The family of a mother and her three children killed by a lorry driver changing the music on his phone want motorists to witness the seconds before their death.
Footage shows Tomasz Kroker ploughed into parked cars while looking at his handset on the motorway in 2015.
Tracy Houghton, 45, and her sons Ethan, 13, and Joshua, 11, died alongside her partner's 11-year-old daughter, Aimee Goldsmith.
Aimee's mother, Kate, remembers the day police told her that her child was dead in a clip police shared with Surrey Live.
'I continue to see drivers using their phones and it sickens me,' she said. 'If they had seen the devastation they brought my family, or to other families, by using phones, illegally... distracting themselves from driving a potential weapon... would they be as sickened as we are?'
Ms Goldsmith's son Jake witnessed the A34 crash as he was in the car behind with his father.
Ethan Houghton, left, Aimee Goldsmith, centre, and Josh Houghton, right, died alongside Tracy Houghton in the eight-car pile-up on the A34 near Newbury, Berkshire
Jake watched his sister Aimee, step brothers Ethan, 13, and Josh Houghton, 11, and his father's partner Tracy Houghton, 45, die in the horrific smash.
Ms Goldsmith said: 'He [Jake] was in the car behind. He witnessed his sister dying, his best friend, his best friend's brother and his dad's partner. How do you recover from that?'
'Don't use your mobile phone while you're driving. You'll kill yourself or someone else.'
Aimee Goldsmith (pictured), who wanted to be a vet, was killed along with stepbrothers when returning from a camping trip
Josh (pictured left) and Ethan (pictured right) were killed when lorry driver Kroker became distracted by his mobile phone
From left, Doug Houghton, Kate Goldsmith and Vicki Hopkins discus how they are still living with the consequences of one driver’s negligence 16 months after the fatal incident occurred
Also in the video is Ethan and Josh's father Doug Houghton and their auntie Vicki Hopkins.
Mr Houghton said: 'The amount of pain and heartache I've gone through is kind of immeasurable.
'You still see people using their mobile phones. Does it take someone to be killed for people's ideals to change?'
Dashcam footage from Kroker's lorry cab shows him distracted by his mobile phone for between seven and 45 seconds before the fatal crash
The camera then captures the moment Kroker realises he is about to crash into the stationary traffic at 50mph
He attempts to brake and swerve but cannot stop in time and crashes into the traffic jam
Vicki Hopkins said: 'I've lost my nephews who were a big part of my life. People don't understand the impact that this has not only on the immediate family but on the whole family, their friends - hundreds of people.'
The family were tragically killed when a lorry driver, changing music on his phone, crashed into their car.
The driver, Tomasz Kroker hit the vehicle the family were travelling in and they were killed instantly. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
The Vauxhall was shunted underneath the back of a heavy goods vehicle and crushed to a third of its size
The appeal is part of a week-long enforcement campaign targeting mobile phone use.
Inspector Chris Huggins, from the Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire Road Policing Unit, said: 'We are extremely grateful to the family for supporting our campaign and telling their heart wrenching story and the impact their loss has had on their lives.
'This case highlights the devastating consequences of using a mobile phone at the wheel and what life is like for those families and friends who lose a loved one.
'I hope those people who continue to ignore our warnings listen carefully to this family's message and take note so that no one else has to experience their pain.'
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Main photo article The family of a mother and her three children killed by a lorry driver changing the music on his phone want motorists to witness the seconds before their death.
Footage shows Tomasz Kroker ploughed into parked cars while looking at his handset on the motorway in 2015.
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