Latest anti-speed ad

[MSTRS:Me]

Just heard a new one on the radio. Goes something like...
Dad always drives pretty fast, so we got him the perfect plate 2QK4U. Then we got a call from the cops. They'd found him dead, wrapped around a tree. They said he'd been doing 110kph. It's true what they say about the bigger mess.


110kph? No reference to sort of road.
WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT!!!

[scumdog]

It was in the Pak'n'Sav carpark.....ain't that where EVERYBODY speeds??

[vifferman]

"I was only doing 110 - everyone does that along here!"
"That's where a lot of the crashes are happening, Sir."

I think we either need to travel at less than 110 or faster. It's obviously some weird speed that's conducive to fatal statistics.
Obviously, modern automobiles are designed to explode or otherwise malfunction at exactly 110.


I also think "they" (you know - them) can't advertise someone crashing at LESS than 100km/h, or at some (shock! horror!) speed like 111km/h.

[Indiana_Jones]

OMG. No way

Cause like the difference between 100 and 110 is like gliding to a stop or smashing into a brick wall!

-Indy

[Hitcher]

Clearly personalised plates are dangerous and should be banned!


(One lives in hope...)

[Finn]

Clearly personalised plates are dangerous and should be banned!


(One lives in hope...)

And "Baby on Board" signs.

[scumdog]

Dad always drives pretty fast, they said he'd been doing 110kph. !!!

Hells-bells, in that case I'm lucky to be alive!!

[Dave Lobster]

Dad always drives pretty fast, so we got him the perfect plate 2QK4U. Then we got a call from the cops. They'd found him dead, wrapped around a tree. They said he'd been doing 110kph. It's true what they say about the bigger mess.

Maybe he was going that fast to avoid the booze bus??

[Headbanger]

Anyone doing less then 110 deserves to be shot.

[swee]

Thing is if your traveling around 110 your obviously pushing your limits in terms of legality, so you're a conscious speeder who would be spending more time concentrating on your speedo than on the road.

Whereas, if you were traveling way above 110 you're obviously there to carve up the corners, hence focusing on the road and on coming hazards as opposed to caring so much about your speed.

[BOGAR]

Clearly personalized plates are dangerous and should be banned!


(One lives in hope...)

I agree with Hitcher on this one. It looks like if you speed then get a personalized plate you will crash.

[scumdog]

Thing is if your traveling around 110 your obviously pushing your limits in terms of legality, so you're a conscious speeder who would be spending more time concentrating on your speedo than on the road.

Whereas, if you were traveling way above 110 you're obviously there to carve up the corners, hence focusing on the road and on coming hazards as opposed to caring so much about your speed.

Hahahaha...'focus on the road and oncoming hazards'...hahahha...most road users struggle to stay focussed on a good nose-picking let alone anything else..

[MSTRS:Me]

What really fucks me off is the inference that speed alone is the problem. There is seldom, if ever, and reference to appropriate speed/s.
If 110kph is likely to result in death and destruction, then 100 is too. When will we ever get to see/hear some education on 'appropriate speed/s'? And don't give me the old 'When the conditions change (reduce) your speed". Since it's all about absolutes, then what is a safe (ha!) speed on a straight road, at night, in the rain? 72.5kph? More? Less?
EDIT: 2 scenarios...same spot/conditions
1/. driver killed, was doing 110kph.
2/. driver killed, was doing 99kph
The first one was because he was speeding, right? How to explain the second one...bad luck? Come on...both were because neither driver was good enough (in the circumstances)

[Max Preload]

Don't you people know, as soon as you exceed the posted speed limit YOU DIE! To learn this you must watch the ads closely, as I have.

Isn't it about time they started targeting inattentive drivers instead of exclusively those that simply exceed an arbitrary speed limit? I think I've said this before but how come you can cause an actual metal twisting, glass breaking crash by failing to give way and get away with a small infringement fee, yet exceed a speed limit and harm no person or property and you're treated almost like a baby-eating war criminal?

[vifferman]

It's about time "they" stopped preaching unbelievable propaganda at us and used our hard-earned tax for proper educational campaigns. The drink-driving ones are OK, as are those about taking breaks and taking care at intersections, but they're not addressing the basic problem, which is that we as a nation have an attitude problem - a laissez-faire attitude to driving, which means we don't treat it with the seriousness it deserves.
As others have said - if "they" are going to waffle on about speed, then it needs to be about appropriate speed. There are other things they could address: courtesy, following distances, hazard recognition, roundabouts, stopping (at stop signs, red AND orange lights), correct use of flush medians, speed in school zones and passing buses, speed while towing, avoiding distractions, what to do when your car skids, etc etc etc.