Speeding: Not sexy at all!

checkered · Post 27 Jun 2007, 07:02

It seems that

within a year at least two countries' traffic authorities have done variations on the same theme in their anti-speeding campaigns: First, the Danes took their tops off in favor of keeping within the limits (let's call this positive enforcement) and now the Aussies have followed suit with a theme that is perhaps more appropriate in terms of their sociocultural climate. I'm not sure if Vatican, also having embarked on making roads civilized (and apparently chaste and pious, too), would approve.

If you're old enough to drive, you're old enough to watch these ads ...

First, the Australian one:

BBC story
Campaign Video

And then the Danish Speed Bandits:

BBC story
Campaign Video

Perhaps these will work for a certain group. Funny as these are, though, I think much of the psychology of taking risks and experiencing speed can't be addressed by parallels drawn to reproductive instincts. I suppose very few men, even young men, are dumb enough to not to feel a bit underestimated by this approach. Great in grabbing attention perhaps, but changing behavior ... ? Thus my subject headline.

tomislavp4 · Post 27 Jun 2007, 12:55

Talikin about speeding, ceheck thid out

http://www.motorauthority.com/news/indu ... /#comments

DaveKillens · Post 28 Jun 2007, 13:00

When you're a young man, there's little you won't do to try to impress a pretty lass. One difference between men and women is the huge difference in thought patterns. The guy may think he's cool in his flashy automobile, while the chick may think it's just the opposite. But young men being young men, we go out and try to impress a good set of boobs.
So running anti-speeding ads featuring attractive women sends the message to (hopefully) a few young men that it really isn't cool but actually darn dumb.

johny · Post 28 Jun 2007, 13:16

in a spanish tv show they made a joke with that ad and fernando-lewis battle, the audience decided that fernando's thing is smaller

jddh1 · Post 29 Jun 2007, 17:28

all good, but then you have then you have the Fast and the Furious movies and the big time hollywoodian car chases that send the exact opposite message. Simply silly! Good adverts though.

Tom · Post 29 Jun 2007, 23:12

I've reacently taken to threatening my mates with a kick in the teeth if they ever gloat to me about doing 110 down the bypass again.

The way i see it I've waited 17.5 years to get this little laminated card that allows me to drive on the road, if i want to go fast a trackday is £40, I'm certainly not planning to loose that card for want of a little more speed!

Belatti · Post 14 Jul 2007, 01:07

I agree on speeding!!!!
But not in public roads!!!!
I think that people that has performance cars and dont use them properly are seriously wrong. I also think that people that spends lots of money "TUNNING" their vehicles instead of buying a more expensive one are wrong too.

I dont know there, but in my country you have got places for speeding

F1 Observer · Post 14 Jul 2007, 13:58

Belatti wrote: I think that people that has performance cars and dont use them properly are seriously wrong. I also think that people that spends lots of money "TUNNING" their vehicles instead of buying a more expensive one are wrong too.

It should be considered a criminal offense IMHO

mx_tifoso · Post 16 Jul 2007, 20:01

Belatti wrote: I also think that people that spends lots of money "TUNNING" their vehicles instead of buying a more expensive one are wrong too.

Why is properly tuning a not so expensive car wrong? Not everyone can, or wants to, purchase an expensive car just for the heck of it. There are some relatively "cheap" cars that can out run some more expensive competitors.
It is all pretty much relative to a personal point of view.

From what you have said in some of your posts it would seem to me that you come from a well off family. That has most definately influenced your point of view.

wazojugs · Post 16 Jul 2007, 20:20

F1 Observer wrote:
Belatti wrote: I think that people that has performance cars and dont use them properly are seriously wrong. I also think that people that spends lots of money "TUNNING" their vehicles instead of buying a more expensive one are wrong too.

It should be considered a criminal offense IMHO

I totally argee with that, the sight of a 1.2l corsa with a drain pipe for an exhaust and neon lights under the chassis and on the bonnets requires the car to be crushed!

Smeerak · Post 18 Jul 2007, 03:35

It's called "take your car to a racetrack"

If you can't drive on a racetrack, then you really don't know how to drive period - heck, I'm still learning slowly but surely in my 01 stock Civic.

You can't tune your car against 'nothing' ... you run your car on a track, get a time, then you tune and get better - not on public roads.

People that showoff on public roads are useless and should be thrown in jail - too many accidents caused by stupid people that think they know how to drive, that think they know the limits of their cars ... argh.

Belatti wrote:I agree on speeding!!!!
But not in public roads!!!!
I think that people that has performance cars and dont use them properly are seriously wrong. I also think that people that spends lots of money "TUNNING" their vehicles instead of buying a more expensive one are wrong too.

I dont know there, but in my country you have got places for speeding

Belatti · Post 18 Jul 2007, 14:06

mx_tifosi wrote:Why is properly tuning a not so expensive car wrong? Not everyone can, or wants to, purchase an expensive car just for the heck of it. There are some relatively "cheap" cars that can out run some more expensive competitors.
It is all pretty much relative to a personal point of view.

From what you have said in some of your posts it would seem to me that you come from a well off family. That has most definately influenced your point of view.

Well, you can be sure that I dont came from a "well off" familiy, I study in a free of charge public university, my father broke in the Argentinian 2001 crisis and we sold almost everything we got, and since then we were recovering from that...

I think you missunderstood me man, I was trying to say something similar that what WAZOJUGS posted... Instead of buying a "$10000" 1.2L Corsa and spend another "$10000" in neon lights and 3 huge totally ussless wings, that will make you waste fuel instead of gaining downforce, you should buy a "$20000" car

G-Rock · Post 19 Jul 2007, 15:59

I couldn't agree more with Belatti. I think tuning is for spoiled rich kids/adults (who still live with their parents) who spend tonnes of money on something that ends up being frivolous and devalued. You can't even properly race the damn things.
I know this guy (24 years) who put oversized rims on a Hyundai Accent (so big it couldn't wouldn't steer anymore) and his next plan was to put a Tiburon engine in this thing. I shook my head and told him to just buy a Tiburon for the same money but I think the steroids he was on made him insane.

Tuning used to be done for performance gains and handling gains, now it's just some perverse form of "see who can spend the most money" on a cheapo car and reduce it's trade in value to zero.

West · Post 19 Jul 2007, 20:42

Tuning is a hobby, just an expensive one. If you don't want to "tune" then fine. Some people will never see the track, or they will bog down the car's performance; some cars will look ridiculous... but it's just a hobby to most people. It gives something people to do on the weekends.

G-Rock · Post 19 Jul 2007, 21:08

Some people like to dump on Ferrari, some like to dump on Nascar, I like to dump on the tuner crowd.