Banned Corvette Commercial
03-08-2005, 11:33 AM
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Banned Corvette Commercial
In one of the other threads, I had mentioned this commercial, and many hadnt seen it, so I just found it online, and Figured Id Post it...heres the link to the video...enjoy 
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningro...mercials/1222/
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=891834
And heres the group explaining why they wanted it banned
http://www.saferoads.org/press/press...ase8-25-04.htm
USE OF CHILDREN DRIVING CORVETTE IN
LATEST GM AD CAMPAIGN OUTRAGES
AUTO SAFETY GROUPS WHO URGE ITS WITHDRAWAL
Car company stoops to new low showing young children behind the wheel, speeding, and using illegal, aggressive driving maneuvers to promote Corvette during Olympics
Washington, D.C.-- Several leading highway and auto safety groups sent a letter yesterday to G. Richard Wagoner, Chairman, General Motors Corporation (GM), protesting the widespread, primetime airing during the Olympic Games on network television of an advertisement for the company's 2005 Corvette.
"We write as highway safety professionals offended by General Motors' recent advertisement for the new Corvette ("A Boy's Dream") shown repeatedly during the Olympics this month," the attached letter said. "This ad is certainly among the most dangerous, anti-safety messages to be aired on national television in recent years."
The television ad shows what appears to be a 10- or 11-year-old boy, barely able to see over the steering wheel, driving wildly throughout a city, sometimes while airborne. Voiceover at the end of the ad calls it, "the official car of your dreams," as the young boy, holding his skateboard, stares at the parked Corvette. The ad can be viewed on Chevrolet's web page at http://www.chevrolet.com/pop/corvette/commercial.jsp.
"Ads glorifying speed and high performance are common enough these days, but this is one of the worst and most reprehensible produced by the auto industry," the letter continued. "Auto industry ads promoting these illegal behaviors, especially in sports and other muscle-type cars, are suspect because they target young people, and this ad unabashedly sinks to a new low. What was GM's motive to show underage children actually driving, on the one hand, and successfully attempting maneuvers through construction pipes and surreal, unrealistic, unsafe situations on the other?"
"No one in their right mind would condone the use of children in any ad promoting alcohol or tobacco products," said Judie Stone, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. "Underage kids driving cars is equally outrageous."
"This dream is a nightmare," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kids And Cars. "Kids And Cars' safety messages are very clear-never leave children alone in or around vehicles; and this commercial goes against everything we are trying to do to educate the public about these dangers. Our database is filled with incidents where young children think it is 'okay' to take an automobile for a drive and the outcome results in serious injuries and even death.
"As recently as today," she said, "The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that a 5-year-old boy in East St. Louis, Illinois drove his uncle's Cadillac by himself for four blocks before he pulled over and hit a fence. A local police officer said, "we hear of 14- and 15-year olds taking off in cars, but it's getting younger and younger. Kids are watching television and when they're riding with you, they're watching everything you do."
The safety advocates urged GM to withdraw the ad immediately. They said that GM, in the past, was the only auto company to adopt specific, internal guidelines barring irresponsible advertising. They advised the GM chairman to "reinstate those waylaid principles and refrain from producing and showing similar advertisements. Lives literally depend upon it."
The latest Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data released August 10, 2004, shows that crashes continue to kill over 42,500 people every year, as well as injuring and disabling 2.5 million more. Speeding has been shown to be a factor in at least one-third of all fatal crashes and costs society $40 billion a year.
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningro...mercials/1222/
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/showthread.php?t=891834
And heres the group explaining why they wanted it banned
http://www.saferoads.org/press/press...ase8-25-04.htm
USE OF CHILDREN DRIVING CORVETTE IN
LATEST GM AD CAMPAIGN OUTRAGES
AUTO SAFETY GROUPS WHO URGE ITS WITHDRAWAL
Car company stoops to new low showing young children behind the wheel, speeding, and using illegal, aggressive driving maneuvers to promote Corvette during Olympics
Washington, D.C.-- Several leading highway and auto safety groups sent a letter yesterday to G. Richard Wagoner, Chairman, General Motors Corporation (GM), protesting the widespread, primetime airing during the Olympic Games on network television of an advertisement for the company's 2005 Corvette.
"We write as highway safety professionals offended by General Motors' recent advertisement for the new Corvette ("A Boy's Dream") shown repeatedly during the Olympics this month," the attached letter said. "This ad is certainly among the most dangerous, anti-safety messages to be aired on national television in recent years."
The television ad shows what appears to be a 10- or 11-year-old boy, barely able to see over the steering wheel, driving wildly throughout a city, sometimes while airborne. Voiceover at the end of the ad calls it, "the official car of your dreams," as the young boy, holding his skateboard, stares at the parked Corvette. The ad can be viewed on Chevrolet's web page at http://www.chevrolet.com/pop/corvette/commercial.jsp.
"Ads glorifying speed and high performance are common enough these days, but this is one of the worst and most reprehensible produced by the auto industry," the letter continued. "Auto industry ads promoting these illegal behaviors, especially in sports and other muscle-type cars, are suspect because they target young people, and this ad unabashedly sinks to a new low. What was GM's motive to show underage children actually driving, on the one hand, and successfully attempting maneuvers through construction pipes and surreal, unrealistic, unsafe situations on the other?"
"No one in their right mind would condone the use of children in any ad promoting alcohol or tobacco products," said Judie Stone, president of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety. "Underage kids driving cars is equally outrageous."
"This dream is a nightmare," said Janette Fennell, founder and president of Kids And Cars. "Kids And Cars' safety messages are very clear-never leave children alone in or around vehicles; and this commercial goes against everything we are trying to do to educate the public about these dangers. Our database is filled with incidents where young children think it is 'okay' to take an automobile for a drive and the outcome results in serious injuries and even death.
"As recently as today," she said, "The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported that a 5-year-old boy in East St. Louis, Illinois drove his uncle's Cadillac by himself for four blocks before he pulled over and hit a fence. A local police officer said, "we hear of 14- and 15-year olds taking off in cars, but it's getting younger and younger. Kids are watching television and when they're riding with you, they're watching everything you do."
The safety advocates urged GM to withdraw the ad immediately. They said that GM, in the past, was the only auto company to adopt specific, internal guidelines barring irresponsible advertising. They advised the GM chairman to "reinstate those waylaid principles and refrain from producing and showing similar advertisements. Lives literally depend upon it."
The latest Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) data released August 10, 2004, shows that crashes continue to kill over 42,500 people every year, as well as injuring and disabling 2.5 million more. Speeding has been shown to be a factor in at least one-third of all fatal crashes and costs society $40 billion a year.
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03-08-2005, 11:39 AM
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It's funny what gets banned these days.
I remember a Mountain Dew commercial that aired for awhile that had a teenager in a Trans Am who jumps his car and flips it just so that he can make this spectacular grab for his mountain dew can.... yet that one stayed on the air.
I'd really like to know if they can really statistically correlate an increase in this sort of advertising with underage kids recklessly driving vehicles and actually pin that as the reason. Of course, if parents would actually be parents and take some responsibility in teaching them right from wrong, think about how many of these stupid things could be prevented.
I remember a Mountain Dew commercial that aired for awhile that had a teenager in a Trans Am who jumps his car and flips it just so that he can make this spectacular grab for his mountain dew can.... yet that one stayed on the air.
I'd really like to know if they can really statistically correlate an increase in this sort of advertising with underage kids recklessly driving vehicles and actually pin that as the reason. Of course, if parents would actually be parents and take some responsibility in teaching them right from wrong, think about how many of these stupid things could be prevented.
03-08-2005, 11:48 AM
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03-08-2005, 11:54 AM
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03-08-2005, 12:00 PM
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03-08-2005, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Minch00
I swear, I get more and more angry at fucking "organizations FOR THE CHILDREN!" every day
stupid ass people
stupid ass peopleI just think it's funny. I was shielded as a kid from a lot of nudity, foul language, and sex. Needless to say, 10 years after I've graduated from high school, I illegally copy DVDs, am building a gun collection, visit strip clubs, have a nice collection of porn, and go mudding in the company car. Thanks MOM!
03-08-2005, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Lung Fu Mo Shi
Would someone PLEASE think of the children! /cries
I just think it's funny. I was shielded as a kid from a lot of nudity, foul language, and sex. Needless to say, 10 years after I've graduated from high school, I illegally copy DVDs, am building a gun collection, visit strip clubs, have a nice collection of porn, and go mudding in the company car. Thanks MOM!
I just think it's funny. I was shielded as a kid from a lot of nudity, foul language, and sex. Needless to say, 10 years after I've graduated from high school, I illegally copy DVDs, am building a gun collection, visit strip clubs, have a nice collection of porn, and go mudding in the company car. Thanks MOM!
03-08-2005, 03:14 PM
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Great commercial
Too bad that these fucking retards ruin it for everyone else.
I'm gonna write a letter to the CEO of the "O" (overstock.com) saying that if they dont reduce the number of commercials with that chick I am going to develop a severe case of carpal tunnel.
Too bad that these fucking retards ruin it for everyone else.
I'm gonna write a letter to the CEO of the "O" (overstock.com) saying that if they dont reduce the number of commercials with that chick I am going to develop a severe case of carpal tunnel.
03-09-2005, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Crazy88
great commercial....but i can see how those "watchdog" fucks would hate it.
parents think they can sensorship anything these days. fuck them.
parents think they can sensorship anything these days. fuck them.
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03-09-2005, 03:30 PM
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The Letter they wrote to GM
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Global Headquarters
300 Renaissance Center 482-C39-B50
Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000
Dear Mr. Wagoner:
We write as highway safety professionals offended by General Motors' recent advertisement for the new Corvette ("A Boy's Dream") shown repeatedly during the Olympic Games this month. This ad is certainly among the most dangerous, anti-safety messages to be aired on national television in recent years.
Ads glorifying speed and high performance are common enough these days, but this is one of the worst and most reprehensible examples produced by the auto industry. The use of child actors to promote dangerous and reckless driving, in a high-performance car going at rocket speeds, is preposterous and irresponsible on several levels. Auto industry ads promoting these illegal behaviors, especially in sports and other muscle-type cars are suspect because they target young people, and this ad unabashedly sinks to a new low. What was General Motors' motive to show young children actually driving, on the one hand, and successfully attempting life-threatening maneuvers through construction pipes and surreal, unrealistic, unsafe situations on the other? This dream is a nightmare.
As you know, many children - as young as five or six years old -- actually take their parents' car keys and drive cars out the driveway because they think they can drive, mimicking others they have seen. Unfortunately, it happens regularly all across the nation and the sad result is often serious injury, even death. Promoting illegal and risky behavior in ads viewed by millions of families (especially young males) watching the Olympics is egregious corporate behavior. It is doubtful that General Motors would condone the beer industry showing a "dream sequence" of ten-year-old children having an after-school "kegger."
We urge you to withdraw this ad immediately. In past years, General Motors was the only auto company to adopt internal company guidelines barring such ads. We urge you to review and reinstate those waylaid principles and refrain from producing and showing similar advertisements. Lives literally depend upon it.
Sincerely,
Judith Lee Stone, President
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Janette Fennell, Founder and President
Kids And Cars
Jack Gillis, Director of Public Affairs
Consumer Federation of America
Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director
Center for Auto Safety
Andrew McGuire, Executive Director
Trauma Foundation
Sally Greenberg, Senior Product Safety Counsel
Consumers Union
Joan Claybrook, President
Public Citizen
Cc: Jeff Runge, Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.
Chairman and CEO
General Motors Corporation
General Motors Global Headquarters
300 Renaissance Center 482-C39-B50
Detroit, Michigan 48265-3000
Dear Mr. Wagoner:
We write as highway safety professionals offended by General Motors' recent advertisement for the new Corvette ("A Boy's Dream") shown repeatedly during the Olympic Games this month. This ad is certainly among the most dangerous, anti-safety messages to be aired on national television in recent years.
Ads glorifying speed and high performance are common enough these days, but this is one of the worst and most reprehensible examples produced by the auto industry. The use of child actors to promote dangerous and reckless driving, in a high-performance car going at rocket speeds, is preposterous and irresponsible on several levels. Auto industry ads promoting these illegal behaviors, especially in sports and other muscle-type cars are suspect because they target young people, and this ad unabashedly sinks to a new low. What was General Motors' motive to show young children actually driving, on the one hand, and successfully attempting life-threatening maneuvers through construction pipes and surreal, unrealistic, unsafe situations on the other? This dream is a nightmare.
As you know, many children - as young as five or six years old -- actually take their parents' car keys and drive cars out the driveway because they think they can drive, mimicking others they have seen. Unfortunately, it happens regularly all across the nation and the sad result is often serious injury, even death. Promoting illegal and risky behavior in ads viewed by millions of families (especially young males) watching the Olympics is egregious corporate behavior. It is doubtful that General Motors would condone the beer industry showing a "dream sequence" of ten-year-old children having an after-school "kegger."
We urge you to withdraw this ad immediately. In past years, General Motors was the only auto company to adopt internal company guidelines barring such ads. We urge you to review and reinstate those waylaid principles and refrain from producing and showing similar advertisements. Lives literally depend upon it.
Sincerely,
Judith Lee Stone, President
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Janette Fennell, Founder and President
Kids And Cars
Jack Gillis, Director of Public Affairs
Consumer Federation of America
Clarence Ditlow, Executive Director
Center for Auto Safety
Andrew McGuire, Executive Director
Trauma Foundation
Sally Greenberg, Senior Product Safety Counsel
Consumers Union
Joan Claybrook, President
Public Citizen
Cc: Jeff Runge, Administrator
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
U.S. Department of Transportation
03-09-2005, 06:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Black CL-S 4-Life
Great commercial. These watchdog groups are 
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Morons
ciao
03-09-2005, 07:58 PM
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For the record, the wife and I are Christian conservative and dont see anything particularly wrong with that commercial. (Her words were, "that's cute")
F23A4, whose done similar driving on Park Avenue on many a Sunday morning while working as a Hertz vehicle transporter.
F23A4, whose done similar driving on Park Avenue on many a Sunday morning while working as a Hertz vehicle transporter.
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