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In article <33f85605.0@wltss01.nerc-wallingford.ac.uk>,
  real.address@sig.file (Stephen Walker) wrote:
> There are already guidelines to prevent car advertisers making an
> issue of the performance of their cars. And some people sad enough to
> complain when they feel the guidelines have been broken.
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I suppose you're referring to unlawful claims about a product, consumer
protection, etc.  I was actually talking about Bad Driving scenes in BOTH
commercials and movies, cartoons, etc.	So my proposal is to have them
rated (not unlike Adult Language, Nudity, Violence).  No consumer
protection from the law  here: we need grassroots voluntary stuff here,
responding to the concern that we're breeding a new generation or road
ragers and aggressive drivers.

Let's be specfic:  what I mean by "bad driving" or "aggressive driving"
is the portrayal of stunts and dangerous situations that aren't real, but
to children, it looks real and weakens their resolve to be good drivers. 
Don't you think that's really important?  Some examples I saw recently:

Subaru:  strange looking stuntmen junmp on the speeding vehicle driven by
a cowboy, and the men look inside and say something inane like, "Is this
a leather seat?" etc.  Another shows a kid driving a car in circles with
a fiendish look on his face.  These are BDs.  Another common one in
movies where the car is actually pulled and the driver is pretending to
drive, meanwhile taking the eyes off the road for up to 20 secs.!!


Leon James (aka Dr. Driving)
Visit My Congresional Testimony on Road Rage and Aggressive Drivers
http://www.aloha.net/~dyc/testimony.html

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