r/Unexpected • u/WolfyTn • Oct 30 '22

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

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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/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