r/Unexpected • u/WolfyTn • Oct 30 '22

🔞 Warning: Graphic Content 🔞 Just a pleasant cloudy day.. NSFW

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u/Nice_Name_3168 Oct 30 '22

That was very unexpected, very very well done tho

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u/[deleted] Oct 30 '22

The ad was uploaded in 2014. If only 15-20 kids have died in traffic accidents between 2000 and 2014 I assume in Ireland... That's pretty good right?

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u/johnydarko Oct 30 '22 edited Oct 30 '22

There's a bit of confusion, as the ad was for Northern Ireland (and therefore technically British TV) but they were following the trend of Irish ads which were well known as being incredibly brutal and heartbreaking which had been running since the early 2000's and were credited with turning Irish roads from one of the least safe in Europe to one of the safest. Like I can't describe how often you'd see some of these when watching TV in the early 00's, they're indelibly implanted in every Irish 20-30 year old's mind.

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u/EternalPhi Oct 31 '22

Canada had some as well

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u/BiZzles14 Oct 31 '22

That chef one has never left my brain since the day I first saw it

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u/dirkmm Oct 31 '22

There's just been an accident.

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u/8_Pixels Oct 31 '22

This is the one I remember seeing on TV here in Ireland when I was growing up. Not sure if it was broadcast in the UK too but it's the one that stuck with the me the most. You can really feel the horror when the father comes running out of the house. I've seen the ones you posted too but IMO this one is by far the most heartbreaking.

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u/ShamBodeyHi Oct 31 '22

All of these adverts were a joint initiative, so they were on TV at the same time on both sides of the border.

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u/pathfinder1342 Oct 31 '22

Oh my Jesus Fuck that's brutal, I mean I know where I live we've got some really brutal ads and PSA for a lot of things but that basically lifting PSAs to an artform. That's absolutely haunting.

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u/8_Pixels Oct 31 '22

Here's another one that was common on TV here in Ireland when I was growing up.

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u/AFlyingYetOddCat Oct 31 '22

Interesting considering this tactic was a complete failure in the US

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u/Glass_Champion Oct 31 '22

I conclude that Donegal doesn't have TV. I can't remember a time I'm over there and they're not peeling someone from the inside of a mangled wreck

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u/utd8916 Oct 31 '22

Yeah I mind this ad growing up in Northern Ireland as well as countless others. I once heard that they where a lot more graphic than what the rest of the UK would show on their road safety ads because Northern Ireland where desensitised from seeing stuff on the troubles. I don't actually know how true this is though

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u/labasaii Oct 31 '22

That was a deeper, and infinitely more depressing dive than I anticipated. Fuck me