The Holden ad with the young kid driving

[Ext User(D. Springthorpe)]

I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.

At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.

This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
issued a hefty fine for stupidity.

Why not have a cigarette ad with a 1 year old having a horry.

[Ext User(D. Springthorpe)]

On 12 Mar 2007 17:40:53 -0700, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringthorpe@yahoo.com>
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wrote:

>I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
>This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
>of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>
>At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
>vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
>knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
>This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
>issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
>Why not have a cigarette ad with a 1 year old having a horry.

Yawn......

[Ext User(Dan---)]

On Mon, 12 Mar 2007 17:40:53 -0700, D. Springthorpe PCM code reading says
:

>
> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden issued
> a hefty fine for stupidity.

Why should Holden pay for a Hyundai Santa Fe ad?

You need to be issued a hefty fine for your stupidity.


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Regards
Dan

[Ext User(Jonno)]

D. Springthorpe wrote:
> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>
> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
> Why not have a cigarette ad with a 1 year old having a horry.
>
Yep Its a bad problem showing that.
Looks cute but kids get easily misled. The others obviously havent a
clue how kids copy each other, and TV ads.
Its like all the other situations. They say "it doesn't affect me so
rack of" Not a thinking attitude.
They got what they wanted though. Publicity. Unfortunately for them I
cant remember the brand of car. Even if I could, I would NOT buy it on
principle.

[Ext User(Sylvia Else)]

D. Springthorpe wrote:
> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>
> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
> Why not have a cigarette ad with a 1 year old having a horry.
>

http://www.adstandards.com.au/pages/screening.asp

Sylvia.

[Ext User(Marco)]

On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
>
> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.

Ban automatic transmissions.

> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.

Hyundai will be pissed that after all that money spent and all that
publicity, you think it's an ad for Holden...

Marco

[Ext User(Jonno)]

Marco wrote:
> On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
>> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
>> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> Ban automatic transmissions.
>
>> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
>> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
> Hyundai will be pissed that after all that money spent and all that
> publicity, you think it's an ad for Holden...
>
> Marco
>
>
Yeah thats the problem.
The cute kid gets all the attention.
The car doesnt.
That is misleading advertising more ways than one.

[Ext User(Sylvia Else)]

Marco wrote:
> On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
>>vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
>>knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
>
> Ban automatic transmissions.
>
>
>>This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
>>issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
>
> Hyundai will be pissed that after all that money spent and all that
> publicity, you think it's an ad for Holden...
>
> Marco
>
>

If he's really referring to the Hyundai add with the kids in nappies
taking the car to the beach for a spot of surfing, then it's already
been banned.

Follow the relevant link in February from

http://www.adstandards.com.au/pages/casestudy_c.asp

Sylvia.

[Ext User(Cyborg 0019)]

D. Springthorpe wrote:
> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>
> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
> Why not have a cigarette ad with a 1 year old having a horry.
>

As I kid I used to play in every vehicle possible,my favorites was drag
lines or shovel as they are commonly known that had the two steering
wheels,most had one steering wheel(actually not a steering wheel)one big
and one small on each side.
These were cool machines.
Next favorite was trucks,did not matter what they were,any truck
goes,the older the better.
The next best were old mining jigs,made from half a car a truck a
tractor and a washing machine,these were interesting things to play
on,some two stories high,lots of leavers and buttons that did not work
and many were always seized.
Next best were old abandoned wrecks,Holden FJ's and FE's and those
really early falcons,falcons were better cause they were more
posh,better seats.
Some of these are early holdens and fords are still sitting there,20
years later,must have been there 20 years before me too.

One that took hours of fun was an A or T model Ford ute type thing which
had a winch fitted to it,I recall someone gave us $2000 for it rusted
out as it was,engine never went as far as I ever knew.

[Ext User(jackbadger56)]

On Mar 13, 8:21 pm, Sylvia Else <syl...@not.at.this.address> wrote:
> Marco wrote:
> > On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
> > wrote:
>
> >>At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> >>vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> >>knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> > Ban automatic transmissions.
>
> >>This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> >>issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
> > Hyundai will be pissed that after all that money spent and all that
> > publicity, you think it's an ad for Holden...
>
> > Marco
>
> If he's really referring to the Hyundai add with the kids in nappies
> taking the car to the beach for a spot of surfing, then it's already
> been banned.
>

Fuck.
It is a stupid, stupid world we live in if anyone thinks that ad
should be banned.
But at least I can still (as an 18YO red P-plater, having just been
taught how to do a hill-start and a reverse park) drive a clapped-out
6 cyl. POS at night in the rain on an unlit highway......
It is a stupid, stupid fucking world.

[Ext User(brad)]

On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>
> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>
> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.

The ad was withdrawn on 21 February.

[Ext User(David Springthorpe)]

On 14 Mar 2007 01:27:09 -0700, "brad" <bradvk2qq@w6ir.com> wrote:

>On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
>> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
>> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>>
>> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
>> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
>> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>>
>> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
>> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>
>The ad was withdrawn on 21 February.

You were trolled.

DS (The Real One).

[Ext User(Jonno)]

David Springthorpe wrote:
> On 14 Mar 2007 01:27:09 -0700, "brad" <bradvk2qq@w6ir.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mar 13, 11:40 am, "D. Springthorpe" <davidspringtho...@yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
>>> I think this is the most disgusting ad on TV at the moment.
>>> This is teaching young kids it is alright to get in the drivers seat
>>> of a vehicle and fiddle with the controls.
>>>
>>> At the moment there are 2 children killed every 3 months from single
>>> vehicle accidents where they have climbed into the drivers seat and
>>> knocked the park brake or knocked it out of gear.
>>>
>>> This ad needs to be removed from our screens right away and Holden
>>> issued a hefty fine for stupidity.
>> The ad was withdrawn on 21 February.
>
> You were trolled.
>
> DS (The Real One).
HEY Dip Shit, (the real one)
We knew that.
He's yanking your bicycle chain.
Besides a cute 18 month little kid has put mum in hospital, yesterday,
trying to help mum. Breaking her pelvis and throwing it into first gear.
Next week he wants to try a bus...
I think they drive real cute.

[Ext User(David Springthorpe)]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:46:21 +1100, Jonno <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote:

Real little charmer, aren't you ?

[Ext User(Jonno)]

David Springthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:46:21 +1100, Jonno <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote:
>
> Real little charmer, aren't you ?
Ah DS stands for ds.
Didnt know that.
You learn something every day.

[Ext User(David Springthorpe)]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:48:58 +1100, Jonno <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote:

I always killfile anonymous posters so good-bye.

[Ext User(Ghengis Khan)]

David Springthorpe wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 21:48:58 +1100, Jonno <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote:
>
> I always killfile anonymous posters so good-bye.
Hey can I do that? How do you do that?

[Ext User(Noddy)]

"Jonno" <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote in message
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> Besides a cute 18 month little kid has put mum in hospital, yesterday,
> trying to help mum. Breaking her pelvis and throwing it into first gear.

If you believe that's what actually happened.

Personally, I think it would take some special 18 month old kid who could
start the engine and pull the transmission out of park in the time it took
for mum not to notice and get run over.

More like the mum fucked up and let the car roll down the driveway, and
blamed the kid for it :)

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Regards,
Noddy.

[Ext User(a9x5l)]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:29:00 +1100, Noddy wrote:

> "Jonno" <somewhere@inthecloud.com> wrote in message
> news:45f7b650$0$23675$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.a u...
>
>> Besides a cute 18 month little kid has put mum in hospital, yesterday,
>> trying to help mum. Breaking her pelvis and throwing it into first
>> gear.
>
> If you believe that's what actually happened.
>
> Personally, I think it would take some special 18 month old kid who
> could start the engine and pull the transmission out of park in the time
> it took for mum not to notice and get run over.

The car was a manual. The kid just bumped it out of gear and the car
started rolling.

>
> More like the mum fucked up and let the car roll down the driveway, and
> blamed the kid for it :)

Sounds like she didn't have the handbrake engaged (or it wasn't working)
so you can't really blame the kid for it.

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a9x5l

[Ext User(David Springthorpe)]

On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:29:00 +1100, "Noddy" <dg4163@(nospam)dodo.com.au> wrote:

>If you believe that's what actually happened.
>
>Personally, I think it would take some special 18 month old kid who could
>start the engine and pull the transmission out of park in the time it took
>for mum not to notice and get run over.
>
>More like the mum fucked up and let the car roll down the driveway, and
>blamed the kid for it :)

The brat had obviously been watching the ad where the cute innocent looking kid
gets hold of the garage remote whilst in the car and bangs the doors down on the
bonnet - THIS AD MUST BE BANNED IMMEDIATELY TO STOP THE SAME THING HAPPENING
AGAIN !