Is it just me, or does anybody else get irritated when TV shows or commercials show people driving stupid?
Not car commercials - they know they are being scrutinized, so no-one is ever not wearing a seat belt in a car ad. OK, often they show cars driving too fast or racing or some such.
An example of what I'm talking about is a new TV ad for a non-alcoholic beverage (which I won't identify - why would I give them a free plug?) in which a woman stands up through the sunroof of a car while it is still moving. Apart from maybe standing up in the bed of a pick-up truck, there aren't too many more dangerous things you could do.
Oddly, earlier in the ad she IS wearing a seat belt.
Dumb.
Have you noticed this contrast?
- in American TV shows, actors are often shown not wearing their seatbelts in a moving vehicle
- in Canadian and British shows, on the other hand, it has been years since I have seen someone without their seatbelt fastened.
BW
Posted by: Brian Williams | June 29, 2008 at 03:01 PM
I prefer the Insurance commercial where it shows the woman pull up behind the car at the stop sign. The car fails to go through the stop sign, and the woman passes by cursing. The voice over then goes on to proclaim the you don't drive like her, so why should you pay the same premium.
Fact of the matter is that I do drive like her. If someone pulls up to a stop sign (and in the commercial there did not appear to be any reason not to go after coming to a stop), and decides to sit there for an extended period of time enjoying the scenery, then, yeah, I'd probably be pretty peeved too.
Posted by: RK | July 10, 2008 at 01:12 PM