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dryle
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anyone seen the new road safety ad where the couple are pinned to the wall. do these ads actually work as there seems to be no let up in the amount of carnage on the roads.
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Dave Ryle
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The jury is out on whether these shock ads work or not but they do guard against complacency, I mean they are memorable and do get people talking about them. The subject of road death so tough to talk about without these types of ad. Tough subject, I think I need a smoke!! (yes I know, squeezing horrible gak from my arteries!)
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Daveco
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These adverts don't work, all people do is switch to another channel, maybe watch it twice at the most, and get ***** off at how unrealistic it is. All the police have to do is police the right roads. Go where the accidents are. The poorly lit, badly surfaced country roads, or put police cars outside pubs. This isn't going to happen though, because it has been made perfectly clear all the government are interested in is filling their coffers by catching law abiding drivers doing 65 in a 60km/h zone on a well lit dual carriageway. And because for some reason we place the right to drink and drive over the right to safety. And how have they not copped on that making it legal for provisional license drivers to drive without an accompanying full license holder is bloody dangerous?
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dryle
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i remember a few years ago one where a guy picks up his girlfriend and goes for a drive, starts overtaking dangerously flashing cars in front and she was telling him to stop. he was screaming abuse at some lad who didnt go faster than him on a country road and there was a car waiting to turn right with a child kneeling in the back of the car looking out the window and was thrown like a rag doll, horrific. has anyone else noted that most of the ads that portray this are young people ie early 20's max. |
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Dave Ryle
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larzyh
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On Dryle's final point; yes and they are the ones who will take the least notice of the ads. On Daveco's comment on enforcement; I drive a good bit on the dual-carriageway between Limerick city and Adare and the Gardai are usually out when the sun shines on the long straights shooting fish in a barrel. I have never seen an accident on this stretch of road and it certainly is not because of their enforcement, rather that dual-carriageways are safe roads. The Gardai should stop parading the official line that speed checks are only done with safety in mind on dangerous roads when they obviously still pursue this blatant profiteering (or quota chasing). Rant over! Larzyh. |
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What he said... ^^^^^^^ Edited by thepits |
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I do get ****** off at how unrealistic it is. In relation to the newest ad thats
on tv now, when has that scenario ever happened? Does the guy in the CIVIC pull his handbrake on? What the hell? It might be worth their while focussing on how simple most accidents are. Young guy driving at an inappropriate speed goes around a corner and splat. All over. Edited by flyingalexf68 |
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Agree with all of you they miss the point and lead to stereo typing of the young testosteron soaked unresponsible driver. The rolling of the car is done so people take any notice at all as we are all filled up with horror pictures we dont give any real notice anymore otherwise. The lobbying of the "publicans" prevents the gards from getting the go ahead for check points outside there premises ...... |
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I think the ads have a minor affect. This is because:
1. Those who drive most dangerously are least influenced by these ads. Their motivation to drive dangerously is not countered sufficiently by their preception of risk. 2. Most people suffer from the "it will never happen to me" syndrome. They see gory ads and may be disturbed by them, but the do not make the connection to their own behaviour. We often think that everyone else is a worse driver than ourselves! |
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I dont think the ads should be this strong, that new one is shocking to watch. Very disturbing really is. Had 2 gils killed in family, and any time the add is on it upsets my parents dearly so much to the fact they get physically sick. I think the road safety authority fail to realise the heart eshe these ads cause, wheres the fairness in reminding familys that have lost loved ones and brining it all right back. I do agree with the thinking behind the idea, but im not quiet sure they should be so graphic.
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The ad is supposed to be about speeding, but really how the crash happened was dangerous overtaking and a dog ran out in the middle of the road. It is very horrific I feel and it would scare the life out of a child. Also, did you notice how overenthusiastic the judge sounded in the court??
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gjoconnor92
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Maybe the ad will have an effect in a few years time when that child is a driver. It is very hopeful to expect the ads to have an instant effect. |
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An ad that spring to mind, where a schoolboy is texting a schoolgirl walking home. The boy walks out into the middle of the road and gets hit by a Ford Transit. It's all very graphic with the boys head hitting the ground and blood all over the place.
My point is this. The ad is basically for drivers to slow down and be careful of pedestrains. Sure the ad should have been about the Green Cross Code, not slowing down. If any of you can remember the ad, the boy just strolled across the road, not looking at where he was going or anything. What do people think is that it's always the drivers fault. If your going to walk across the road like that you deserve what happens to you. It's a friggin' road, with cars and trucks and vans driving on it. Did he not even here the Transit coming? WHERE ARE ALL THE ADS ABOUT THE GREEN CROSS CODE GONE? There's a reason for pedestrian crossings, lollipop ladies, and traffic lights : to stop traffic. Rant over. |
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m3sport
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Sorry, have to agree with irelandoffline. The driver is always deemed wrong. A drunk walked out in fron of someone i know, and he killed him stone dead. It was clearly the drunks fault, but it still had to go to court to return a verdict.......My point, is that, the driver is always asumed wrong without thought.
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kbannon
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As for the adverts, I think its a disgrace that they aren't being shown! |
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There's a campaign to get the green cross code back into schools and on
kids tv again. And the ad with the boy getting hit by the Transit van is basically to show drivers that teenagers and the like may have other things on their mind and are likely to walk out in front of you without looking so slow down. The van was going fairly fast but maybe not more the 50kph. I drive past two schools in Leixlip all the time. One secondary and one primary on the Celbridge road near the Maxol station. The Primary has the lollipop lady and parents everywhere but I drive past very very slow when the kids are out just in case. The secondary school kids will walk out in front of you all the time, so again I drive past there at maybe 10-20kph. There are parked cars all over the place too. Thats where the real danger is. Yet you still see cars and vans trying to drive past at 50kph or more, beeping at the kids. Then you drive further up that same road, past all the houses, over the motorway bridge where the road is very quiet and wide with good surface and get nabbed by a Garda for speeding outside Hewlett Packard because it's still a 50kph limit. Edited by flyingalexf68 |
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Them parked cars (most likely the 4x4 from the mums on the school run will make it impossible for a car to stop in time. Try it with a mate standing behind a van with a pylon and he trows it on the street when you 3 to 5 meters away you will hit it doing 50km/h so it cant be the drivers fault. IIRC there where two ads at that time one was the guy in his Renault looking after a bird while driving hence hitting mother and child and he got arrested for it in the ad. The van guy didn't so my understanding was that the ad was intended to make pedestrians aware of thew dangers in traffic as he clearly broke the green code all the way |
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The onus is on the driver to drive at a speed where they can stop in time if they need to. |
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ahum! back on topic please? |
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