Shocking and an eye opener

[willy 63]

it brings it home to you how easily yours and others lives can be shattered

[Tiff 36]

Brilliant ad, I think it should be run on TV, thank you for posting it and I hope everyone here watches it AND sends it around to everyone they know and encourage them to watch it. The company I work for is running ads showing a kid standing before the judge (kind of like in that ad) and being sentanced to X number of years in jail and they talk about the monetary payout the dead mans family might receive, I want to know how in the hell can you replace a life with money? I just couldn't image leaving for work one day with my husband, and coming back all alone because he's been killed by someone who was driving like this (yes I know anything can happen, but you know what I mean). I thought before that the ad was impactful but nothing like this link you've posted.

 

I've had several clients and clients kids involved in these types of accidents, one 16 year old kid killed the lollypop lady who had crossed her as a child, the 72 year old lady was on her last day on the job after 31 years. Another killed an entire family of 7 bar 1 young child while he was road racing a friend. Another killed 6 classmates when he rolled his truck and the kids in the bed of the truck were all thrown and killed except for one who was "just" crushed, lost both legs, our customers son came out without one scratch. A mother killed another mother and 2 of her own kids when she was fighting with her 3 kids in the backseat instead of looking where she was driving at 70 mph. One guy was on his phone and smoking, dropped a cigarette, reached down to get it and ran a red light, killed a 70 year old couple and their grandson, the sad list goes on). It is so often the same people who bitch about their insurance rates that drive like dicks. Whenever I am reviewing someones policy with them I use worse case scenario lingo, I say "If you kill someone" or "If you put someone in a wheelchair for life" ... some people are upset and disturbed when I say things like that, but I'd rather get them to raise their coverage up rather than have them take the minimum coverage and not have enough if they DO have a major accident.

Edited December 18, 2008 by His Wife