June 7, 2009 by Vurdlak with 51 Comments
Imagine driving for a work one day, moving your eyes away from the driving wheel for a second just to change the radio station, and suddenly this bus appears in front of you. Would it confuse you? Perhaps you would even be frightened for a minute, until you noticed that what you are seeing is just an illusionary billboard sticker. Certain insurance company thought of a smart way to rise attention about its service. As I mentioned previously, best way to burn your message into the masses brain, is by shocking them. This photo was submitted by Jenn, who wrote us the following words:
I love you site! Visit it daily ever since it was featured on Yahoo. Haven’t come across any problems yet. :-) I’ve been sharing your site with a few other friends, and one of them sent me this advertisement link. Thought I’d share it with you. Keep up the good work!
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@Ed:
It doesn’t matter at all if Centraal Beheer uses disaster ads for years or not. The fact is, it is still possibe that people – as they have to make quick (split second) decisions in traffic often – can make the wrong decision. Also, don’t forget: there are many ‘new adults’ (18yo’s) who watch little TV – many sit much more in front of the computer, nowadays.
But, of course, in the Netherlands Centraal Beheer never could get a big fine, as would be possible in the USA for example. All they _could_ get, if really someone would get to trial over this, is a weak slap on the wrist and saying ‘don’t do it again’.
(PS: Ja, ik ben ook Nederlander. En persoonlijk erger ik mij niet aan deze reclame, maar voor sommigen kan ie toch wel gevaarlijk overkomen in sommige situaties.)