Comments | kittenista: I'm sure this shouldn't make me cry a bit but it DOES, DAMNIT.

kittenista

I'm sure this shouldn't make me cry a bit but it DOES, DAMNIT.

Feb 11, 2010 23:19

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Seriously, everyone in the world. Wear your bloody seat belts.

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triggerhammy February 11 2010, 23:46:43 UTC

Cripes, we don't get stuff like this in Scotland.

Thanks.

kittenista February 20 2010, 19:12:16 UTC

I've seen other 'safe driving' ads on TV in England but never this one (got the link emailed to me)...which is a shame - I think it's very compelling!

galyndean February 12 2010, 03:29:03 UTC

My first thought... wow, their arms would be torn off... Second thought... how did the kid fit between him and the door.

Don't get it.

kittenista February 20 2010, 19:11:00 UTC

Lol. You must watch it and imagine it as an analogy. Wouldn't it be great if we could all be 'saved by love' but we can't so wear your seat belt. Or something.

galyndean February 20 2010, 20:41:42 UTC

Now you know that's too much for my literal brain to do.

kittenista February 20 2010, 23:32:20 UTC

Lol, so cute. :D

duinlas February 12 2010, 05:00:38 UTC

That was pretty touching. There's a drive safely video on youtube with Evanescence's My Immortal playing and it's a mashup of a whole bunch of these. Clearly from over there, because they almost never show those things in America on TV.

kittenista February 20 2010, 19:11:19 UTC

Yeah it is sweet. Why don't they show things like that on TV there?

duinlas February 20 2010, 19:44:36 UTC

I really don't know.

They probably deem it too "upsetting" to see on TV, and so we let our young people (I'm old... I can call them young) grow up thinking they're invincible and then drive 80mphs and cross the yellow lines and hit another car head on. :(

That happened a few weeks ago out here. Some 18 year old was driving a Mustang with his girlfriend, and tried to pass a car, and pulled across the double yellow lines and smashed into a van being driven by a dad with his son. The dad died. The Mustang's speedometer froze on impact (it's a feature to aid crash investigations) and it was 80mph. It was in front of a school, which means the speedlimit was probably like 35mph.

This is the video I was talking about: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wwh_nM4wtrg

galyndean February 20 2010, 20:43:42 UTC

Because commercials are bad enough without having to see these things too?

In reality, they probably can't afford the price of advertising space with the corporations vying for the same spots.