making fatal, split-second decisions.



The president of the Illinois State Medical Society agrees and wants the scene cut from future versions of the film.



"You give children that kind of a message: It cool, it is good to try to go and beat a train. It is the wrong message," Dr. Peter Eupierre said.



In a statement, Disney officials say: "Lightning McQueen's poor judgment in outrunning the train reveals his reckless and thoughtless behavior and is certainly not glorified."



Officials won't say if they're considering editing out the controversial scene.



Until they do, Wilson vows to continue to fight in Lauren's name.



"You never get over it. You just cope and try to go on," he said.

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