Comments on: Be Honest With Yourself: Danger, Curves Ahead!

By: Stephen Taylor

Stephen Taylor — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:56:21 +0000

The positive tone of the text is really impressive. I wish I could write so well.

And speaking of comment #5 – “there’s more steel in the frame around that windshield than in your entire 2009 Kia,” I once had a client who was rearended at an intersection while driving a 1970′s Cadillac. Although he was found unconscious in the driver’s seat from the impact, his car suffered no damage whatsoever – not even a scratch or dent on the rear bumper.

By: BHodges

BHodges — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:23:17 +0000

I really love this art style.

By: Ardis E. Parshall

Ardis E. Parshall — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:40:41 +0000

I just want to emphasize Clark’s last paragraph: This positive spin was a trait that was set in the planning stages of this campaign. Young people, they thought, would respond better to being treated as young adults, with the positive aspects of virtue emphasized, than they would to “thou shalt not.” That Clark responded to that element without realizing that it was a deliberate part of the campaign proves that they were right, I think.

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:29:15 +0000

This message sounds like something that might be repeated this weekend at conference. (Some things never change…)

This is my favorite of the series so far, I think because it emphasizes agency at the conclusion. No “thou shall nots,” just “be aware there are natural consequences.” I find the second method much more persuasive, but that’s probably just my personality.

By: Left Field

Left Field — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:37:42 +0000

Everything about this picture seems unnatural, starting with the goofy facial expressions. If the artist wanted to give the impression of speed, the couple should have been pushed back in their seats. And why is her ponytail defying gravity while not another hair on either the driver or the passenger is affected by the wind? It’s possible the ponytail could have been thrown back by intertia caused by a sudden acceleration, but then the young couple would have been pushed back into their seats as well. But their bodies are leaning forward as if the car braking suddenly, yet the ponytail is thrown backwards as if the car is accelerating.

By: J. Stapley

J. Stapley — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:25:30 +0000

Mark, that is the first thing I thought – “put your seatbelts on!” I also didn’t get what they meant by curves ahead until reading the text.

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:58:55 +0000

That’s an awfully delicate way of putting that, Edje!

Some historical anomalies:

– no seatbelts!
– there’s more steel in the frame around that windshield than in your entire 2009 Kia

But, it’s a good thing there’s a windshield. Otherwise, with those smiles, the couple would match the punchline in the joke about the happy motorcyclist–bugs in their teeth!

By: Edje Jeter

Edje Jeter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 17:15:45 +0000

Fun.

“Then there are the other kinds of curves too often associated with young people and automobiles”

I thought for a second we might get direct warnings about non-gender-neutral curves.

By: Hunter

Hunter — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 16:25:40 +0000

Compelling stuff. (And I liked the sophisticated approach of addressing the “good kids” cruising down the road.) Thanks.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:54:26 +0000

I remember these posters behind the glass in the foyer.