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Any regular radio listener or television viewer will be familiar with the car accident-prevention shock tactic of the emotional or graphic road safety advertisement.
The shock tactic already has a long tradition, and this despite its many detractors within psychology who claim that the ads are rarely if ever effective as the public blocks out the message in a collective and dissonant response of "these terrible things simply won't happen to us".
However, consensus among psychologists is that the ads can be effective in creating awareness of safety road use by provoking the kind of visceral response that ultimately changes behaviour.
However, whatever the arguments, it is clear that such shock tactic campaigns must fall within the boundaries of taste. And this does not mean that it is necessary to anaesthetize the graphic reality of car accidents. While it is natural that they should arrest and disturb us, they should keep from offending us in any gratuitous way.
Where there is such a fine line, it is perhaps inevitable that such advertising sometimes results in complaints. For example, just this year Channel 4 was criticised after running a hard-hitting seatbelt safety drive during a 6pm showing of the Simpsons. The Advertising Standards Authority agreed with complainants that the advertisement was "offensive and too graphic to be shown at that time, especially because children were likely to be watching".
Another example of an anti car accident ad causing controversy also occurred recently when Somerset ran a Valentine's Day road safety campaign that included distribution of a pamphlet which featured a photograph of a mini-skirt wearing girl standing beside a car. The photograph was accompanied by a caption reading, "Last Valentine's Day my girlfriend agreed to model with my car. They looked fantastic together."
The Valentine's Day campaign was dropped after critics branded it as "demeaning to women".
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Unfortunately, despite the millions of pounds that have been spent trying to inform drivers of their road safety obligations, road traffic accidents still happen.
If you have suffered injury in a car accident and believe that it is in some way attributable to the actions of another motorist, you may be able to claim compensation.
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