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An actual road safety ad from Australia in 1991 (youtu.be)

submitted 1 year ago by plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org to c/90s_tv@lemmy.sdf.org

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This is pretty rough - be warned. Difficult to overstate how shocking this was in 1991.

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[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I live in Australia, i dont recall this add but i grew up in the NT. Did they really have adds this long?

The on that is stil airing today is the motorcycle one where it shows old made grind down his foot after coming off the bike.

Hasnt made me go ATGAT though but i know that gravel rash feeling so well

[–] plumbercraic@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

When it launched i think it played full length, but various sections of it were clipped into smaller bits. Think this was national news when it aired the first time? Hazy memories