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Ad Nauseam: Antisocial Thuggery From Pioneer

By Brad Aaron | Jun 19, 2009 | 4 Comments

What’s more authentically American than boys suping up their rides and preening about town deafening all within earshot (reducing taxes, you say..)? The Speed Network series Hot Import Nights is the weekly sex-and-horsepower profile of the subculture, and as anyone who saw any of the Fast and the Furious movies in the Bay Area knows, […]

Campaign Enlists Comedians to Curb Reckless Teen Driving

By Brad Aaron | Mar 6, 2009 | No Comments

The Ad Council has some new material in its campaign aimed at teenage drivers. In these spots, a comedic actor (Fred Willard in the ad above) in the backseat of a car with three teens cajoles or threatens the driver into slowing down or minding the road. The gist of the campaign, corresponding with the […]

UK Campaign Drives Home the Cost of Reckless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Feb 17, 2009 | No Comments

Warning: Graphic video On the heels of New York’s Transportation Alternatives report on the human toll of driving too fast, we bring you this highly disturbing ad from the UK Department for Transport’s THINK! campaign, showing the difference a few miles-per-hour can make when it comes to avoiding a collision. Ideally material like this (Australia […]