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Channel 9 won't run a very graphic, emotional ad showing what can happen if you text/drive.
Drive-text-die TV ad rejected by Charlotte station as too graphic - CharlotteObserver.com (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/29/1532254/drive-text-die-tv-ad-rejected.html - broken link)
Really? Have they been watching TV lately? It's not exactly Tom and Jerry anymore.
These are what we need to have as PSAs. They are very graphic.
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This would definitely be good for a driver's ed class. You could do a double billing with Blood on the Highway.
I agree - the appropriate venue is in drivers ed, not the local tv station.
It just would not be right to inflict such horrific images on unsuspecting tv viewers, especially young children who might be watching. Showing such graphic images is like showing an R-rated movie unedited on tv.
Channel 9 won't run a very graphic, emotional ad showing what can happen if you text/drive.
Drive-text-die TV ad rejected by Charlotte station as too graphic - CharlotteObserver.com (http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/29/1532254/drive-text-die-tv-ad-rejected.html - broken link)
Really? Have they been watching TV lately? It's not exactly Tom and Jerry anymore.
I agree w/you Gregory. Let's not show a commercial that might save someone's life; instead we'll run another ad for w h o r e clothes for 10 year old girls...
I agree w/you Gregory. Let's not show a commercial that might save someone's life; instead we'll run another ad for w h o r e clothes for 10 year old girls...
The reality is, the shock value would do little to actually solve the problem of texting and is not worth the nightmares and emotional scarring it would give the young children who would be exposed to it.
Teens NEVER think anything bad can happen to them. Why should the entire population have to be exposed to such R-rated images just to try to reach the teens?
They would have a much better chance of getting the message and correcting their behavior if this ad were shown at school in small groups where serious discussion with experts like State Police could drive the message home.
I agree - the appropriate venue is in drivers ed, not the local tv station.
It just would not be right to inflict such horrific images on unsuspecting tv viewers, especially young children who might be watching. Showing such graphic images is like showing an R-rated movie unedited on tv.
What good would showing it in driver's ed do to the 99.9998% of people who SHOULD see the commercial, namely people who already have a license? If people continue to do it, little kids will see what happens first-hand, and it won't matter if they happened to see it on TV.
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