What if?

http://www.splicehere.tv/player.php?MF=hi&ID=spotsoffline2

 

Awesome, Denise -


Bob Nixon, Chandler AZ
01 Sprint ST "RED" 50K miles

 

Good thing they stopped the spot right as he rode off, 'cuz I didn't want
to see what he'd do next. "What if motorcyclists didn't see you" indeed!

ab

 

My gut agrees with you for two reasons:

1) The portrayal of the motorcyclist in the ad is not endearing. He's an
oblivious idiot. Even though we may all feel this is a close approximation
of some cagers, they wouldn't see it that way.

2) The actual answer to the question "What if motorcyclists didn't see
you" is -- the motorcyclist dies.

ab

 

I don't think people will see this and think "Oh man! I gotta start
looking out for bikes!" I didn't think that either about the bumper
sticker 'Kill a Biker-Go to Jail'.

But as part of a long campaign to raise motorcycle-awareness issues,
it could be helpful. There's no doubt in my mind that such long-term
educational campaigns work! The best example is that we went from a
nation of 90% smokers to 10% almost entirely through educational
advertising campaigns. It took a while, though.

You know, it's funny. I didn't even think about it when I saw the ad,
but Andy is right. If they kept the camera rolling for about 15 more
seconds we would have seen this guy go under the wheels of a city bus
or through a plate-glass store window. It would have blunted the
message somewhat. 8^)

 

Can't help feeling that if something bad did happen to the motorcyclist
that he earned it. The message wasn't that we're hard to see, but that
some folks are inconsiderate. Damn few drivers are going to identify
with that.

I've certainly bumped into enough people as a pedestrian to understand
how that happens. If the motorcyclist at least apologized to the folks
he knocked into, it would have reinforced the notion that it was a
failure of perception due to inattention and not reckless disregard that
was the problem.

And the tagline would be "Do this with a car or van to a pedestrian,
bicyclist or motorcyclist, and 'Sorry' just doesn't cut it."

 

Well jeez, if I did that , someone would flatten me in a second!

--
Jim Stinnett
VTR1000
R1100RS
YZF R1
http://moto-rama.com

 

I don't think any public-service ad campaign expects to reach "many"
people. The fact that it may reach reach "some" or even just "a few"
is in itself progress. Since it's humorous, the message will be more
readily received and remembered than an "in your face" ad. And every
little bit helps.

 

I agree... the only bumper stickers I've seen which *may* get through
to some are the ol'

My [Insert Relative Name Here] Rides a Motorcycle, Watch Out For [Him/Her]

I think this one helps cagers realize that bikers (like members of the
Taliban) are people who
have moms who will miss them when they are dead.