VIDEO: Road safety advertisements – you laugh, you cry

September 12, 2016
Governments, police forces and parent groups have use various messages to warn the public about dangerous driving and some have been more effective than others.


Two recent examples – one from New Zealand and one from Australia – make their point in different ways. The New Zealand video - ‘don’t use a mobile phone while driving’ – gets the message across with gentle humour.

The Australian video – ‘don’t drink and drive’ – employs intense drama to ensure a mark is left on the viewer.

But be warned, though. The Australian video, 5 minutes of it, is chilling and compelling in equal measure. It contains brutal scenes accompanied by the strains of Everybody Hurts, by the American rock group R.E.M.

You may never listen to Everybody Hurts again without thinking of %$Linker: 2 External <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><dictionary /> 0 0 0 oLinkExternal the Australian video Visit Youtube Video false https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l5Wa94ynss false false%>.

Related Content

  • UK: Work starts on Mersey Gateway main bridge deck
    June 2, 2016
    Work has started on 2.2km Mersey Gateway’s main bridge deck as the project enters its third year of construction. The new six-lane toll bridge will link the English towns of Runcorn and Widnes and teams will begin to connect the steel support cables to the deck and upper pylons this summer. Trinity, the project’s movable scaffolding system (MSS), has cast the first 250m of the north approach viaduct and a new MSS is on its way to Halton to build the south approach viaduct. The local road network is al
    Read More
  • PERI’s VARIOKIT as cantilever equipment takes to bauma stage
    January 6, 2017
    PERI’s VARIOKIT engineering construction kit, being showcased at bauma, is said by the German firm to have already provided cost-effective and flexible solutions for superstructures for several years. From project-specific solutions for tunnels, to system applications in bridge construction and heavy-duty towers for the highest loads, VARIOKIT is extremely adaptable. Now it can also be used for the balanced cantilever method with a few additional, newly developed system components. The new components for t
    Read More
  • PERI’s VARIOKIT as cantilever equipment takes to bauma stage
    February 13, 2013
    PERI’s VARIOKIT engineering construction kit, being showcased at bauma, is said by the German firm to have already provided cost-effective and flexible solutions for superstructures for several years. From project-specific solutions for tunnels, to system applications in bridge construction and heavy-duty towers for the highest loads, VARIOKIT is extremely adaptable. Now it can also be used for the balanced cantilever method with a few additional, newly developed system components. The new components for t
    Read More
  • Versatile and efficient, Sennebogen’s new port crane offers high performance
    January 6, 2017
    Sennebogen’s 875 E-Series crane is said to offer a high materials handling capacity, with low energy requirements and operating costs. Efficiency has been increased due to a new energy recovery system. Various gantry or pylon solutions and variable cabin elevation features are available. This materials handling machine has an operating weight of up to 150tonnes and is suited for port handling and industrial applications. A newly developed energy recovery cylinder is being implemented for the first time. The
    Read More

Highlighted Content