Aussie Transport Accident Commission celebrates 20 years of disturbing commercials

[Jodell88]

"Celebrating' 20 years of TAC TV advertisements, this once-only three-minute clip was shown on all free-to-air TV networks once on December 10 2009. It's a collage of their work over the 20 years and the graphic scenes put to air. It's an excellent (and chilling) viewing."

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/11/video-australian-transport-accident-commission-celebrates-20-ye/

One word - epic....

Don't drink and drive folks!

 

[BoomerD]

Wow. Too bad the American networks won't show that here..

 

[Jeff7]

"Psh, that'll never happen to me."

The smartest and stupidest species on the planet. Yay.

 

[Eli]

Holy shit....

That was intense......

 

[Kalmah]

They need to play that here.

 

[fallout man]

That's a really well-done spot. It'd probably not pass the censors in the States.

 

[Jeff7]

That's a really well-done spot. It'd probably not pass the censors in the States.

Regular TV violence is ok, but violence depicting the aftermath of stupid decisions in real-life - that's crossing the line.

God I love this country.

 

[Kalmah]

Regular TV violence is ok, but violence depicting the aftermath of stupid decisions in real-life - that's crossing the line.

God I love this country.

Reality is full of butterflies, purple dinosaurs and pink ponies.. what are you talking about?

 

[Bibble]

Before starting my first semester at college they made all incoming freshmen do some bullshit Alcohol Edu thing online that was boring and took about 2 hours to complete. I believe merely exhibiting this video would be more effective in preventing kids from drinking and driving than that crap.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

You should see the ones for anti teen drinking. Girls getting raped, kids getting hit by cars, they're brilliant.

 

[KeithP]

Here is a direct link:
http://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive...20th-anniversary-everybody-hurts-573421/show/

That page also has a link to .mov file you can download.

-KeithP

 

[Leros]

These kind of ads are good. People forget how real and dangerous driving actually is.

 

[Greenman]

Disturbing.

 

[I Saw OJ]

No wonder they crash so much, the damn steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car!

 

[Godsend1]

MArked.

 

[x-alki]

Powerful.

 

[BoomerD]

No wonder they crash so much, the damn steering wheel is on the wrong side of the car!

Not only that, but you could tell how fucked up they were...they were driving on the WRONG side of the road!!

 

[MrMatt]

Regular TV violence is ok, but violence depicting the aftermath of stupid decisions in real-life - that's crossing the line.

God I love this country.

Completely agree. That was a great tv spot, but it'd never show over here unfortunately. But if you want to show fake violence with no purpose, yeah, that's cool.

 

[Sea Moose]

2:34 the van that hits the truck. That ad came out when i was a kid.

 

[jagec]

These kind of ads are good. People forget how real and dangerous driving actually is.

Couldn't agree more.

 

[deaner]

I grew up In Melbourne, Australia. I remember when the commercails started, damn I forgot how bloody brutal they can be... good find, brings back memories as a kid having to see that on the telly before you took a drive to yr mates or down the shops, awesome!

 

[imported_Champ]

I saw a bunch of those in drivers ed in Canada...they were kind of shocking the first time you watch them, but like all tv violence you will eventually become desensitized

 

[Leros]

I saw a bunch of those in drivers ed in Canada...they were kind of shocking the first time you watch them, but like all tv violence you will eventually become desensitized

I'm not really desensitized to these kinds of ads. I always think about how effortless I turn my car wheel to navigate around objects on the road. It makes me think about a small mistake could rip my car and me into pieces.

The effortlessness it takes to drive our cars makes us forget how dangerous they are. It really is scary when you think about what you're doing in a car going 70mph down the highway.